... The investigation outlined in this paper was designed to teach secondary students about the Overseer Law and to build historical thinking skills through the utilization of the SOURCES Framework for Teaching with Primary and Secondary Sources. Findings Through this approach, students were able to better...

... can be completed during the second day of the investigation. 19 06 2024 26 08 2024 29 08 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Critical thinking Women’s history Primary sources Historical thinking American...

... in social studies education by providing a detailed lesson plan that could be used as a model for this type of teaching, as well as other resources and opportunities to do so. It highlights the potential of VR to enhance engagement, historical thinking and historical empathy. Findings Integrating...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Dialogue Historical thinking Historical inquiry Social action Critical historical inquiry Socratic seminar Open-ended, student-centered discussions are essential to students' more profound understanding of a topic. These are vital tools...

... Historical thinking Social justice A good teacher has always had to have a wealth of pedagogical tools in their “teaching toolbox.” More recently, the number of purposes a resource or strategy must serve in the classroom has increased. It is no longer enough for a teacher to engage in a curriculum...

...Gideon Boadu Purpose Over the last few decades, there have been significant developments in history education, key among them being the recommendation for an inquiry approach to history teaching to improve students' ability to think historically. While the idea of historical thinking is widely...

... about how the Klan emerged? According to the primary and secondary sources, how has the KKK changed its means and ends over time? These supporting questions help students deconstruct arguments within texts to reveal the Klan’s racist beliefs (Grant, 2013). Donald Trump Historical thinking Civic...

... pedagogy to guide students’ history literacy, historical thinking and historical argumentation. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Students are guided on an inquiry into an underemphasized element of a historically significant figure’s life. Eleanor Roosevelt’s labor...

... thinking practices and working with primary sources with students at various levels of expertise, it is important to properly scaffold the learning process and allow opportunities for students to successfully build historical thinking skills. The lessons shared will demonstrate how teachers can enable...

... of publication. These efforts help develop essential historical thinking skills by bridging semiotic gaps that impede meaningful understandings of history. A critical analysis of labor-related editorial cartoons not only helps students understand labor history, but also develops the skill of analyzing visual...

... highlight a public issues approach where students use historical content and analysis as evidence to defend a chosen public policy. Emerald Publishing Limited 2016 Public Issues Music Literacy Historical Thinking Inquiry-Based Instruction Civic Competence Social Studies Research and Practice...

.... Suggestions and a rationale for trade book and primary source selection and implementation in elementary, middle, and secondary school are addressed. Key words: Andrew Jackson, trade books, informational texts, primary sources, historical thinking, Native Americans A polarizing figure, today as in his time...

.... Keywords: student engagement, active learning, digital simulations, historical thinking, technology, undergraduate history Introduction College instructors are entering a new frontier of teaching in the 21st century. Millennial students are bringing to university classrooms different experiences with way...

... various historical misrepresentations within the trade books and provide ancillary primary sources for teachers interested in addressing the historical omissions. Key words: children s trade books, Anne Sullivan Macy, Helen Keller, historical thinking, content area literacy, informational texts...

... historical thinking skills or push students to think about what it means to be an active citizen in a diverse society, discussion forums can play an integral role in the development of students’ understanding of society. I describe the reasons for expanding discussion into these new mediums and provide...

... in order to help teachers meet the rigorous standards. Children’s trade books South Sudan historical thinking content area literacy informational texts Emerald Publishing Limited 2015 Social Studies Research and Practice www.socstrp.org Historical Thinking, Reading, and Writing about...

... of historical misrepresentation, child labor trade books appear far more historically representative than those centered on slavery. Emerald Publishing Limited 2015 Children’s trade books historical misrepresentation historical thinking elementary social studies primary source material Social...

... in the U.S.A. (Springsteen, 1984), authors demonstrate how examining music can impart views often absent from mass media portrayal of historical events and eras. A music listening and analysis tool is employed as a heuristic for critically interpreting music to explore the past. The historical thinking...

... then determined its reliability. They placed the source and its author in the correct historical context and evaluated perspectives and biases. By engaging in this process, teachers developed a greater understanding of primary sources, a key component of historical thinking, advancing their subject content...

... opportunities for teachers’ close interaction with students, while still managing a potentially disruptive classroom. Students, who struggled with reading and writing, completed an engaging, lengthy, complex history project and exercised historical thinking skills. This study has implications for using...