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Hi Andrew,
Sam Wineburg makes the argument that, "history holds the potential, only partially realized, of humanizing us in ways offered by few other areas in the school curriculum" (2001, p.5). The study of history encourages us to explore the fami…
One possible way to facilitate self advocacy would be to give students opportunities to improve their grades on assessments by retaking them after school. My mentor teacher, in addition to a number of other mentor teachers in TEP, encourages student…
Michael, could you give me an example of how "formative assessment could require students to seek out help from teachers and in turn develop advocacy skills." I am wondering what this might look like in practice.
Interesting point David, but I am not sure if I see the puzzle as a dilemma. I hope to teach history in both the ways you imply: to get students to see common links with the past while avoiding the "presentism" that Justin Reich warned against. In t…
Brian -
Here is my link to my delicious tag on primary sources. Perhaps you will find some of them useful
http://delicious.com/dlaur/primary?page=1
Dayna
Textbooks have their strengths and weaknesses. They do help to establish a knowledge base. Think it is best to rely on a variety of sources for teaching. No text is perfect but my current text is pretty good, providing a broad examination of histori…
Thanks for both your replies ,Dayna and Andrea.
Right now I am student teaching and will not likely have time to create multiple history curricula on my own next year. Do you, or anyone else, know of any website that consolidates primary sources for…
Brian,
I mainly used the textbook to gain an outline of topics. Then, I created a few lectures based on my knowledge and other sources, then scoured the internet and library for articles, primary sources, pictures, excerpts from other books, histor…
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I have not used a textbook in my American Studies class for two years. I, too, believe that textbooks are written from a Western perspective and contain information that is either irrelevant to the bigger picture or is important, but is lef…
In his national bestseller "Lies My Teacher Told Me", James Loewen claims that rather than facilitating the teaching of history, textbooks plague educators best attempts to teach students. Textbooks--generally speaking--are big, have Western biases,…
A group for teachers of United States history K-12.
Moreau, Joseph: Schoolbook Nation
Summary: Moreau challenges the notion that the controversy surrounding the American history curriculum is a recent phenomenon (post-1960s development). Rather, Moreau examines dozens of textbooks published throughou…
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- I am currently pursuing my teaching certificate and master's degree in education. I have been fortunate to land a teaching internship in South Boston.
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- At 5:30pm on September 28, 2009,
Thomas Daccord said…
- Glad you could join us, Brian! Thanks for your contributions!
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