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What stories do elementary school students tell about the past? Read this research brief for more about fourth and fifth graders’ thinking processes and stories related to the American past. [...] »
Is all reading the same? Do students need reading skills specific to the history classroom? Click here to discover how reading differs across particular disciplines. [...] »
What are the historical narratives about race relations that African American students and white students tell? How do factors such as race and ethnicity shape young peoples’ perspectives on this past? [...] »
What literacy activities best promote understanding? This study identifies some particularly effective approaches. [...] »
Are tests really the best way to examine student understanding? This summary of VCU professor Gabriel Reich's research examines this question. [...] »
Even a multicultural curriculum is subject to the influence of popular culture and dominant narratives. This study shows what that influence looks like and what its consequences are. [...] »
Use these suggestions to help students write informed historical essays. [...] »
Do students interpret third-person narratives written by anonymous authors differently than, say, those with a visible author writing in the first person? [...] »
How do teachers use text- or web-based primary sources in the history/social studies classroom, and why? [...] »
It's not enough to say that something has happened. Explaining why is nearly as crucial. [...] »
