Browse Blog - historical thinking
Jennifer Orr Starts the Year
Sep 19 2011
How do you introduce history and social studies to early elementary students? [...] »
Comic Books in the History Classroom
Jul 9 2011
Comic books as primary sources? Bring superheroes into the classroom with these six historical themes. [...] »
Ron Gorr on Imagining the Great Depression: Mixing Primary Documents and Student Creativity
Jul 6 2011
Use primary sources to tell stories and discover what the stories you create say about historical bias. [...] »
An Ear for the Past: The National Jukebox
Jul 2 2011
Catchy primary sources? You bet! With the Library of Congress's National Jukebox, get your students humming history. [...] »
Jennifer Orr on Primary Sources in Primary Classrooms
Jun 29 2011
Many primary sources are text-heavy. Jennifer Orr asks where do you find sources appropriate for pre-literate students? Try art, photos, and other visual sources! [...] »
Questioning History Using the Census
Jun 25 2011
Historian Alex Stein poses questions about population shift in Detroit, and models using census data and other sources to answer his question. [...] »
Michael Yell on Critical Thinking and Teaching History
Jun 20 2011
Don't think once. Think twice. Demand concise, thought-provoking work from students. [...] »
Anthony Pellegrino on Teaching Segregated History
Jun 8 2011
Anthony Pellegrino explores the history of one segregated school, and complicates his understanding of a traditional textbook narrative. [...] »
Ron Gorr on Socratic Seminars with Primary Documents
Jun 6 2011
Anchor Socratic seminars in primary sources and watch your students work together to arrive at historical understanding. [...] »
Michael Yell on a Strategy for the Use of Textbooks in the History Classroom
Jun 1 2011
Students aren't always working with primary sources. Seventh-grade history teacher Mike Yell leads students in getting the GIST of secondary sources. [...] »
