Reading like a historian : teaching literacy in middle and high school history classrooms /
Each chapter includes sections entitled "How might you use these materials," "Sources and tools" and a list of suggested resources.
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New York :
Teachers College Press, Columbia University,
[2011]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Did Pocahontas rescue John Smith? : Historiographical debate ; Why teach about John Smith and Pocahontas?
- 2. "Standing tall" or fleeing the scene? / Jacob Douglas and Sam Wineburg : Historiographical debate ; Why teach about the Battle of Lexington Green?
- 3. Lincoln in context : Was Lincoln a racist? Analyzing the question ; The sources ; Why teach about Lincoln and race?
- 4. Columbus Day: 1892, not 1492 / Jack Schneider : How did historians read it? ; President Harrison in context ; Puzzles, questions, and the process of history ; Why teach about "discovery day"?
- 5. Electricity and women's work: who really benefited? And when? : Why teach about Mrs. Lathrop?
- 6. "Dust to eat, and dust to breathe, and dust to drink" : Whose story do we tell? ; What cause the Dust Bowl? What story do we tell? ; Why teach about the Dust Bowl?
- 7. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott : The Montgomery Bus Boycott in context ; Challenges for students ; Why teach about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
- 8. To blink or not to blink: the Cuban Missile Crisis / Jack Schneider : What the textbooks missed ; Why teach about the Cuban Missile Crisis?