Doing History: Investigating with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools – Ebook PDF Version

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0415873010
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0415873017
• Author: Linda S. Levstik (Author), Keith C. Barton (Author)

Now in its fourth edition, this popular text offers a unique perspective on teaching and learning history in the elementary and middle grades. Through case studies of teachers and students in diverse classrooms and from diverse backgrounds, it shows children engaging in authentic historical investigations, often in the context of an integrated social studies curriculum.

The central assumption is that children can engage in valid forms of historical inquiry-collecting and data analysis, examining the perspectives of people in the past, considering multiple interpretations, and creating evidence-based historical accounts. In each chapter, the authors explain how the teaching demonstrated in the vignettes reflects basic principles of contemporary learning theory, thus providing specific examples of successful activities and placing them in a theoretical context that allows teachers to adapt and apply them in a wide variety of settings.

Table of contents:

1 Past, Present, and Future: The Sociocultural Context for Studying History;

2 It’s Not Just a Mishap: The Theory Behind Historical Inquiry;

3 There Aren’t a lot of “For Sure” Facts: Building Communities of Historical Inquiry;

4 To Find out Things We Didn’t Know about Ourselves: Personal Histories;

5 Tell Me about Yourself: Linking Children to the Past through Family Histories;

6 “I Think Columbus Went to Hell!” Connections and Controversies in World History;

7 Camel Dies, Lose Three Turns: Scaffolding Inquiry into World History;

8 Rats in the Hospital: Creating a History Museum;

9 I have no Experience with This! Historical Inquiry in an Integrated Social Studies Setting;

10 Why Isn’t That in the Textbook? Fiction, Nonfiction, and Historical Thinking;

11 Oh, Good! We Get to Have…A Reasoned Discussion: Putting Conflict in Context;

12 In My Opinion, it Could Happen Again: How Attitudes and Beliefs have Changed over Time;

13 Nosotros La Gente: Honesty and Diversity in U.S. History;

14 The Arts Make Us All Part of Humankind: Cognitive Pluralism in History Teaching and Learning

Title tag

1. Essential Guide to Investigating History with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools
2. Engaging Students in History: A Guide for Elementary and Middle School Teachers
3. Making History Fun: An Approach to Teaching Elementary and Middle School Students