"Why won't you just tell us the answer?" : teaching historical thinking in grades 7-12, Bruce A. Lesh ; foreword by Ed Ayres

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"Why won't you just tell us the answer?" : teaching historical thinking in grades 7-12, Bruce A. Lesh ; foreword by Ed Ayres

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teaching historical thinking in grades 7-12

Statement of responsibility

Bruce A. Lesh ; foreword by Ed Ayres

Instantiates

• "Why won't you just tell us the answer?" : teaching historical thinking in grades 7-12

Publication

• Portland, Me., Stenhouse Publishers, c2011

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-221) and index

Contents

Reinventing my classroom : making historical thinking reality -- Introducing historical thinking : Nat Turner's Rebellion of 1831 -- Text, subtext, and context : evaluating evidence and exploring President Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal -- Using the Rail Strike of 1877 to teach chronological thinking and causality -- "Revolution in the air" : Using the Bonus March of 1932 to teach multiple perspectives -- Continuity and change over time : Custer's last stand or the Battle of the greasy grass? -- Long or short? : using the civil rights movement to teach historical significance -- Trying on the shoes of historical actors : using the Truman-MacArthur Debate to teach historical empathy -- How am I supposed to do this every day? : historical investigations versus sleep -- Overcoming the barrier to change

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693207132

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24 cm.

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x, 230 p.

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9781571108128

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(pbk. : alk. paper)

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2010050306

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• (MiHolH)b15610159-01col_hope
• (OCoLC)693207132