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Product: Doing History: Investigating With Children in Elementary and
Middle Schools
Category: Columbus Day Books for Teachers
ISBN: 0805835628
Age: kindergarten, elementary
Doing History: Investigating With Children in Elementary and
Middle Schools by Linda S. Levstik, Keith C. Barton
Doing History: Investigating With Children in Elementary and Middle
Schools, shows children engaging in authentic historical investigations,
often in the context of an integrated social studies curriculum.
Children engage in valid
forms of historical inquiry - collecting and analyzing data, examining
the perspectives of people in the past, considering multiple interpretations,
and creating evidence-based historical accounts. Vignettes in each
chapter show communities of teachers and students doing history in
environments rich in literature, art, writing, discussion, and debate.
Teachers and students are shown working together to frame and investigate
meaningful historical questions. Students write personal and family
histories, analyze primary and secondary sources, examine artifacts,
conduct interviews, and create interpretations through drama, narrative,
and the arts.
The text helps students
look at historical events and trends from multiple perspectives. The
classrooms illustrated throughout the book include teachers and students
from a variety of backgrounds--this gives the book widespread appeal
to educators in a range of settings.
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