Examining the Evidence Seven Strategies for Teaching with Primary Sources |
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| Author:
| Thompson, Kathleen
Austin, Hilary Mac |
| Series title: | Maupin House Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62521-936-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | Capstone
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $19.95USD $19.95USD $19.95USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Educators are being challenged as never before to invite reality into the classroom and allow students to explore it. This book will help you meet the challenge. Primary sources are the very documents that history is made of, the images that science is based on, the raw material of our lives. They are also excellent tools to teach the critical thinking skills required by the Common Core State Standards. This book reveals in detail the strategies you can use to make primary sources come...
More DescriptionEducators are being challenged as never before to invite reality into the classroom and allow students to explore it. This book will help you meet the challenge. Primary sources are the very documents that history is made of, the images that science is based on, the raw material of our lives. They are also excellent tools to teach the critical thinking skills required by the Common Core State Standards. This book reveals in detail the strategies you can use to make primary sources come alive for your students and to enhance visual literacy, using fascinating photographs and powerful primary source texts.