Historical Thinking Matters

• Visit the website Historical Thinking Matters

 Review the web site thoroughly, noting both student and teacher modules (4)and teacher materials & strategies. Choose one of the modules (The Spanish American War, The Scopes Monkey Trial, Social Security, Rosa Parks)and study it carefully. Be ready to present the module you chose to our class on Feb. 7.

 

Respond to the class blog by answering how Historical Thinking Matters facilitates and inspires student learning and creativity (first NETS standard).

3 Cautionary Readings

From the three readings listed below, comment upon some of the challenges we face as teachers in the classroom. Reflect and respond to this blog, and be prepared to discuss these three articles during our next class.

• Teaching Civil War History 2.0 (New York Times)
• Is the Google Making Us Stupid (Atlantic Monthly)
• Physicists Seek to Lose the Lecture as a Teaching Tool (NPR)