World History
The James Madison University Center for History and New Media has a great site called "Historical Thinking Matters." The site includes an interesting video about why historical thinking matters. The video opens in a separate window and uses flash player. It debunks the notion that history is a bunch of facts and names. The site also includes inquiry assignments dealing with several topics in American history like the Scopes trial, the Spanish American war, social security and Rosa Parks.
The video is interesting in itself for those of us teaching world history.
- Critical Thinking In The Social Studies
Critical Thinking in the Social Studies. This article from 1986 does not directly discuss history. However, it does examine ways to teach critical thinking skills in the social studies classroom which is certainly helpful for history teachers. The author...
- Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies At 92
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks dies at 92. Sadly, the WHB notes the passing of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. She refused to give up her seat and go to the back of the bus. As a consequence, the world is a better place today. Here are a few good Rosa...
- History Matters
History Matters. Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses. This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers useful materials for teaching U.S. history. From the site: Welcome to History Matters, a project of the American...
- Teaching Historical Thinking.
Teaching Historical Thinking. Students don't come to class ready to think about history. This paper examines ways that a teacher can teach historical thinking. From the site: Over the past decade, cognitive studies researcher Samuel Wineburg...
- Reading Like A Historian: Stanford University
This Stanford University site has some great resources on teaching history with primary resources. Here is a description of a new part of the site that I coped directly: Reading Like a Historian, a project developed in tandem with the San Francisco Unified...
World History
Historical Thinking Matters
The video is interesting in itself for those of us teaching world history.
- Critical Thinking In The Social Studies
Critical Thinking in the Social Studies. This article from 1986 does not directly discuss history. However, it does examine ways to teach critical thinking skills in the social studies classroom which is certainly helpful for history teachers. The author...
- Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies At 92
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks dies at 92. Sadly, the WHB notes the passing of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. She refused to give up her seat and go to the back of the bus. As a consequence, the world is a better place today. Here are a few good Rosa...
- History Matters
History Matters. Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses. This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers useful materials for teaching U.S. history. From the site: Welcome to History Matters, a project of the American...
- Teaching Historical Thinking.
Teaching Historical Thinking. Students don't come to class ready to think about history. This paper examines ways that a teacher can teach historical thinking. From the site: Over the past decade, cognitive studies researcher Samuel Wineburg...
- Reading Like A Historian: Stanford University
This Stanford University site has some great resources on teaching history with primary resources. Here is a description of a new part of the site that I coped directly: Reading Like a Historian, a project developed in tandem with the San Francisco Unified...