Homespun: Teaching Local History in Grades 6-12ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2001 - 173 halaman There is a renaissance occurring in American history classrooms: teachers have discovered that local history offers students not only far richer content and more enjoyable learning experiences, but also unique insight into our national character. And they can even address social studies standards. Now, there's a book to show teachers how. Using several social studies and geography standards as a framework for planning, Homespun offers teachers some of the best instructional activities for learning more about the lifeblood of communities - their traditions, beliefs, social and economic forces, religion, and ethnicity. In the first part of the book, Stevens describes activities in which students visit cemeteries and historic sites . . . compose a local history . . . study architectural and housing patterns . . . review old photographs . . . conduct interviews . . . interpret maps . . . write their own family history . . . create a community image. The second half of the book features a collection of highly successful state and nationally recognized projects that represent "best practices" in local history. These "model" activities - many of which are award winning - are great starting points for teachers who want to develop their own local history projects. |
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... sources should students use and why ? Two basic types should be distinguished - primary sources ( original documents ) and secondary sources ( interpretive sources ) . Students investigating their local com- munity can usually find primary ...
... Sources One of the most exciting ways to engage students in the study of local history is to use primary sources . Memoirs , letters , documents , tax rec- ords , news articles , advertisements , art , and photographs are materials that ...
... sources state similar claims ? Some sto- ries will provide amusement as well as information , as does this one : " John the sone of John Warnor and of Mahittabel his wife was borne December ye : 18th : 1716 ; Daniel ye sone of John ...