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Sexton, Kathryn – OAH Magazine of History, 1991
Offers techniques to make book reports a more meaningful experience for students. Suggests guidelines for book selections and for what the students should look for in their reading. Lists alternatives to traditional book reports that allow an evaluative approach to reading and provide an opportunity for creativity and critical thought. (DK)
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluative Thinking, History Instruction
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Johnson, Robert W. – Social Studies Texan, 1992
Presents a five-day study unit that provides positive and negative views of Columbus' voyages. Explains that lessons include reading and writing assignments culminating in a debate of the implications of the Columbian legacy. Offers questions designed to prompt students to defend their views on Columbus. Identifies instructional objectives and…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Debate, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Riet, Fred H. van – New England Journal of History, 1990
A Dutch teacher presents reading, film viewing, and writing activities for "Empire of the Sun," J. G. Ballard's autobiographical account of life as a boy in Shanghai and in a Japanese internment camp during World War II (the subject of Steven Spielberg's film of the same name). Includes objectives, procedures, and several literature,…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Films, Geography Instruction, High School Students
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Selwyn, Douglas – Social Education, 1995
Maintains that teaching is, among other things, the art of connecting students with course content in personal, relevant, and exciting ways. Presents three classroom lessons that incorporate journals, plays, and essays into social studies teaching. Includes discussion questions and follow-up assignments. (CFR)
Descriptors: Assignments, Curriculum Development, Dramatics, Educational Change
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Fuhler, Carol J. – Social Studies, 1991
Suggests adding excitement to social studies instruction by using trade books. Cites research associating the reading of historical fiction with increased historical understanding. Describes the benefits of trade books' narrative form. Argues that such books can change students into active learners, help them study a slice of history, and increase…
Descriptors: Fiction, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades
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Dimmitt, Jean Pollard; Van Cleaf, David W. – Social Education, 1992
Discusses the use of writing assignments for teaching social studies. Suggests that alternatives to the standard research paper may be more advantageous to students by providing increased opportunity for creativity. Describes oral history projects, diaries, letters, advertisements, monologues, brief investigations, and position papers as suitable…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Papers (Students)
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LoBaugh, Glenda; Tompkins, Gail E. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1989
Outlines letter writing exercises for fifth grade social studies units on the U.S. Revolutionary War period. Students write letters as fictional and nonfictional historical characters from trade books described in article. Objectives include understanding viewpoints and historical events, writing to persuade, and share or seek information.…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Citizenship Education, Content Area Writing, Creative Thinking
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Scott, Anne Firor – Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1992
Discusses how to motivate students to learn history. Suggests using primary sources, relating subject matter to what students already know, and avoiding lectures whenever possible. Recommends formulating goals in advance, preparing reading lists, preparing questions for students, and assigning individual projects. Argues that such a course will…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Higher Education, History Instruction, Learning Motivation
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Levy, Tedd – OAH Magazine of History, 1991
Describes the life and work of Samuel Read Hall, an innovative educator who influenced the future of education. Includes information on his early life, his innovative use of the blackboard, and his development of the first school for educating teachers. Describes some of his methods of teaching history and geography, some of which are still used.…
Descriptors: Biographies, Chalkboards, Educational History, Educational Innovation
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Garrison, Marylee; Moore, Karen – Social Studies Texan, 1992
Presents a lesson plan for seventh-grade students in which they learn respect for themselves and others and apply social studies skills. Explains that the students create timelines, interview someone of an older generation, and create a Venn diagram comparing that person's life to their own. Includes suggestions for writing assignments based on…
Descriptors: Grade 7, History Instruction, Junior High Schools, Oral History
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Smith, John A.; And Others – Social Education, 1992
Suggests that using historical novels in a unified studies approach to social studies and reading instruction may enhance students' learning in both content areas. Describes a historical fiction project utilizing three novels pertaining to United States history. Concludes that the whole class instruction unified each class through participation in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Integrated Activities
Sweeney, Jacqueline – 1997
Noting that hearing and reading the words of real people can personalize for students the study of social studies, language arts, and science, this book presents 230 quotations and prompts to enrich curricula and themes in grades 4 through 8. After an introduction and advice on using quotations in the classroom, quotations and prompts in the book…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Group Discussion, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades
Graves, Donald H. – 1999
Aiming to bring a new sense of adventure to teaching and learning by focusing on the lives of historical figures, artists, and scientists, this book is a "how-to" for teaching the most important lesson of all: becoming human. Each chapter includes several "Actions" designed to bring the human aspect of various disciplines center stage while…
Descriptors: Art Education, Artists, Characterization, Elementary Education
Eisenberg, Bonnie; Ruthsdotter, Mary – 1989
This collection of teaching units, developed by the National Women's History Project, includes biographies of women who have made significant contributions in each of 12 different language arts areas. The topics covered include poets, nonfiction writers, fiction writers, and doing research on women writers. Each unit gives a brief biography of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Innovation, Feminism, History Instruction
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Papaleo, Ralph J. – Social Studies, 1996
Recommends using time bonding (finding a role model and researching the process and story behind that individual's accomplishments) as a means to interest students in history. Outlines the instructions covering the objectives of the writing assignments. Students researched a variety of biographies including Jackie Robinson and Lyndon Johnson. (MJP)
Descriptors: Biographies, History, History Instruction, Instructional Improvement
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