Discovering the Historian's Voice: Interesting Students in Historical Subjectivity.

Steffens, Henry

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ERIC Number: EJ442145

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Publication Date: 1991

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Discovering the Historian's Voice: Interesting Students in Historical Subjectivity.

Steffens, Henry

Social Studies, v82 n4 p148-52 Jul-Aug 1991

Discusses the importance of voice in historical writing. Criticizes objective historiography as impossible and undesirable. Emphasizes the interest and depth of interpretation generated by the use of voice in historical writing. Suggests classroom exercises that enable students to identify and evaluate voice in primary sources and secondary works. (DK)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education, Historiography, History Instruction, Interpretive Skills, Primary Sources, Rhetoric, Secondary Education, Student Research, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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