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The View from the Trenches
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Blanchette, Sue – Social Education, 2012
Like many who entered the teaching profession in the 1970s, the author entered a profession that was in transition. Over the more than 30 years she spent in the classroom, the author has had a front row seat during this evolution. It has been a roller coaster ride at times, but she believes our schools will emerge stronger for it. Who we teach,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Classroom Environment
Engaging Students in World History with a Bog Body Mystery
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Yell, Michael M. – Social Education, 2012
Getting students involved in the process of inquiry takes much more than pointing out a problem, offering sources, and setting them on their way. Fortunately, there are a number of teaching strategies that can be instrumental in engaging students in the process of inquiry. As a teacher of world history in the seventh grade, House of Avalon, at…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, World History
A Digital View of History: Drawing and Discussing Models of Historical Concepts
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Manfra, Meghan McGlinn; Coven, Robert M. – Social Education, 2011
Digital history refers to "the study of the past using a variety of electronically reproduced primary source texts, images, and artifacts as well as the constructed narratives, accounts, or presentations that result from digital historical inquiry." Access to digitized primary sources can promote active instruction in historical thinking. A…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Primary Sources, Foreign Countries, History Instruction