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A Time For Change: Transforming A New Generation Of Students Into Historical Thinkers, Lauren Seghi
A Time For Change: Transforming A New Generation Of Students Into Historical Thinkers, Lauren Seghi
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
This article describes the advantages of teaching students how to think historically in the classroom. I contend that teaching students how to think historically and "do" history as historians do will help them understand better both the past and the present world around them. It also provides insight into the work of Stanford University clinical psychologist Sam Wineburg and educators and authors Frederick D. Drake, Sarah Drake Brown and Lynn R. Nelson. Especially important is my analysis of Drake's 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-Order document approach. My hope is that this article gives history and social studies teachers a new perspective …