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Nurturing History Detectives (Provoking "furious debate"…
Nurturing History Detectives
How do you get the truth?
most of what we learned is oversimplified stories
required to teach about national holidays and heroes
need to consider multiple resources, perspectives and search for truth
consider historical theories
Provoking "furious debate"
teacher as facilitator
model questioning for students
look at historical events from different perspectives
history is collaborative and ongoing
introduce new vocabulary
focus on life and culture after vocab.
look for contradictions and mysteries
primary source documents
historical experiment - witnesses reporting different info based on location
Separate truth from myths
textbooks omit troublesome facts
teaching lies conditions students to passively accept and repeat them
create citizens who think critically
introduce topics from truthful perspective, okay to omit every gory detail at a young age
teach from multiple perspectives
let students draw own conclusions
synthesize information for students