Connecting the Past and Present [microform] : Reading History / Myra Zarnowski
- Bib ID:
- 5588438
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Zarnowski, Myra
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED388979
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995
- 15 p.
- Summary:
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Educational theorists repeatedly call for more hands-on, authentic, interpretative instruction in social studies. They characterize such instruction as "helping students understand the knowledge construction process" or teaching students "to construct their own historical narratives." While there have been some exceptions, most theorists have called for this type of instruction on the high school level, yet the written work produced by elementary students suggests strongly that much younger students are capable of grasping the complexity of historical selection and explanation. Working with an experienced elementary school teacher, a researcher planned a history unit that was both informative and somewhat emotional, i.e., capable of engaging sixth-graders on a personal level. The core book selected was Jerry Stanley's "I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment." Besides this book, the children read other material, both primary and secondary, which was discussed and responded to in poetry, art, and writing. Children were then asked to write and illustrate their own two-part books: part 1 explained what happened and part 2 explained why a study of the camps is significant. Excerpts from students' books demonstrate an ability among elementary students to come to grips with history in an intelligent, active, responsive way. They respond rather than recite, create rather than copy. (Contains 12 references.) (TB)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (85th, San Diego, CA, Novermber 16-21, 1995).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1995
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