"Why won't you just tell us the answer?" : teaching historical thinking in grades 7-12 / Bruce A. Lesh ; foreword by Edward L. Ayres.
Lesh, Bruce A.
2011
E175.8 .L48 2011 (Mapit)
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Title "Why won't you just tell us the answer?" : teaching historical thinking in grades 7-12 / Bruce A. Lesh ; foreword by Edward L. Ayres.
Author Lesh, Bruce A.
ISBN 9781571108128 paperback
1571108122 paperback
Imprint Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers, c2011.
Language English
Description x, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number E175.8 .L48 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.071
Summary Every major measure of students' historical understanding since 1917 has demonstrated that students do not retain, understand, or enjoy their school experiences with history. Bruce Lesh believes that this is due to the way we teach history -- lecture and memorization. Over the last fifteen years, Bruce has refined a method of teaching history that mirrors the process used by historians, where students are taught to ask questions of evidence and develop historical explanations. --from publisher description
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-221) and index.
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