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Historical Thinking Workshop OISE Sept. 25, 2014

Historical Thinking Workshop OISE Sept. 25, 2014. Risa Gluskin York Mills C.I. TDSB Gluskin.ca. Basic Principles of Historical Thinking. history ≠ the past we do not need to turn students into historians, but rather, to help them understand how history is constructed

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Historical Thinking Workshop OISE Sept. 25, 2014

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  1. Historical Thinking WorkshopOISE Sept. 25, 2014 RisaGluskin York Mills C.I. TDSB Gluskin.ca

  2. Basic Principles of Historical Thinking • history ≠ the past • we do not need to turn students into historians, but rather, to help them understand how history is constructed • our interpretation of evidence, and what we • leave out, changes the history we tell

  3. The Historical Thinking Concepts • Historical Significance • Cause and Consequence • Continuity and Change • Historical Perspectives • Use of Primary Source Evidence • Ethical Dimensions of History Overall Expectations Inquiry Strand

  4. Teaching Concepts Explicitly • Historical thinking concepts are NOT in the background • They are NOT the secret language of history • They should be taught directly, often starting with personal examples

  5. How and Why, Not So Much What • More emphasis on how we teach and exploring through an inquiry method why things happened rather than on what we teach • Let go of some of the details

  6. Historical Inquiry • HTCs work well in an inquiry-based classroom • This way the teacher avoids the need to teach everything about every topic • Puts exploration in the hands of the students

  7. Concept Integration Historical Significance Cause and Consequence Continuity and Change Primary Evidence Ethical Dimensions of History Historical Perspective Taking

  8. Starting Out : Day 1 Vocabulary * Evidence * Interpretation * Context * Presentism The Economist, Jan. 19-25, 2013, Cover.

  9. Yellow Card The P Card Students wave it when someone says something presentist It’s not wrong: just needs examination Livestrong, Soccer Rules and Regulations on Yellow Cards, March 10, 2011, http://www.livestrong.com/article/438302-soccer-rules-regulations-on-yellow-cards/ (June 20, 2013).

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