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TEACHING WITH TEXTBOOKS. Kyle Ward Director of Social Studies Education SCSU Krward@stcloudstate.edu. I. Need to create Junior Historians. A. get students involved with the research 1. Bias + Perspective=Interpretation a. Bias
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TEACHING WITH TEXTBOOKS Kyle Ward Director of Social Studies Education SCSU Krward@stcloudstate.edu
I. Need to create Junior Historians • A. get students involved with the research • 1. Bias + Perspective=Interpretation • a. Bias • b. Perspective • -When did WWII start? • US-Dec. 7, 1941 • Europe-Sept. 1, 1939 • Africa-Oct. 1935 • Asia-Sept. 19, 1931 • c. Interpretation
2. History has layers • a. An event happened • b. People have written about that event • c. Society has impacted how we interpret it
II. Heartbeat History • A. Depth vs. Breadth • B. it becomes about historical skills vs. fact memorizing
IV. Textbook Assignments • A. History CSI • 1. need history detectives to investigate the case 2. need lawyers to make your case in court
B. Textbook Editor Assignment • 1. You’ve been hired to edit a history textbook and you’ve been assigned the section on…
1. Chinese Immigration • a. 1905-“Immigrants were dangerous to society….” • b. 1916-“Their presence…threatened to create another race problem, which might someday rival in difficulty the Negro or the Indian problem.” • c. 1933-“You cannot make Americans out of these people; they will not become Christians, do not intermarry with other races.” • d. 1936-“Desirable people” • e. 1986-“They were extremely hardworking people.”