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ERIC Number: EJ515365
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0882-228X
Why Study History?
Edmondson, Michael
OAH Magazine of History, v9 n4 p45-47 Sum 1995
Presents three responses to the perennial student question, "Why study history?": (1) the acquisition of higher-order thinking skills; (2) the construction of history through a consistent and clear lens; and (3) the safeguarding of American individualism. Asserts that teachers need to provide frameworks that allow students to interpret history through their own unique process. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, History, History Instruction, Presidents of the United States, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, United States History
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Hoover (Herbert)