The Oral Tradition and Arab Narrative History: An Exercise in Critical Thinking.

McBride, Lawrence W.; McKiddy, Gary E.

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ERIC Number: EJ392866

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1989

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The Oral Tradition and Arab Narrative History: An Exercise in Critical Thinking.

McBride, Lawrence W.; McKiddy, Gary E.

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, v14 n1 p3-17 Spr 1989

Suggests a method for presenting narrative accounts of one event in history so that students can practice analyzing and evaluating sources. Presents historical background about the capture of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1902, and offers three conflicting versions of this event with the teaching procedures for using the accounts in the classroom. (KO)

Descriptors: Arabs, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Heuristics, Higher Education, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Middle Eastern History, Narration, Oral History, Secondary Education, Social Studies, World History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Saudi Arabia

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