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ERIC Number: EJ502220
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
History Is in the Eye of the Beholder. Classroom Teacher's Idea Notebook.
Brakel, Arthur
Social Education, v59 n3 p149-50 Mar 1995
Maintains that most history students realize that primary sources are the cornerstone of written history. Contends that, when students understand that written history reflects the historian's personal insights, biases, and limitations, they discover both the pleasure and peril of studying history. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Historiography, History, History Instruction, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Primary Sources, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Albion College MI; Eastern Michigan University
Note: Theme issue topic: "Teaching Students to Think."