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ERIC Number: EJ452228
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Real or Fake?: The Phony Document as a Teaching Strategy.
Vanderhoof, Bill; And Others
Social Education, v56 n3 p169-71 Mar 1992
Suggests the use of phony documents to interest students and provide them with an opportunity to develop critical thinking skills and practice historical investigative methods. Gives examples of documents that can be presented to students to determine authenticity. Offers advice on preparing phony documents to use in the classroom. (DK)
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Historiography, History Instruction, Primary Sources, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Authenticity; Historical Methods