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ERIC Number: EJ376919
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Do Facts Speak for Themselves? Writing the Historical Essay.
Woodman, Harold D.
Social Studies Texan, v4 n3 p30-34 Fall 1988
Argues that students must be taught historical methods in order to evaluate historical evidence, determine its relevance to a topic, and produce intelligent papers. Presents an exercise which requires students to write a historical essay based solely upon provided documents, illustrating that interpretations will vary despite common facts. (GEA)
Descriptors: Essays, Evaluative Thinking, High Schools, Higher Education, Historiography, History Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Research Skills, Student Research, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Historical Materials; Historical Methods
Note: Published by Texas Council for the Social Studies, 13826 Taylorcrest, Houston, TX 77079.