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Morais, Dominic G. – History Teacher, 2018
As a project in a History of American Sport class, the author charged students with researching individuals or issues in Trinity University athletics history in the period from 1950 to 1991. After investigating their subjects in the university's special collections and archives, examining past issues of San Antonio-area newspapers and Trinity…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Active Learning, Student Projects
Burkholder, Peter – History Teacher, 2014
This article seeks to promote contemplation, even debate, among history professors on how to balance factual content with historical thinking, with the latter term incorporating elements of critical thinking that are conspicuously absent in many college students. This study emphasizes the importance of thoughtful, deliberate course planning that…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, History Instruction, College Faculty, Course Content
Suh, Yonghee; Grant, Leslie W. – History Teacher, 2014
Assessing students' historical understanding has been a long-standing challenge in history education. One of the widely used tools for accomplishing this task is the large-scale standardized test, the results of which are used as an indicator of student knowledge and skills in the social sciences/history. At the national level, the National…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Knowledge Level
Padurano, Dominique – History Teacher, 2011
A few days into the new school year, the author's female students invariably beg, plead, and cajole her in the hopes of watching Disney's "Pocahontas" in class. Toddlers when the film was released in 1995, doubtless they have seen it already dozens of times; more importantly, the author cringes at the ethnic and gender stereotypes sometimes…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, United States History, History Instruction, Ethnic Diversity
Alkana, Linda Kelly – History Teacher, 2011
Over nine years earlier, on September 11, 2001, the author was concerned about how young people would come to understand what came to be called "9/11." The particular history class she was teaching then and for the nine years following is a Critical thinking history class that stresses the facts and evidence that historians use, and emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Terrorism, United States History, History Instruction