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9780325004341

History Makers

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  • ISBN13:

    9780325004341

  • ISBN10:

    032500434X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-02-14
  • Publisher: Greenwood-Heineman
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Summary

Zarnowskis practical text focuses on a questioning approach to teaching history. Rather than merely memorizing facts, students engage in historical sense making using the biography as an entryway into the larger issues of history.

Author Biography

MYRA ZARNOWSKI is a professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Queens College, City University of New York, where she teaches courses in literacy, childrens literature, and social studies. A former classroom teacher, she has taught at both the elementary and middle school levels. She is particularly interested in making history a vibrant subject for teachers and children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments iv
A Questioning Approach to Biography: Putting Interpretation in the Forefront
1(6)
``What If?'' History
7(19)
Powerful Pairs, Triplets, Quads, and More: Looking at Historical Interpretation
26(24)
Thinking with Visible Authors
50(19)
Sidebars, Captions, Timelines, and Authors' Notes
69(36)
Simple Questions Without Simple Answers
105(14)
References 119

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