Learning Materials for Teachers

Reading like a Historian (Lesson plans)

Digital Inquiry Group (former Stanford History Education Group)

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Levels and forms of education

Lower Secondary Education

Upper Secondary Education

Resource type

Lesson plans

Worksheets and informative texts

Primary Sources

Audio-visual materials (photographs, videos, movies, audio files)

Historic approaches concerned

Other Approaches

Historic period

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Countries or areas concerned

Cross-regional, , United States of America, Northern America

Languages

English, Spanish

Description

The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features a set of primary documents designed for groups of students with a range of reading skills. This curriculum teaches students how to investigate historical questions by employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading. Instead of memorizing historical facts, students evaluate the trustworthiness of multiple perspectives on historical issues and learn to make historical claims backed by documentary evidence. To learn more about how to use Reading Like a Historian lessons, watch these videos about how teachers use these materials in their classrooms. Click here for a complete list of Reading Like a Historian lessons, and click here for a complete list of materials available in Spanish.

Keywords

Teaching materials

Critical thinking

Critical reasoning

USA

World History