Reading Like A Historian

With the start of school just around the corner, I am still scouring for curriculum that will enhance our study of US history.    I discovered that Stanford is offering free lessons plans that help students read history like a historian. 

The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents modified for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities. This curriculum teaches students how to investigate historical questions employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading. Instead of memorizing historical facts, students evaluate the trustworthiness of multiple  perspectives on issues from King Philip's War to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and  make historical claims backed by documentary evidence.



Since the lessons are designed to supplement what is already being taught, this will be a great addition to our history plan!  

Units Include...

1. Colonial
2. Revolution and Early America
3. Expansion/Slavery
4. Civil War and Reconstruction
5. The Gilded Age
6.  American Imperialism
7. Progressivism
8. World War I and the 1920s
9. New Deal and World War II
10. Cold War
11. Cold War Culture/Civil Rights

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