Historical Thinking

Grade Level:

11

Subject:

US History

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Goal Summary:

Introduce historical thinking and writing methods to be used throughout the course for a thorough understanding of content and skills development.

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Essential Questions:

What are our understandings of history? Who writes history? How can we do the work of historians to create our own interpretations of history?

Understandings:

Students, for the most part, are already using the skills of analysis, corroboration, evaluation, development of claim/argument/position, citing evidence to strengthen claim/position/argument in their everyday lives.

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Skill Goals:

Students will be able to:
- evaluate an author's premise or purpose
- recognize the differences and purposes for evaluating primary and secondary sources
- determine the trustworthiness of an author's argument through historical thinking process

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