In February, I proposed that history education in the middle childhood years should begin with good fiction and non-fiction books for children. College survey courses in American history at Wright State University are populated first by students in education, followed by history majors and a sprinkling of history enthusiasts from other departments. Many of the [...]
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Reading History: Stories First
Posted in Education, history, reading, tagged Children's literature, Education, history, middle childhood, social studies, wiki, wikipedia on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reading History: Middle Childhood Education
Posted in Education, National History Day, history, narrative, reading, tagged Avi, bookmaking, children, Education, history, Language Arts, Louise Erdrich, NCLB, Ohio, social studies, Susan Campbell Bartoletti on February 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My views of middle childhood education come both from raising two children (college graduates in their twenties) and from serving as co-director of two Teaching American History grant projects. On one hand, I understand the impulse in No Child Left Behind to make inequality visible and to hold schools accountable. Unfortunately, in a world [...]
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