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Garland, William A. Jr. – Metropolitan Education, 1987
Discusses generally how a city can be used as an educational resource and presents a learning activity for middle-level social studies students. The lesson involves having student closely examine an aerial photograph of Hampton, VA, from the 1920s. Then, students make inferences from the photo about the lives of residents of Hampton at that time.…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Grade 8, History Instruction, Junior High Schools
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Cronon, William – History Teacher, 1986
Analyzes methods of teaching American social history and the merits of new (narrative) versus old (analytic) methodologies. Using college syllabi as models, the article concludes that historians must remain storytellers to be effective. (TRS)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Course Content