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Direct linkHallock, Robert; Smoot, Kathryn – Social Education, 2018
In this article, the authors begin by describing a classroom activity from part of the Diplomacy Challenge unit in their Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Advanced Placement (AP) World History Curriculum when students discover and analyze the history of the Early Modern Era (1450-1750). In this article, they explain how they have adopted PBL, its…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Advanced Placement, World History, History Instruction
Peer reviewedSaye, John W.; Brush, Thomas – Social Education, 2005
Teachers who have tried problem-based historical inquiry have often found its demands overwhelming. Both teachers and students need a support structure to assist them with the inquiry process. The Persistent Issues in History (PIH) Network seeks to nurture and support a national community of teachers who engage their students in problem-based…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, History Instruction, Educational Technology, Problem Based Learning
Baildon, Mark C.; Damico, James – Social Education, 2006
What distinguishes students' sense-making of the past from historians' thinking is that historians know how to determine the validity of competing truth claims, a rather complex intellectual skill that requires a sophisticated set of heuristics and strategies. One way to help students learn how to determine the validity of competing truth claims…
Descriptors: Validity, United States History, Evaluative Thinking, Interpretive Skills
