Teaching with Primary Sources for Cultural Understanding, Civic Mindedness, and Democracy

Scott M. Waring (Edited by)

9780807769706

Paperback / softback, published 22 March 2024

272 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm, 0.272 kg

This resource has been developed for Pre-K–20 educators in order to help students use primary sources to go beyond simple acquisition of content knowledge and rote memorization. The procedures and approaches outlined in this book are designed to be used with Pre-K–20 students to help them use primary sources in discipline and inquiry-based ways to develop and enhance understandings for cultural understanding, civic mindedness, and democracy. Expert authors demonstrate how the skills students learn through this process can be applied to their everyday life and allow them to think critically about the world around them, better understand various cultures, communicate their understandings effectively, and enhance their democratic values. Grounded in the National Council for the Social Studies C3 Framework, topics include social emotional learning, inclusion, higher order thinking, civic agency, project-based learning, democracy-building across cultures, teaching about war, enacting change through intentional civic engagement, and systemic racism in the United States.

• Contents (Tentative)
• Part I: Introduction to and Strategies for Teaching with Primary Sources
• 1.  
  Making the Invisible Visible: Demystifying Sources and Disciplinary Practice
  Heather M. Nice
• 2.  
  A Culture of Questioning: How to Use Student Questions to Springboard Powerful Primary Source Learning
  Sarah Westbrook and Johnny Walker
• 3.  
  Strategies for Close Reading With Primary Sources
  Melissa Starkey
• 4.  
  In Their Hands, Hearts, and Minds: Strategies for Helping Students Touch, Inquire, and Think Deeply Using Primary Sources
  Michael M. Yell and GeoffreyScheurman
• 5.  
  Building Into Inquiry: Trade Books and Primary Sources to Drive Inquiry-Based Learning
  Allie Whitford
• Part II: Developing an Environment for Conducting Authentic Inquiries With Primary Sources
• 6.  
  Learning About Children'
  s Lives at the Turn of the Century Through Visual Discovery and SOURCES
  Scott M. Waring
• 7.  
  Inquiry by Design: Unit Planning to Ensure Authentic Use of Primary Sources
  Stefanie Rosenberg Wager
• Part III: Applying Disciplinary Tools and Concepts, Evaluating Sources, andUsing Evidence in the Creation of Evidence-Based Narratives  
  
• 8.  
  Pairing Primary Sources with Literature to Improve Critical Reading and Comprehension
  Salika A. Lawrence, Nancy Osborn, Marie Donnantuono, and Tiffany Labissiere
• 9.  
  Curating Curiosity
  Michael Gurlea
• 10.  
  What Does "Primary Source" Mean in Science Education?
  Loris Chen, Kathy Biernat, Donna Governor, Heather Anglin, and Eric J. Pyle
• 11.  
  Using Arts-Based Primary Sources to Connect Students'
  Lives to Learning
  Catherine Cooney and Erin Elman
• 12.  
  Using Primary Sources in the PK–
  12 Mathematics and Statistics Classrooms
  Peter DeCraene
• 13.  
  Teaching Economics Using Primary Sources
  Stephen Day, Genevieve Podleski, Scott Wolla, and Diego Mendez-Carbajo
• Part IV: Emerging Technologies and Primary Sources
• 14.  
  Engaging Students With Emerging Technologies
  Scott M. Waring and Richard Hartshorne
• 15.  
  My Place in History
  William Toledo and Esther A. Enright
• 16.  
  Using Emerging Technologies to Deepen Instruction With Historical Artifacts
• Index
• About the Authors