Teaching in a culturally responsive manner helps students understand that they are part of the connective thread in the fabric of history. When we understand our students’ own stories, we can help them apply historical thinking skills with greater ease and empower them to shape the future.
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I LOVE this idea of having students use evidence (along with authority, logic, and intuition) to construct a historical narrative. I'm going to use it with my 6th graders when we study early humans! Thanks…
Great question, Donnetta. A lot of the times students don't have any background knowledge about a historical period. If I have time, I let them first come up with their own questions and observations based…
As a kindergarten teacher, it is important that kids see themselves in our curriculum--most often for me, this takes places in the form of trade books. We also explore and celebrate things that make our…