Teaching Students to Think Historically
September 25, 2017 Teaching History
Teachers who incorporate the following eight strategies into their curriculum will be helping students develop historical thinking skills, however those skills are defined.
1. Examine primary sources.
2. Examine secondary sources (discuss historiography).
3. Analyze cause and effect in history.
4. Identify patterns, themes, and recurring issues in history.
5. Categorize and compartmentalize historical information.
6. Compare and contrast two or more historical topics.
7. Place information in historical context.
8. Develop academic arguments in writing.
1. Examine primary sources.
2. Examine secondary sources (discuss historiography).
3. Analyze cause and effect in history.
4. Identify patterns, themes, and recurring issues in history.
5. Categorize and compartmentalize historical information.
6. Compare and contrast two or more historical topics.
7. Place information in historical context.
8. Develop academic arguments in writing.
