Using Primary Source Materials [electronic resource] : A Curriculum Development Process / Helen L. Carlson and Maureen Otwell.
This paper on the curiculum development process describes how primary sources may be used to teach history. Three frameworks related to historical understanding are presented: (1) the thinking skills/information processing framework; (2) the cognitive structure framework; and (3) the response theory...
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| Summary: | This paper on the curiculum development process describes how primary sources may be used to teach history. Three frameworks related to historical understanding are presented: (1) the thinking skills/information processing framework; (2) the cognitive structure framework; and (3) the response theory framework. A curriculum development model is outlined using four stages: (1) the research stage in which the general historical theme is identified and developed, primary and secondary sources are reviewed, a context is specified, and questions and hypotheses are formulated; (2) the sorting stage in which primary source materials are reviewed, a grade level is chosen, and historical investigation skills are described; (3) the activity development stage in which primary source materials are adopted and evidence gathering worksheets are developed; and (4) the lesson writing stage in which pupil motivation, lesson objectives, and monitoring and evaluative techniques are reviewed. Three studies describing the curriculum process are provided. Using the theme of lives of children and families at the turn of the century, the studies include: "Family Life in Cloquet, Minnesota, 1900-1910"; "Urban Fringe Farm Families, 1860-1900"; and "The Messages in Women's Magazine Ads, 1897-1910." A 40-item bibliography is included. (CT) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED313272. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies (68th, Orlando, FL, November 18-21, 1988). Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education. |
| Physical Description: | 33 p. |
| Audience: | Teachers. Practitioners. |