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Reading Like a Historian
Reading Like a Historian offers a free, downloadable curriculum which engages World History and US History students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features a set of primary documents designed for groups of students with a range of reading skills. By employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading, students learn how to evaluate the trustworthiness of multiple perspectives on historical issues and how to make historical claims backed by documentary evidence. In addition to lesson plans and classroom activities, the site includes English and Spanish language contextualization, historical thinking, and downloadable posters can prompt immediate student engagement.
Tags: Africa Atlantic World Byzantine East Asia Europe Islamic Empires Latin America Mediterranean Mexico Middle East North America Russia, Eurasia, & Eastern Europe South America South Asia United States World Assignments Class Activities Primary Sources Short Video Teaching Guide African American African Diaspora Asian Pacific American Cultural Economic Empires Environmental Exploration & Expansion Globalization Human Rights & Violations Intellectual Labor Latinx Legal Maritime Migration & Immigration Military Native American & Indigenous Peace Movements & Protests Political Public Race & Ethnicity Religion Revolutions Slavery Social Urban Visual Culture Women, Gender, & Sexuality 1400-1600 1600-1800 1800-1900 1900-1945 1945-Present 600 BCE to 600 CE 600 to 1400 8000 BCE to 600 BCE
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