Wineburg+Prompts

Check here each week for a prompt about the Wineburg readings. E-mail your responses to Kristen Taggart via the wiki mail system. The deadline for each prompt is Tues at 7 pm. Submissions will not be accepted after the deadline. **DO NOT** POST YOUR RESPONSES ON THE WIKI. Once the deadline comes due, Kristen will post all the responses online for review and discussion.

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Prompt #8 Using an example from Chapter 10, analyze the role that collective memory plays in the process of teaching and learning in the classroom." [|Student Responses]

Prompt #7 According to the examples given by Wineburg in chapter seven, what elements of Historical Thinking and Understanding are NOT provided in History Textbooks?" [|Student Responses]

Prompt #6 What "lenses" do Historians bring to the study of the past that differ from other disciplines? Why is the use of these lenses essential to understanding the past? [|Student Responses]

Prompt #5

What factors may determine the way children "picture" the past? [|Student Responses]

Prompt #4

According to Sam Weinburg in chapter 4, what are the dangers of projecting the present onto the people and events of the past? [|Student Responses]

Prompt #3

According to Sam Wineburg, why do students--and teachers--place such faith in Textbooks? What are the consequences of doing so? [|Student Responses]

Prompt #2 Based the information in chapter two, what does it mean to "learn" history? How do we know if/when someone has "learned" it? [|Student Responses]

Prompt 1 (Week of Feb 23, Wineburg intro & Ch. 1). //According to Sam Wineburg, why is "historical thinking" such an "unnatural" act?// [|Student Responses]