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Tips for reading like a historian
1. social studies -- you’ll need oursocial studies -- you’ll need our
help!help!
Argument writing in history and socialArgument writing in history and social
studiesstudies
Mark Stout, Coordinator of Advanced Programs
& Secondary Social Studies
ELA Retreat -- October 5, 2011
2. GoalsGoals
Develop an awareness of recent developments in
best practices for history and social studies
Increase understanding about the natural
connections between Language Arts and Social
Studies
See examples of how social studies teachers are
implementing argument writing and engaging
students with complex text.
3. Social Studies is primarily theSocial Studies is primarily the
application of language artsapplication of language arts
and critical thinking skills toand critical thinking skills to
specific concepts and contentspecific concepts and content
4. What is History?
Accounts/narratives different depending on
perspective
We rely on evidence to construct account
of the past
We must question the reliability of
evidence
Any single piece of evidence is insufficient
We must use multiple sources to build a
plausible accountReading Like a Historian
Stanford History Education Group
5. Sourcing
Who wrote this?
What is the author’s point of view?
Why was it written?
When was it written?
Is the source believable?
Reading Like a Historian
Stanford History Education Group
6. Contextualizing
What else was going on?
What was it like to live in this time?
What things were different?...the same?
What would it look like to see this event
through the eyes of someone who lived
back then?
Reading Like a Historian
Stanford History Education Group
7. Corroboration
What do other pieces of evidence say?
Am I finding the same information
everywhere?
Am I finding different versions? Why?
Where else could I look to find out about
this?
What evidence is most believable?
8. Close Reading
What claims does the author make?
What evidence does the author use to
support those claims?
How is this document supposed to make
me feel?
What words of phrases does the author
use to convince me?
What information does the author leave
out? Reading Like a Historian
Stanford History Education Group
9. Comparing Sources
Conduct a close reading of the two
textbook excerpts about the Boston
Massacre
In what ways do the authors attempt to
influence the reader?
Which source would you consider more
reliable? Why?
Are textbooks reliable sources?
10.
11. Historical Investigations, DBQs, History
Labs
Essential Question
Use Historical Thinking Skills to Examine,
Evaluate,Analyze, and Interpret Sources
Develop a claim based on the evaluation of
evidence
Support claim with evidence from sources
Address counterclaims with evidence from
sources
