When Freshmen Write History: Text and Subtext.

Ramsay, John G.

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ERIC Number: EJ387912

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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When Freshmen Write History: Text and Subtext.

Ramsay, John G.

Social Studies Journal, v18 p16-21 Spr 1989

Reviews a college freshmen history seminar project in which students wrote, illustrated, and prepared a U.S. history textbook on the 1950s and 1960s. Reflecting on the resulting text, Ramsay questions whether students succumbed to the didactic fallacy; and cites a lack of cohesiveness, but praises the project's value as a teaching exercise. (LS)

Descriptors: Class Activities, College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, First Year Seminars, Higher Education, Historiography, History Instruction, History Textbooks, Misconceptions, Student Developed Materials, Textbook Preparation, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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