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What's Important about the Past: American Fourth Graders' Interpretations of Historical Significance
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Direct linkFertig, Gary; Rios-Alers, Jennifer; Seilbach, Kelly – Educational Action Research, 2005
In this article, a university researcher and two teacher researchers collaborated in a classroom study of how 26 American fourth graders (9-year-olds) used primary source photographs to evaluate the historical significance of events in their community's past. Interpreting the photographs as historical evidence, students generated ideas and…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Primary Sources, Grade 4, Teacher Researchers
