A Student Guide to Reading Historical Documents.

Perry, Mary Elizabeth; Strenski, Ellen

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ERIC Number: EJ292353

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Publication Date: 1984

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A Student Guide to Reading Historical Documents.

Perry, Mary Elizabeth; Strenski, Ellen

Social Education, v48 n1 p58-59 Jan 1984

The study questions on this one-page guide can be used in the history classroom to help students identify the important features of a historical document. The questions can be used as the basis of class discussion, or they can serve as a preliminary writing assignment before a major essay. (RM)

Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, History Instruction, Primary Sources, Reading Comprehension, Secondary Education, Study Guides

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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