Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ543675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
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Voices from the Past: Middle-Schoolers Can Read and Enjoy Primary Source Documents.
Brogie, Bill
Social Studies Review, v36 n1 p46-49 Fall 1996
Recommends using primary source documents in middle school history instruction and examines several strategies for making them more accessible. Describes a course on 17th-century social reformers that utilized paraphrasing of the historical language used in primary documents followed by focus questions and class discussion. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, History, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Literacy, Literacy Education, Middle Schools, Primary Sources, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Reading Writing Relationship, Resource Materials, Social Studies, Student Improvement, Student Research, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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