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Making Sense of History:

Using High-quality Literature And Hands-on Experiences to Build Content Knowledge
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Scholastic Teaching Resources, 2006 - Education - 208 pages
For teachers interested in building reading skills and content knowledge simultaneously, this book is for them. Myra Zarnowski breaks the mold on traditional instruction by providing guidelines for building students’ understanding of and excitement for history. She demonstrates how to use high-quality literature and hands-on experiences to help students not only grasp the facts, but make sense of the facts. Loaded with book lists, step-by-step study units, and the work of real students, this book is just what teachers need to get students thinking, learning, and caring about the people and events of the past. For use with Grades 3 & Up.

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Review: Making Sense of History: Using High-Quality Literature and Hands-On Experiences to Build Content Knowledge

User Review  - Dana Schroeder - Goodreads

This book was chosen as a required text for an Elementary Social Studies Methods class I had the opportunity to teach. The book is geared to elementary teachers and students, but many of the methods ... Read full review

Review: Making Sense of History: Using High-Quality Literature and Hands-On Experiences to Build Content Knowledge

User Review  - Tamara - Goodreads

An interesting and thought-provoking books that examines ways that teachers of history can provide historical context and perspective to help students understand history in the same way historians do ... Read full review

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About the author (2006)

Myra Zarnowski is a professor in the Department of ElementarMyra Zarnowski is a professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Queens College, City Univy and Early Childhood Education at Queens College, City University of New York, where she teaches courses in literacy, cersity of New York, where she teaches courses in literacy, children's literature, and social studies. A former classroomhildren's literature, and social studies. A former classroom teacher, she has taught at both the elementary and middle s teacher, she has taught at both the elementary and middle school levels. She is particularly interested in making histochool levels. She is particularly interested in making history a vibrant subject for teachers and children. ry a vibrant subject for teachers and children.

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