Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in History »

KATHLEEN W. CRAVER is Head Librarian at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C.

Recommends 150 primary source Internet sites in history for teachers and school library media specialists to stimulate critical thinking in students.

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Designed for junior high and high school history teachers and school library media specialists, this guide provides a resource for creating technologically advanced, resource-based instructional units in American and World History. 150 primary source Internet sites ranging from the (2500 BCE), to (1822 CE) and up to events of 1998, offer vast amounts of information. Craver, Head Librarian at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., supplies brief but intelligent annotations on each site, as well as provocative questions to help teachers synthesize the material and encourage students to think critically about history. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Introduction

Using Critical Thinking Skills in History

Using Primary Sources

Ancient Civilizations

Early Christian Era

Eleventh - Fourteenth Centuries

Fifteenth - Sixteenth Centuries

Seventeenth - Eighteenth Centuries

Nineteenth Century

Twentieth Century

Selected Primary Source Databases

Title Index

Subject Index