{"product_id":"in-search-of-americas-past-bruce-vansledright-9780807741924","title":"In Search of America's Past: Learning to Read History in Elementary School","description":"\u003cp\u003eBruce VanSledright shows how young students can benefit from an investigative, inquiry-based approach to the study of history, as called for by the national standards. Addressing important questions about the teaching and learning of history in today's diverse classrooms, this volume: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConveys the results of an innovative teacher-research project, using engaging stories of VanSledright's classroom experiences.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides examples and guidelines, developed from the author's own fifth-grade classroom, for teaching novices to engage in historical investigations (in contrast to memorizing details in a textbook). \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers strong evidence that children do have the intellectual capacity to judge the validity, reliability, and perspective of historical documents and images.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrestles with a number of issues facing history teachers who wish to embark on ambitious projects with their students that can take them against the grain of policy mandates (such as recall-based, high-stakes testing).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Vansledright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807741922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807741924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.32w x 0.45d","brand":"Bruce Vansledright","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086896574719,"sku":"9780807741924","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da530bf8-810c-4eb4-8ecc-9b8824dad51a.jpg?v=1769097196","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-search-of-americas-past-bruce-vansledright-9780807741924","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}