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Linking Content and Strategies

The ability to use history museums or hands-on history labs is a transferable skill that can be applied to many topics and disciplines. It is also one of many strategies for introducing students to Pre-Columbian America.

Journal: Apply This Strategy to Other Content Areas

Think about the applicability of this strategy (experiencing history museums) to some other topic in the history classroom. In your journal, describe an activity using this strategy that you might incorporate with a different history topic.

Journal: Apply Other Strategies to This Content Area

Think about other strategies that you could apply to this topic (Pre-Columbian America) to help students understand the history of ancient cultures in North America. Consider the relative strengths and weaknesses of each approach in shaping an understanding of the relevant history. Describe the strategies in your journal.

To see a list of teaching strategies that could be applied to this and other topics in history, see Strategies.

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