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Linking Content and Strategies
The ability to examine historical documents or, in fact, all kinds of primary sources, is a transferable skill that can be applied to many topics and disciplines. It is also one of many strategies for introducing students to the founding of our nation.
Journal: Apply This Strategy to Other Content Areas
Think about the applicability of this strategy (examining historical documents) to a more recent historical topic. In your journal, describe an activity using this strategy that you might incorporate with a 20th century history topic.
Journal: Apply Other Strategies to This Content Area
Think about other strategies that you could apply to this topic (the nation's early documents) to help students gain a deeper understanding of the process by which our nation's government was envisioned and formed. 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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