Moler's Musing

MARCH 8, 2025

One of the biggest challenges in history education is engaging students in meaningful analysis while encouraging collaboration and critical thinking. Document-Based Investigation Primary sources can be intimidating, but Snorkl makes them interactive. Summarize the document in one sentence.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History Critical Thinking History Education 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. I could utilize the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media software tools for historical research.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The next day, we dove into the document analysis activity compiled by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. After going over key terms and background information (as suggested by Wolfe-Rocca in the PDF version of the activity), I arranged my students in groups of four and they investigated six of the included documents.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

” While this piece was written primarily for adult education, an adaptation for middle and high school teachers is included at the end of the document. PBS Newshour Educator Voice: Teachers know how to teach hard history about Palestine. foreign policy on children in the region. ”; and more.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52