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From: Jonathan Hunt <jhunt24>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:45:43 GMT
Monica,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. One thing I'd love to see history/social science teachers borrow from reading/language arts teachers, though, is the workshop approach (i.e. where students are taught specific skills in mini-lessons and then practice and experiment on their own).
A couple impediments to this (to add to your list of why adults use historical fiction in favor of nonfiction): 1) Adults have a difficult time finding primary (and secondary) source documents and artifacts. And 2) Adults have a difficult time getting multiple copies of non-textbook tertiary sources.
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Received on Mon 20 Nov 2000 10:45:43 AM CST
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:45:43 GMT
Monica,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. One thing I'd love to see history/social science teachers borrow from reading/language arts teachers, though, is the workshop approach (i.e. where students are taught specific skills in mini-lessons and then practice and experiment on their own).
A couple impediments to this (to add to your list of why adults use historical fiction in favor of nonfiction): 1) Adults have a difficult time finding primary (and secondary) source documents and artifacts. And 2) Adults have a difficult time getting multiple copies of non-textbook tertiary sources.
Jonathan Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
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Received on Mon 20 Nov 2000 10:45:43 AM CST
