Table of Contents
ContentsForeword Laura Wakefield ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. A New Vision of History Teaching 5 Knowledge 6Skills 7Dispositions 7Section and Chapter Organization 8Knowing and Doing Citizenship 9
Part I. Defending Civil Rights: Looking Out for One Another 11
2. John Adams, Josiah Quincy Jr., and the Boston Massacre Trial 13 Students’ Background Knowledge 13Historical Background for Teachers and Students 13Historical Thinking Skills: Corroboration 14Lesson Ideas 15Instructional Materials 17
3. Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad 22 Students’ Background Knowledge 22Historical Background for Teachers and Students 22Historical Thinking Skills: Historiography 23Lesson Ideas 24Instructional Materials 26
Part II. Collaborative Problem-solving: Making a difference by Coming Together 31
4. Committees of Correspondence 33 Students’ Background Knowledge 33Historical Background for Teachers and Students 33Historical Thinking Skills: Contextualization 34Lesson Ideas 35Instructional Materials 37
5. Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor 42 Students’ Background Knowledge 42Historical Background for Teachers and Students 42Historical Thinking Skills: Historical Empathy 44Lesson Ideas 44Instructional Materials 46
Part III. Compromise: Sacrificing for the Common Good 51
6. The Great Compromise 53 Students’ Background Knowledge 53Historical Background for Teachers and Students 53Historical Thinking Skills: Historical Perspective Taking 55Lesson Ideas 55Instructional Materials 57
7. Compromise and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 62 Students’ Background Knowledge 62Historical Background for Teachers and Students 63Historical Thinking Skills: Change and Continuity 64Lesson Ideas 64Instructional Materials 66
Part iv. Getting along with Adversaries 71
8. Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction: Binding a Nation’s Wounds 73 Students’ Background Knowledge 73Historical Background for Teachers and Students 73Historical Thinking Skills: Ethical Judgment 75Lesson Ideas 75Instructional Materials 78
9. Reagan and Gorbachev: Adversaries and Friends 84 Students’ Background Knowledge 84Historical Background for Teachers and Students 84Historical Thinking Skills: Argumentative Writing 85Lesson Ideas 87Instructional Materials 89
Part V. Demonstrating Disapproval: Courageously Taking a Stand 97
10. Alice Paul and the Silent Sentinels 99 Students’ Background Knowledge 99Historical Background for Teachers and Students 99Historical Thinking Skills: Photograph Analysis 101Lesson Ideas 102Instructional Materials 104
11. Tommie Smith, John Carlos, and the 1968 Olympic Protests 109 Students’ Background Knowledge 109Historical Background for Teachers and Students 109Historical Thinking Skills: Contextualization 110Lesson Ideas 111Instructional Materials 113
Part VI. Civil Disobedience: When All Else Fails 117
12. Susan B. Anthony and the Election of 1872 119 Students’ Background Knowledge 119Historical Background for Teachers and Students 119Historical Thinking Skills: Identifying Historical Significance 120Lesson Ideas 121Instructional Materials 123
13. James Farmer Jr. and the Freedom Riders 128 Students’ Background Knowledge 128Historical Background for Teachers and Students 128Historical Thinking Skills: Sourcing 129Lesson Ideas 130Instructional Materials 132
References 138
Index 143
About the Author 153