Models of Wisdom in the Teaching of History Wineburg Chapter Seven
Grim Trends Lesson Explanation Textbook Take Test Watch Movie Memorization Read Stories
Your Experiences What have you experienced in a History class that matches the current trends or caused disinterest?
The Invisible Teacher Preparation with knowledge Let students do the talking History as a dynamic process Related readings in advance Different views
The Visible Teacher Teacher = Actor Ask students questions Notebook/Knowledge Anecdotes/Stories = Students want more Historians present “accounts” of events Different Views
Constants Different views of history Why history happened Teacher learning skills =/= student skills More than textbook knowledge
Your Experiences What have you experienced in a History class that caused increased interest? Did you have an invisible or a visible teacher?