Historiography

I really liked this chapter since it stirs up the teenage mind when used. History is boring to students, but the drama of catching someone in an untruth is exciting to students. They must learn not to take everything they hear at face value. We must teach them to dig deeper. His example of a marker for an event that never took place is a wonderful example. Most people think because something is in a book (especially a textbook) it is the truth. I love to have students compare textbooks and what they say about certain events. For one lesson, I have several groups take different textbooks that are conflicting and use them to research a topic. The students love to argue that their textbook is the correct one. This opens their eyes to historiography and makes them do something we are always trying to get them to do - THINK.