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ERIC #:	EJ720484
Title:	Local History and Problem-Based Learning
Authors:	Wieseman, Katherine C.; Cadwell, Doni
Descriptors:	Local History; Grade 4; Teaching Methods; Internet; Problem Based Learning; History Instruction; Thinking Skills; Migration; Critical Thinking; Educational Benefits
Source:	Social Studies and the Young Learner, v18 n1 p11-14 Sep-Oct 2005
More Info: Help Peer Reviewed:	Yes
Publisher:	National Council for the Social Studies, 8555 16th St., #500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 301-588-1800.
Publication Date:	2005-00-00
Pages:	4
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Abstract:	The combination of students, local history, researching, and problem-based learning creates a powerful opportunity for learning to all involved. This article provides one example of how an elementary teacher and a teacher educator have used local resources and problem-based learning to teach a fourth grade unit about human communities and the history of the local area. For this unit the teacher wanted to build on students' knowledge about the concepts of community, which was studied in third grade. Many benefits for elementary students are associated with a problem-based learning unit focused on human migration and interdependence between human communities. The authors describe how fourth graders were encouraged and forced to use higher order thinking skills (e.g., analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating) and inductive reasoning. Cooperatively and collaboratively they researched primary and secondary sources, and discovered solutions (reasons and themes for human migration). The use of problem-based learning created a high level of excitement, which contributed to willingness to take risks as students discovered solutions for human migration. The discussion and critical thinking involved in a problem-based learning unit provides opportunities to develop an understanding of human communities in the local area and an awareness of the history of the local area. (Contains 3 endnotes.)
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ISSN:	ISSN-1056-0300
Audiences:	Teachers
Languages:	English
Education Level:	Grade 4
Direct Link:	http://www.socialstudies.org

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