REFERNCES & STANDARDS
References
Appiah, K.A. (2006). Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a world of strangers. New York: W.W. Norton and Company.
Bolick, C. M. (2006). Digital archives: Democratizing the doing of history. International Journal of Social Education, 21(1), 122-134.
Koehler, M.J., & Mishra, P. (2005). What happens when teachers design educational technology? The development of technological pedagogical content knowledge. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 32(2), 131-152.
Lee, J. K. (2002). Digital history in the history/social studies classroom. The History Teacher, 35(4).
National Council for the Social Studies (2013). College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (National Council for the Social Studies: Silver Springs, Maryland).
Potter, L. A. (2009). Teaching with documents, and documents, and more documents: The National Archives digital partnerships. Social Education, 73(3), 109-112.
Standards
North Carolina State Essential Standards
6th & 7th Grade Social Studies
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to understand the emergence, expansion and decline of civilizations, societies and regions over time.
6.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues over time.
6.H.1.2 Summarize the literal meaning of historical documents in order to establish context.
6.H.1.3 Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.
8th Grade Social Studies
8.H.1 Apply historical thinking to understand the creation and development of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues.
8.H.1.2 Summarize the literal meaning of historical documents in order to establish context.
8.H.1.3 Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.
8.H.1.4 Use historical inquiry to evaluate the validity of sources used to construct historical narratives (e.g. formulate historical questions, gather data from a variety of sources, evaluate and interpret data and support interpretations with historical evidence).
8.H.1.5 Analyze the relationship between historical context and decision-making.
World History
WH.H.1 Apply the four interconnected dimensions of historical thinking to the Essential Standards for World History in order to understand the creation and development of societies/civilizations/nations over time.
WH.H.1.1 Use Chronological thinking to: 1. Identify the structure of a historical narrative or story: (its beginning, middle and end). 2. Interpret data presented in time lines and create time lines.
WH.H.1.2 Use Historical Comprehension to: 1. Reconstruct the literal meaning of a historical passage. 2. Differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations. 3. Analyze data in historical maps. 4. Analyze visual, literary and musical sources.
WH.H.1.3 Use Historical Analysis and Interpretation to: 1. Identify issues and problems in the past. 2. Consider multiple perspectives of various peoples in the past. 3. Analyze cause-and-effect relationships and multiple causations. 4. Evaluate competing historical narratives and debates among historians. 5. Evaluate the influence of the past on contemporary issues.
WH.H.1.4 Use Historical Research to: 1. Formulate historical questions. 2. Obtain historical data from a variety of sources. 3. Support interpretations with historical evidence. 4. Construct analytical essays using historical evidence to support arguments.
American History I & II
AH1.H.1 Apply the four interconnected dimensions of historical thinking to the American History Essential Standards in order to understand the creation and development of the United States over time.
AH1.H.1.1 Use Chronological thinking to: 1. Identify the structure of a historical narrative or story: (its beginning, middle and end). 2. Interpret data presented in time lines and create time lines.
AH1.H.1.2 Use Historical Comprehension to: 1. Reconstruct the literal meaning of a historical passage. 2. Differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations. 3. Analyze data in historical maps. 4. Analyze visual, literary and musical sources.
AH1.H.1.3 Use Historical Analysis and Interpretation to: 1. Identify issues and problems in the past. 2. Consider multiple perspectives of various peoples in the past. 3. Analyze cause-and-effect relationships and multiple causation. 4. Evaluate competing historical narratives and debates among historians. 5. Evaluate the influence of the past on contemporary issues.
AH1.H.1.4 Use Historical Research to: 1. Formulate historical questions. 2. Obtain historical data from a variety of sources. 3. Support interpretations with historical evidence. 4. Construct analytical essays using historical evidence to support arguments.
C3 Framework
National Council for the Social Studies (2013). College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (National Council for the Social Studies: Silver Springs, Maryland).