Historical Thinking, Primary Sources, and Rigor in History
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Historical Thinking, Primary Sources, and Rigor in History Education
Mills Kelly
George Mason University
tkelly7@gmu.edu
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What Are We Going to Do Today?
Think about thinking like a historian
Watch some people think like a historian
Try to arrive at some partial agreement about what we think historical thinking is and how we can recognize it when we see it
Consider various primary sources and how students might work with them
Talk about rigor in history education
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Historical Thinking
Make a list for me of as many characteristics of historical thinking as you can think of in the next five minutes or so.
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Historical Thinking
Turn to the person sitting next to you
and share your list.
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Historical Thinking
Share one item on your list with me.
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Historical Thinking
I need a volunteer from the audience.
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Historical Thinking
The Little Big Horn Massacre
July 6, 1876
LATEST ACCOUNTS OF THE CHARGE. FORCE OF FOUR THOUSAND INDIANS IN POSITION ATTACKED BY LESS THAN FOUR HUNDRED TROOPS - OPINIONS OF LEADING ARMY OFFICERS OF THE DEED AND ITS CONSEQUENCES - FEELING IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE DISASTER.
The dispatches giving an account of the slaughter of Gen. Custer's command, published in THE TIMES of yesterday, are confirmed and supplemented by official reports from Gen. A. H. Terry, commanding the expedition. On June 25 Gen. Custer's command came upon the main camp of Sitting Bull, and at once attacked it, charging the thickest part of it with five companies, Major Reno, with seven companies attacking on the other side. the soldiers were repulsed and a wholesale slaughter ensued. Gen. Custer, his brother, his nephew, and his brother-in-law were killed, and not one of his detachment escaped. The Indians surrounded Major Reno's command and held them in the hills during a whole day, but Gibbon's command came up and the Indians left. The number of killed is stated at 300 and the wounded at 31. Two hundred and seven men are said to have been buried in one place. The list of killed includes seventeen commissioned officers.
It is the opinion of Army officers in Chicago, Washington, and Philadelphia, including Gens. Sherman and Sheridan, that Gen. Custer was rashly imprudent to attack such a large number of Indians, Sitting Bull's force being 4,000 strong. Gen. Sherman thinks that the accounts of the disaster are exaggerated. The wounded soldiers are being conveyed to Fort Lincoln. Additional details are anxiously awaited throughout the country.
