Thinking Historically: Educating Students for the Twenty-First Century

Contents: 

• Introduction
• The nature of history and historical thinking
• What is important in the past?
• Historical significance
• What changed and what remained the same?
• Continuity and change
• Did things change for better or worse?
• Progress and decline
• How do we make sense of the raw materials of the past?
• Evidence
• How can we understand predecessors who had different moral frameworks?
• Historical empathy
• Conclusion