Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in History - (Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarians)

About the Book

History teachers and school library media specialists will find this guide a valuable resource for creating technologically advanced, resource-based instructional units in American and World History in grades 7-12. It is filled with 150 recommended primary source Internet sites about history ranging from ancient civilizations to 1998 and is stocked with exciting, interesting, and challenging questions designed to stimulate students' critical thinking skills. Dr. Craver, who maintains an award-winning interactive Internet database and conducts technology workshops for school library media specialists, provides an indispensable tool to enable students to make the best use of the Internet for the study of history.

Each site is accompanied by a summary that describes its contents and usefulness to history teachers and school library media specialists. The questions that follow are designed specifically to stimulate critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills are deemed essential for students if they are to succeed academically and economically in the twenty-first century. An annotated appendix of selected primary source databases includes the Internet addresses for 60 additional primary source sites.

Book Synopsis

History teachers and school library media specialists will find this guide a valuable resource for creating technologically advanced, resource-based instructional units in American and World History in grades 7-12. It is filled with 150 recommended primary source Internet sites about history ranging from ancient civilizations to 1998 and is stocked with exciting, interesting, and challenging questions designed to stimulate students' critical thinking skills. Dr. Craver, who maintains an award-winning interactive Internet database and conducts technology workshops for school library media specialists, provides an indispensable tool to enable students to make the best use of the Internet for the study of history.

Each site is accompanied by a summary that describes its contents and usefulness to history teachers and school library media specialists. The questions that follow are designed specifically to stimulate critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills are deemed essential for students if they are to succeed academically and economically in the twenty-first century. An annotated appendix of selected primary source databases includes the Internet addresses for 60 additional primary source sites.

Review Quotes

?A valuable resource for creating technologically advanced resource-based instructional units in American and World History for grades 7-12.?-Teacher Librarian

?The amount of math-related materials on the Internet is growing exponentially. Yet it is hard to find a book that explains how the Internet can be used effectively to enhance student mathematical learning and critical thinking skills. Glazer's book is an attempt in this direction. Parts 1 and 2 of his work define major elements of critical thinking and discuss how Web resources can be used to stimulate student critical thinking in mathematics. Part 3 provides a total of 153 primary source sites covering algebra, geometry, probability, statistics, and calculus. Each site is presented in the same format with site address, suggested mathematical level, site summary, topics, discussion questions and activities, and related Internet sites. The consistency in the format makes the book easy to follow. This reviewer was impressed that many of these sites are still located at the same URL address provided in Glazer's book. Most of the sites whose URLs have changed are updated at http: //www.greenwood.com/glazer.htm. This book can be a highly valuable resource for mathematics teachers to enhance student learning as long as it is updated regularly. Recommended for high school mathematics teachers and students, as well as high school and university libraries.?-CHOICE

?This book contains a wealth of resources for the high school history teacher and library media specialist....This text is easy to read and easy to follow. It provides an effective tool for educators to vary units and engage students actively in their learning.?-Media & Methods

"A valuable resource for creating technologically advanced resource-based instructional units in American and World History for grades 7-12."-Teacher Librarian

"This book contains a wealth of resources for the high school history teacher and library media specialist....This text is easy to read and easy to follow. It provides an effective tool for educators to vary units and engage students actively in their learning."-Media & Methods

"The amount of math-related materials on the Internet is growing exponentially. Yet it is hard to find a book that explains how the Internet can be used effectively to enhance student mathematical learning and critical thinking skills. Glazer's book is an attempt in this direction. Parts 1 and 2 of his work define major elements of critical thinking and discuss how Web resources can be used to stimulate student critical thinking in mathematics. Part 3 provides a total of 153 primary source sites covering algebra, geometry, probability, statistics, and calculus. Each site is presented in the same format with site address, suggested mathematical level, site summary, topics, discussion questions and activities, and related Internet sites. The consistency in the format makes the book easy to follow. This reviewer was impressed that many of these sites are still located at the same URL address provided in Glazer's book. Most of the sites whose URLs have changed are updated at http: //www.greenwood.com/glazer.htm. This book can be a highly valuable resource for mathematics teachers to enhance student learning as long as it is updated regularly. Recommended for high school mathematics teachers and students, as well as high school and university libraries."-CHOICE

About the Author

KATHLEEN W. CRAVER is Head Librarian at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C. Dr. Craver is the author of School Library Media Centers in the 21st Century (Greenwood, 1994) and Teaching Electronic Literacy (Greenwood, 1997), and has published widely in library journals.