Doing history investigating with children in elementary and middle schools

Contents: Preface. Who We Are and Who We Can Become: The Sociocultural Context for Studying History. It's Not Just a Mishap: The Theory Behind Disciplined Inquiry. There Aren't a Lot of 'For Sure' Facts: Building Communities of Historical Inquiry. To Find Out Things We Didn't Know About Ourselves: Personal Histories. Tell Me About Yourself: Linking Children to the Past Through Family Histories. I Think Columbus Went to Hell: Initiating Inquiry Into World History. Rats in the Hospital: Creating a History Museum. I Have No Experience With This! Historical Inquiry in an Integrated Social Studies Setting. Why Isn't That in the Textbook? Fiction, Nonfiction, and Historical Thinking. Oh, Good! We Get to Argue: Putting Conflict in Context. In My Opinion, It Could Happen Again: How Attitudes and Beliefs Have Changed Over Time. Nosotros La Gente: Agency and Perspective in American History. The Arts Make Us All Part of Humankind: Cognitive Pluralism in History Teaching and Learning. Hey, I Know What's Going on Here! Constructive Assessment in History.