Reflective Journal 3
Entry 8: Critical Literacy for Young Citizens :First Grade Investigates the First Thanksgiving I SEE : I see that in the article Critical Literacy for Young Citizen s it states that “traditional history teaching made up primarily of rote dates and facts that had little relevance to our lives.” This immediately caught my attention because that is how I felt as a child learning history. I felt that it was mostly numbers, dates, and dead people that I had to memorize in order to be succeed. Now looking back, I realize as an educator it is important to relay that history isn’t not juts number and dates but is constantly moving and evolving with us. I THINK : In the article it talks about historical thinking and how much research is not geared toward primary grade levels in teaching young children. However, research is seen commonly in middle and high school grade levels. This peaked my interest in think that this is far from the truth. Students come with more knowl...