Formulate historical questions from encounters with historical documents.
Interrogate historical data by uncovering the social, political, and
economic context in which it was created; testing the data source for
its credibility, authority, authenticity, internal consistency and completeness;
and detecting and evaluating bias, distortion, and propaganda by omission,
suppression, or invention of facts.
Explain how increasing immigration changed the lives of Americans.
Use search strategies to retrieve electronic information.
Analyze the impact of immigration on American life.
Develop skills in historical analysis.
Systematically employ processes of critical historical inquiry to
reconstruct and reinterpret the past.
Apply concepts such as role, status, and social class in describing
the connections and interactions of individuals, groups, and institutions
in society
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for Technology and Teacher Education,
University of Virginia,
This
module created by Alice Carter
of the University of
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