Developing Historical Thinking Skills in a Lower Division History Course: Teaching Practicum Project
Introduction Eminent historian E.H. Carr defined the study of history as “the continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts, an unending dialogue between the present and the past.”[1] He argued that the historian and history are inextricably linked and that those who wish to understand history must understand the historian. Historians engage in “historical thinking” which according to Sam Wineburg is an “unnatural act” but one that is necessary in toda