Contents Foreword Laura Wakefield ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. A New Vision of History Teaching 5 Knowledge 6 Skills 7 Dispositions 7 Section and Chapter Organization 8 Knowing and Doing Citizenship 9 Part I. Defending Civil Rights: Looking Out for One Another 11 2. John Adams, Josiah Quincy Jr., and the Boston Massacre Trial 13 Students'' Background Knowledge 13 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 13 Historical Thinking Skills: Corroboration 14 Lesson Ideas 15 Instructional Materials 17 3. Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad 22 Students'' Background Knowledge 22 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 22 Historical Thinking Skills: Historiography 23 Lesson Ideas 24 Instructional Materials 26 Part II. Collaborative Problem-solving: Making a difference by Coming Together 31 4. Committees of Correspondence 33 Students'' Background Knowledge 33 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 33 Historical Thinking Skills: Contextualization 34 Lesson Ideas 35 Instructional Materials 37 5.

Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor 42 Students'' Background Knowledge 42 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 42 Historical Thinking Skills: Historical Empathy 44 Lesson Ideas 44 Instructional Materials 46 Part III. Compromise: Sacrificing for the Common Good 51 6. The Great Compromise 53 Students'' Background Knowledge 53 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 53 Historical Thinking Skills: Historical Perspective Taking 55 Lesson Ideas 55 Instructional Materials 57 7. Compromise and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 62 Students'' Background Knowledge 62 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 63 Historical Thinking Skills: Change and Continuity 64 Lesson Ideas 64 Instructional Materials 66 Part iv. Getting along with Adversaries 71 8. Lincoln''s Plan for Reconstruction: Binding a Nation''s Wounds 73 Students'' Background Knowledge 73 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 73 Historical Thinking Skills: Ethical Judgment 75 Lesson Ideas 75 Instructional Materials 78 9. Reagan and Gorbachev: Adversaries and Friends 84 Students'' Background Knowledge 84 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 84 Historical Thinking Skills: Argumentative Writing 85 Lesson Ideas 87 Instructional Materials 89 Part V. Demonstrating Disapproval: Courageously Taking a Stand 97 10.

Alice Paul and the Silent Sentinels 99 Students'' Background Knowledge 99 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 99 Historical Thinking Skills: Photograph Analysis 101 Lesson Ideas 102 Instructional Materials 104 11. Tommie Smith, John Carlos, and the 1968 Olympic Protests 109 Students'' Background Knowledge 109 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 109 Historical Thinking Skills: Contextualization 110 Lesson Ideas 111 Instructional Materials 113 Part VI. Civil Disobedience: When All Else Fails 117 12. Susan B. Anthony and the Election of 1872 119 Students'' Background Knowledge 119 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 119 Historical Thinking Skills: Identifying Historical Significance 120 Lesson Ideas 121 Instructional Materials 123 13. James Farmer Jr. and the Freedom Riders 128 Students'' Background Knowledge 128 Historical Background for Teachers and Students 128 Historical Thinking Skills: Sourcing 129 Lesson Ideas 130 Instructional Materials 132 References 138 Index 143 About the Author 153.