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The Makah: Exploring Public Issues during a Structured Classroom Discussion

Submitted by Steven Lapham on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 12:12pm

--Bruce E. Larson
Students have to think on two levels: they must deliberate about a current issue (Native rights to small-scale whaling) and develop reasons to defend their thinking; and they must reflect on the discussion process itself.

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General US History [1]
Pre-colonial, Colonial [2]
Recent Times [3]
Social Studies and the Young Learner [4]
Elementary [5]
Middle Level [6]
US History [7]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrary/makah-exploring-public-issues-during-structured-classroom-discussion

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[1] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/general-us-history
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/pre-colonial-colonial
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/recent-times
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/journal/social-studies-and-young-learner
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/elementary
[6] http://www.socialstudies.org/middlelevel
[7] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory