Nobody owns the phrase “historical thinking,” but the power of this idea for organizing expectations in the modern-day American K-12 classroom owes a great deal to set of determined scholars such as Sam Wineburg from Stanford University. \u00a0Wineburg and his colleagues at the Stanford History Education Group have developed a series of fantastic resources for classroom educators at any level. \u00a0Others at institutions such as UCLA and George Mason University have also helped pioneer historical thinking toolkits on the web. \u00a0Now, many standards, such as AP US History or Common Core, are also promoting historical thinking as part of their \u00a0program. We hope that Lincoln’s Writings\u00a0<\/i>embodies and helps promote the spirit of these important endeavors. \u00a0To that purpose, we have provided a discussion forum below that illustrates how participants in our “Understanding Lincoln” online course have applied historical thinking principles to their multi-media Lincoln projects. \u00a0We have also listed several of\u00a0the leading historical thinking resources available currently on the web.<\/p>\nDiscussion Forum<\/h3>\n
Kelly Arickx, Lincoln’s Beard<\/a>,\u00a0Storify,\u00a0<\/em>August 2014<\/p>\n Kaellagh Cassidy, Digital Primary Sources to Humanize Lincoln<\/a>,\u00a0Storify,\u00a0<\/em>August 2014<\/p>\n Sara Combs, Understanding Lincoln & the Quest for Student-Centered Learning<\/a>,\u00a0Storify,\u00a0<\/em>August 2014<\/p>\n Stacy Hoeflich, Teaching Lincoln with Primary Sources<\/a>,\u00a0Storify,\u00a0<\/em>August 2014<\/p>\n Sean New, How do you teach Abraham Lincoln’s hero?<\/a>,\u00a0Storify,<\/em>\u00a0August 2014\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Jesse O’Neill, A.Lincoln, Funny Man?<\/a>,\u00a0Storify,\u00a0<\/em>August 2014<\/p>\n Rhonda Webb, Sherman, Lincoln, and George: The War in Three Dimensions,<\/a>\u00a0Storify,\u00a0<\/em>February 2014<\/p>\n Historical Thinking Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n Blueprint for Student Learning<\/a>\u00a0(National Council for History Education)<\/p>\n Historical Thinking Matters<\/a> (George Mason \/ Stanford)<\/p>\n National Center for History in the Schools <\/a>(UCLA)<\/p>\n Reading Like a Historian <\/a>(Stanford University)<\/p>\n Teachinghistory.org <\/a>(Center for History & New Media, George Mason University)<\/p>\n