Provide "acknowledged body of knowledge" related to the concept. Emphasize the most significant aspects of the concept in an organized, organic manner. Present information sequentially so students see continuity. Draw attention to important, discrete details; don't swamp students with myriad facts.
Read texts, and take essay exams
Objective: To increase student knowledge of various published histories of the time period.
Activity: 1) Students read their text. 2) Students read "traditional" Southern historians William Archibald Dunning and James Ford Rhodes. 3) Students read revisionist historian W.E.B. DuBois.
