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How to Help Students Think Like Historians | Teaching the Why in Social Studies

From The Social Studies Teacher Podcast · Hosted by Kirsten Hammond

2026-03-09·13:41

Episode summary

In this episode of The Social Studies Teacher Podcast: History lessons often focus on dates, events, and timelines. But when students understand why events happened, history begins to make sense! In this video, we explore practical strategies for helping students think like historians by focusing on cause and effect, perspectives, evidence, and historical reasoning.

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History lessons often focus on dates, events, and timelines. But when students understand why events happened, history begins to make sense! In this video, we explore practical strategies for helping students think like historians by focusing on cause and effect, perspectives, evidence, and historical reasoning. This episode walks through several…