“Great/Not so Great”: A framework for evaluating U.S. presidents in lower elementary social studies

There has been much written to help elementary level students engage in inquiry based strategies; many of these suggestions tend to focus on students in the upper elementary age range, while lower elementary students are usually not offered the opportunity to think about history in a more critical fashion. The purpose of this "hands-on" presentation is to discuss a framework for helping teachers work with younger students to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the historical figures (U.S. Presidents) they learn about in grades K-3 social studies