Guest Lecture: "Teaching with the C3 Historical Thinking Standards"

Hear a guest lecture by Dr. Merry Weisner-Hanks from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on March 4. Sponsored by the Department of History and The History Project at CSULB, Dr. Weisner-Hanks’ presentation is titled “Teaching with the C3 Historical Thinking Standards: Working with Primary Sources.”  Merry is a distinguished scholar of early modern history and she is also the lead history writer for the recently released C3 (College, Career, Civic Life) Framework for Social Studies State Standards. With the approaching of Common Core, these C3 standards will have a major impact upon history and social science instruction in California’s public schools.

This lecture will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Barrett Athletic Administration Center and refreshments will be served.   For more information, please contact Professor Tim Keirn at Tim.Keirn@csulb.edu .