Sentence examples for historical instruction from inspiring English sources

This in itself need not be a major failing, since movies set in the 18th century have much to offer besides historical instruction -- women in tight bodices, men in wigs, and elegantly turned-out people laughing uproariously at remarks that don't sound, to our vulgar modern ears, funny at all.

We found that the teacher's limited subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge constrained the quality of historical instruction.

This case study explores whether and to what extent a history curriculum with educative features can contribute to the quality of historical instruction.

A Canadian immigrant who has often invoked his own Jewish cultural legacy as vital to guiding his views on education and historical instruction, Horne tells the filmmakers that the cultural-relevancy-focused curriculum of the Mexican American Studies Program is based on a "primitive part that is tribal".

The graphic representations that only imply causal relationships and the focus on explicit causal signals in historical thinking instruction are similar to the paratextual graphs and inclusion of causal connectors that textbooks use to aid students' causal comprehension (Coffin2006).

Use "historical" as instructed.

But for every comment about technology, Mr. Lemann is quick to reiterate the importance of instruction in historical values and sophisticated reporting strategies.

— which gets a slightly less brief introduction — the explanatory text is limited to a few sentences on the games' historical significance, followed by instructions on how to play.

He took the Augustinian position that poetry, songs, instructions or historical statements in biblical texts need not always be interpreted literally.

Studies that pair instruction about both historical thinking and the language of history are scarce.

The latter wasn't possible in real life, of course, but aristocratic women were trained to strictly regulate their movements, something the cast of "Downton Abbey" were schooled in by a historical adviser, whose counsel included instructions to keep a "soldier's back" and to never cross their arms or put their hands in their pockets.