La recherche en didactique de l’histoire a analysé de nombreuses approches et ressources employées pour atteindre les diverses visées éducatives de l’enseignement des sciences sociales au secondaire. Elle traite cependant peu de l’usage des artéfacts ou des sites historiques pour faire apprendre aux élèves la démarche critique associée à la pensée historienne et à son mode de lecture. Dans le cadre de cette recherche qualitative et exploratoire, nous avons tenté de réduire cette lacune en documentant et en analysant l’apport d’un cours-voyage virtuel pour enseigner l’euristique de contextualisation partir d’artéfacts et de sites historiques de la Grèce ancienne pris comme objets d’interprétation de l’histoire. Cette étude de cas s’est déroulée dans un collège privé de la région métropolitaine de Montréal durant l’année scolaire 2019-2020. Les participants de cette étude (n= 23), âgés de 16 et 17 ans, étaient inscrits à un cours d’histoire hors programme menant à un voyage en Grèce. L’annulation des voyages scolaires au Québec à la mi-mars 2020 a eu pour effet de « virtualiser » le cours-voyage en intégrant le mode découverte (TD) du jeu vidéo à caractère historique Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Afin de décrire l’apport de ce cours-voyage virtuel sur la mobilisation de l’euristique de la contextualisation, nous avons opté pour l’analyse de sources multiples et variées, comme le questionnaire, les lettres de motivation, l’observation participante, les productions didactiques et les entretiens de groupe. Les résultats obtenus montrent entre autres que les élèves accordent une grande confiance aux artéfacts, sites historiques et restitutions archéologiques pour étudier le passé. De plus, les élèves contextualisent des artéfacts et des sites historiques lorsqu’ils sont engagés dans une enquête historienne à titre d’interprètes de l’histoire. Enfin, les résultats indiquent que l’action médiatrice de l’enseignant dans les démarches d’apprentissage représente un atout pour la mobilisation des composantes de l’euristique de la contextualisation par les élèves. Ces résultats apportent un éclairage dans le champ indépendant, récent et à défricher de cette euristique de l’histoire, tout en interrogeant l’effet des pratiques enseignantes sur la mobilisation des composantes de la mise en contexte pour la compréhension des réalités sociales. Les résultats serviront de guides pour (re)penser nos cours, ainsi que pour juger de la progression des élèves et de l’efficacité de nos interventions éducatives. / Research in history didactics has analyzed many approaches and resources used to achieve the various educational aims of teaching social sciences in secondary school. However, it does not deal much with the use of artifacts or historical sites to teach students the critical approach associated with historical thinking and its mode of reading. As part of this qualitative and exploratory research, we have tried to reduce that gap by documenting and analyzing the contribution of a virtual field trip to teach a heuristic from artifacts and historical sites of ancient Greece taken as objects of interpretation of history. This case study took place in a private college in the Montreal area during the 2019-2020 school year. The participants in this study (n = 23) between the ages of 16 and 17 years old, were enrolled in an extra-curricular history course leading to a trip to Greece. The cancellation of school trips in Quebec in mid-March 2020 had the effect of “virtualizing” the initial field trip by integrating the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece. To document and describe the contribution of this virtual field trip on the mobilization of the heuristics of contextualizing, we opted for the analysis of multiple varied sources such as a questionnaire, motivation letters, participant observation, historical inquiry, and group discussions. The results obtained show, among other things, that the students perceive artifacts, historical sites, and archaeological restitutions as documents of great confidence for the study of the past. Furthermore, students contextualize artifacts and historic sites when engaged in a historical inquiry as interpreters of history. Finally, the results indicate that the mediating action of the teacher in the learning process represents an asset for the mobilization of the components of the heuristic of contextualization by the students. These results shed light on the independent and recent field of research of this heuristic, while questioning the effect of teaching practices on the mobilization of the components of contextualization for the understanding of social realities. They will serve as guides for (re)thinking our courses, as well as for assess student progress and the effectiveness of our educational interventions.

xv, 298 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: AAA F868.Y6 G47 2004 / This study describes existing conditions, evaluates significance and historic integrity, and recommends treatment strategies to preserve historic elements of the Nevada Fall Corridor cultural landscape in Yosemite National Park. It reports findings from field investigation that examined and inventoried landscape features such as stone retaining walls, treadway material, bridges and causeways, and water features on both current-use and abandoned trail segments. The site was examined numerous times over a three-month period, with a followup visit one year later. Libraries and other archives were consulted for written and photographic historic documentation, which were analyzed against current conditions. The process also involved review of comparison documents as well as national guidelines set forth by the National Park Service. / Adviser: Melnick, Robert Z.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Research conducted during 2011 and 2012 at the Mississippian site of Angel Mounds outside of Evansville, IN sheds light on an often overlooked portion of the site that falls outside of the palisade wall – the 3rd Terrace. Through a magnetometer survey, a shovel test survey, and a reanalysis of a 1939 legacy collection from the 3rd Terrace, new interpretations about this peripheral area of the site will help to expand our ideas about Mississippian daily life in a wider geographic area and may help to better understand a transitional period in the history of Angel Mounds. In addition to the creation of a magnetic survey for use by the Angel Mounds State Historic Site, the use of minimally invasive and non-invasive research methods paired with previously excavated and curated collections allows for new research to be conducted with minimal disturbance to the archaeological site. While this research is a preliminary investigation of the archaeological potential for the 3rd Terrace, it also provides a solid basis for future research in the area and contributes to the wider understanding of Angel Mounds and the Mississippian world.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The landscape of James A. Garfield’s Mentor, Ohio home (now preserved at James A. Garfield National Historic Site) contains multiple layers of historical meanings and values. The landscape as portrayed in political biographies, political cartoons, and other ephemera during Garfield’s 1880 presidential campaign reveals the existence of the dual cultural values of agrarian tradition and agricultural progress in the late nineteenth century. Although Garfield did not depend on farming exclusively for his livelihood, he, like many agriculturalists of this era participated in a process of mediation between these dual values. The function of the landscape of Garfield’s farm between 1876 and 1880 is a reflection of this process of mediation. After President Garfield’s assassination in 1881, his wife and children returned to their Mentor home. Between 1885 and c. 1905, Garfield’s widow Lucretia made numerous changes to the agricultural landscape, facilitating the evolution of the home from farm to country estate. Despite the rich history of this landscape, its cultural complexity and evolution over time makes it difficult to interpret for public audiences. Additionally, the landscape is currently interpreted exclusively through indoor museum exhibits and outdoor wayside panels, two formats with severe limitations. I propose the integration of deep mapping into interpretation at James A. Garfield National historic site in order to more effectively represent the multi-layered qualities of its historic landscape.