Publications and Research
Publications
Teaching for Historical Literacy: Building Knowledge in the History Classroom
Matthew T. Downey & Kelly Long (New York: Routledge, 2016).
Discover Colorado: Its People, Places, and Times
Matthew T. Downey & Jenny Pettit (2nd Edition; Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2015). [Fourth-grade textbook.]
Descubre Colorado: Sus Habitantes, SusRregiones, y Sus Cambios con el Paso del Tiempo
Matthew T. Downey &
Ty Bliss (Boulder: Pruett Press, 2008).
American History, 1: Before 1865
Matthew T. Downey (Chicago: Wright
Group/McGraw-Hill, 2006).
American History, 2: After 1865
Matthew T. Downey (Chicago: Wright
Group/McGraw-Hill, 2006).
World History
Matthew T. Downey(Chicago: Wright
Group/McGraw-Hill, 2006).
American Civics and Government
Matthew T. Downey (Chicago: Wright Group/McGraw-Hill, 2007).
Economics
Matthew T. Downey (Chicago: Wright Group/McGraw-Hill, 2007).
Research Papers
Doing History in a Fifth-Grade Classroom: Perspective Taking and Historical Thinking.
Matthew T. Downey Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 22, 1995.
Historical Thinking and Perspective Taking in a Fifth Grade Classroom.
Matthew T. Downey Paper presented at the Conference of University and Faculty Assembly, NCSS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Nov. 18, 1994. [Different school and socio-economic classroom.]
After the Dinosaurs: Children’s Chronological Thinking.
Matthew T. Downey Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 7, 1994.
Historical Learning and the Writing Process: The Writing to Learn History Project.
Matthew T. Downey Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, April 13, 1993.