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Author
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Description
Barton and Levstik present a clear overview of competing ideas among educators, historians, politicians, and the public about the nature and purpose of teaching history, and they evaluate these debates in light of current research on students' historical thinking.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"This book is about what teachers need to know before they teach history to students of color. It is a book about the 'inside feel' of these students and what they think and say history is for, based on research in the United States with reflections on the United Kingdom. It gives history teachers a better understanding of why culturally relevant pedagogy, inclusion and issues surrounding diversity are of crucial importance if we are to reach these...
Publisher
The University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (x, 347 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Understanding and Teaching Native American History is a timely and urgently needed remedy to a long-standing gap in history instruction. While the past three decades have seen burgeoning scholarship in Indigenous studies, comparatively little of that has trickled into classrooms. This volume is designed to help teachers effectively integrate Indigenous history and culture into their lessons, providing richly researched content and resources across...
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Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
viii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the field of history, the Web and other technologies have become important tools in research and teaching of the past. Yet the use of these tools is limited--many historians and history educators have resisted adopting them because they fail to see how digital tools supplement and even improve upon conventional tools (such as books). In Pastplay, a collection of essays by leading history and humanities researchers and teachers, editor Kevin Kee...
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Lexile measure
1530L
Physical Desc
xiii, 254 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In the midst of the heated battles swirling around American humanities education, Peter Stearns offers a reconsideration not of what we teach but of why and how we teach it. A humanities program, says Stearns, should teach students not just memorized facts but analytical skills that are vital for a critically informed citizenry. He urges the use of innovative research as the basis of such a curriculum, and he offers specific suggestions on translating...
Publisher
ALA Editions, An imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xi, 121 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Primary sources have the authenticity and power to bring history to life, allowing students to connect with the voices and images of real people from the past. Helping students analyze and interpret primary sources in context leads to development of historical empathy. The challenge to teach students to apply critical thinking and inquiry skills is also a golden opportunity for librarians to teach the skills of their library information skills curricula....
Author
Publisher
American Library Association
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 online resource (viii, 143 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
In this useful handbook, expert/author Susan Veccia offers readers practical ways to incorporate these standards into their curriculum, using the resources of the Library of Congress?s American Memory Website. This national treasure and resource for bringing history alive is home to over 100 digitized collections of primary sources?more than 7.5 million documents!
Author
Publisher
The University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teaching history well is not just a matter of knowing history--it is a set of skills that can be developed and honed through practice. In this theoretically informed but eminently practical volume, Mary Jo Festle examines the recent explosion of research on the teaching and learning of history. Illuminated by her own work, Festle applies the concept of "backward design" as an organizing framework to the history classroom. She provides concrete strategies...
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