Teaching U.S. History as Mystery

Teaching U.S. History as Mystery
Title Teaching U.S. History as Mystery PDF eBook
Author David Gerwin
Publisher Routledge
Pages 308
Release 2010-12-14
Genre Education
ISBN 1135147396

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Presenting U.S. history as contested interpretations of compelling problems, this text offers a clear set of principles and strategies, together with case studies and "Mystery Packets" of documentary materials from key periods in American history, that teachers can use with their students to promote and sustain problem-finding and problem-solving in history and social studies classrooms. Structured to encourage new attitudes toward history as hands-on inquiry, conflicting interpretation, and myriad uncertainties, the whole point is to create a user-friendly way of teaching history "as it really is" ─ with all its problems, issues, unknowns, and value clashes. Students and teachers are invited to think anew as active participants in learning history rather than as passive sponges soaking up pre-arranged and often misrepresented people and events. New in the Second Edition: New chapters on Moundbuilders, and the Origins of Slavery; expanded Gulf of Tonkin chapter now covering the Vietnam and Iraq wars; teaching tips in this edition draw on years of teacher experience in using mysteries in their classrooms.

Teaching World History as Mystery

Teaching World History as Mystery
Title Teaching World History as Mystery PDF eBook
Author Jack Zevin
Publisher Routledge
Pages 253
Release 2010-12-07
Genre Education
ISBN 1135147477

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This text presents a philosophy, methodology, and examples for world history instruction based on inquiry and problem-solving methods that promote reasoning and judgment and restore a sense of imagination and participation to classroom learning.

Teaching U.S. History as Mystery

Teaching U.S. History as Mystery
Title Teaching U.S. History as Mystery PDF eBook
Author David Gerwin
Publisher Routledge
Pages 257
Release 2010-12-14
Genre Education
ISBN 113514740X

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Presenting history as contested interpretations of compelling problems, this text offers principles, strategies, and documentary materials from key periods in U.S. history to promote problem-finding and problem-solving in social studies classrooms.

Teach with Magic

Teach with Magic
Title Teach with Magic PDF eBook
Author Kevin Roughton
Publisher Theme Park Press
Pages 216
Release 2021-05
Genre
ISBN 9781683903062

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Learn from the Engagement Masters Education is a battle for attention. Whether you are a teacher trying to reach a classroom full of students or a parent trying to prepare your child for the world to come, getting our audience to just listen can be a real challenge. When students have access to personalized entertainment sitting in their pockets, anything that doesn't jump out and grab their attention right away is easily drowned out. But there is a place where even today all those modern distractions melt away--Disneyland. When you're there, you're not only in a different world, you're in Walt Disney's world. Whether you are Peter Pan flying over London in Fantasyland or a rebel fighter struggling against the First Order in Galaxy's Edge, you are 100% engaged. Sights, sounds and even smells ensure that your brain is locked into the experience. If we can bring those techniques into our teaching, we can create engaging experiences for our students, grab their attention, and boost their learning. You'll improve your teaching and create a place students want to visit. In this book we'll learn from the world's greatest engagement masters--the Disney Imagineers. Through narrative visits to attractions throughout Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, you'll experience a visit to the park as we share memories and see how the Imagineers make it all work. We'll be guided by Imagineering icon Marty Sklar's Mickey's 10 Commandments of Theme Park Design as we turn our classrooms into the most engaging places on Earth!

History as Mystery

History as Mystery
Title History as Mystery PDF eBook
Author Michael Parenti
Publisher City Lights Publishers
Pages 310
Release 2016-08-22
Genre History
ISBN 0872867188

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In a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history's victors distort and suppress the documentary record in order to perpetuate their power and privilege. And he demonstrates how historians are influenced by the professional and class environment in which they work. Pursuing themes ranging from antiquity to modern times, from the Inquisition and Joan of Arc to the anti-labor bias of present-day history books, History as Mystery demonstrates how past and present can inform each other and how history can be a truly exciting and engaging subject. "Michael Parenti, always provocative and eloquent, gives us a lively as well as valuable critique of orthodoxy posing as 'history.'"—Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States "Deserves to become an instant classic."—Bertell Ollman, author of Dialectical Investigations "Those who keep secret the past, and lie about it, condemn us to repeat it. Michael Parenti unveils the history of falsified history, from the early Christian church to the present: a fascinating, darkly revelatory tale."—Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Pentagon Papers "Solid if surely controversial stuff."—Kirkus

Mysteries in History: Ancient History

Mysteries in History: Ancient History
Title Mysteries in History: Ancient History PDF eBook
Author Wendy Conklin
Publisher Teacher Created Resources
Pages 146
Release 2005-03
Genre Education
ISBN 1420630490

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Challenge students to explore several important unexplained events that helped shape history. Students use primary source materials, posters, and simulations to find clues and to make informed decisions about these events. There are no right or wrong answers. These real-life mysteries encourage students to research, think, debate, and form conclusions.

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Lies My Teacher Told Me
Title Lies My Teacher Told Me PDF eBook
Author James W. Loewen
Publisher The New Press
Pages 466
Release 2008
Genre History
ISBN 1595583262

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Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.