| History in the present tense - Engaging Students Through Inquiry and Action
(2003)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Author/Editor |
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| Genre |
Writing across the curriculum; Writing to learn; Writing-Centered Instruction |
| Subject |
Social sciences |
| Publication Date |
2003 |
| Format |
Paperback (230
mm)
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| Publisher |
Heinemann |
| Language |
eng |
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| Plot |
| In this practical guidebook, Douglas Selwyn and Jan Maher propose a different way of teaching history - start from today and keep asking questions. As students investigate possible answers, they make connections across miles and centuries. Along the way, they experience that essential insight of the social studies: Point of view has everything to do with how one perceives the world. To this end, each chapter explores a particular kind of project that is centered on students' concerns, but connected to core curriculum content and concepts in history, geography, civics, and economics. Projects include timeline, collages, photodocumentaries, and more. While students dig deeply into issues of personal relevance, they also master the content and skills mandated in state and national standards. Students learn about history - and about themselves. |
| Personal Details |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Index |
4 |
| Read It |
Yes |
| Links |
Amazon US
Barnes & Noble
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| User Text 2 |
Middle School |
| Grade Level |
High School |
| Interest |
Pedagogy |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
H62.3.S457 2003 |
| Dewey |
907/.1 |
| ISBN |
0325005702 |
| Cover Price |
$19.50 |
| Nr of Pages |
182 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes |
In this practical guidebook, Douglas Selwyn and Jan Maher propose a different way of teaching history—start from today and keep asking questions. As students investigate possible answers, they make connections across miles and centuries. Along the way, they experience that essential insight of the social studies: Point of view has everything to do with how one perceives the world. To this end, each chapter explores projects connecting students' concerns with core content and concepts in history, geography, civics, and economics.
Lessons center on the economics of ordinary objects, understanding current events in historical context, creating readers¹ theater, photodocumentaries and more. While students dig deeply into issues of personal relevance, they also master the content and skills mandated in state and national standards. Students learn about history—and about themselves.
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