History and Imagination - Reenactments for Elementary Social Studies

Informationen zum Autor By Ronald Vaughan Morris Klappentext In History and Imagination, elementary school social studies teachers will learn how to help their students break down the walls of their schools, more personally engage with history, and define democratic citizenship. By collaborating together in meaningful investigations into the past and reenacting history, students will become experts who interpret their findings, teach their peers, and relate their experiences to those of older students, neighbors, parents, and grandparents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Historical Reenactment for Children Chapter 2. How Teachers Can Conduct Historical Reenactments in Their Own Schools Chapter 3. Contrasting the French with the British in North America: Establishing Community within a Fifth Grade Historical Reenactment Chapter 4. Pioneer Diversity and Dissenters Day Chapter 5. Community Celebrations and History Participation Chapter 6. Learning from a Community Festival or Reenactment Chapter 7. Historical Reenactment at a Living History Site Chapter 8. Extra-Curricular Social Studies at the Conner Prairie Interpretive Park Chapter 9. Huddleston Farmhouse 1860 Victorian Life Day Camp Chapter 10. Integrating Music and Social Studies in an Extra-Curricular Activity: The Voyageur Ancient Fife and Drum Corps Chapter 11. ConclusionsAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Vaughan Morris, Morris Ronald Vaughan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2012
• EAN: 9781610482974
• ISBN: 978-1-61048-297-4
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Curricula, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Curriculum planning & development, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, Curriculum planning and development, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies