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Zusatztext "A much-needed and well-written book about how teachers can and do use history museums as powerful teaching tools. This is a valuable resource for museum professionals and classroom teachers alike."--Sarah Cahill! Director of Education! Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea"A well-organized and theoretically-grounded volume featuring how to teach the history around us with museums! monuments! memorials! and historical places. Rich in practical methods."?--Stephen J. Thornton! Professor and Chair of the Department of Secondary Education at the College of Education! University of South Florida Informationen zum Autor Alan S. Marcus is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut.Jeremy D. Stoddard is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the College of William and Mary.Walter W. Woodward is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Connecticut and is the Connecticut State Historian. Zusammenfassung Teaching History with Museums provides an introduction and overview of the rich pedagogical power of museums and historic sites. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsDedicationPART I: Introduction and Framework for Using Museums to Teach HistoryChapter 1 - IntroductionChapter 2 - Teaching History with MuseumsPART II: Case Studies of Using Museums to Teach HistoryChapter 3 - Artifact and Display Based Museums: The United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumChapter 4 - State History Museums: The Minnesota History CenterChapter 5 - Historic Forts: The Fort at No. 4 and Fort TiconderogaChapter 6 - Historic House Museums: The Johnson County Historical Society and the Mark Twain House Chapter 7 - Living History Museums: Colonial Williamsburg! Jamestown! YorktownChapter 8 - Memorials & Monuments: The Memorials and Monuments of 9/11Chapter 9 - Art Museums: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of ArtChapter 10 - Virtual Museums! Mobile Technologies! and Augmented Reality: Blurring Classroom--Museum BoundariesAppendix A - Top Ten Strategies for Effective Museum VisitsAppendix B - Complete List of Museums Discussed in the BookAppendix C - ResourcesReferences ...
