Teaching What Really Happened - How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About

Our society needs engaged citizens now more than ever. This bestseller offers concrete ideas for getting students excited about history while also teaching them to read critically. Among other updates, this edition features a chapter entitled "Truth” that addresses how traditional and social media can distort events and the historical record.

Info autore

James W. Loewen, distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, is the bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me and Lies Across America. He taught race relations for 20 years at the University of Vermont and gives workshops for teacher groups around the United States. He has been an expert witness in more than 50 civil rights, voting rights, and employment cases. Visit the author's website: sundown.tougaloo.edu/

Riassunto

Our society needs engaged citizens now more than ever. This bestseller offers concrete ideas for getting students excited about history while also teaching them to read critically. Among other updates, this edition features a chapter entitled “Truth” that addresses how traditional and social media can distort events and the historical record.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James W Loewen, James W. Loewen
• Con la collaborazione di: James A Banks (Editore), James A. Banks (Editore)
• Editore: Teachers College Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780807759486
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-5948-6
• Serie: Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education Series; Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education Series
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia scolastica, didattica, metodica