Engaging the Past - Action and Interaction in the History Classroom

This book presents a variety of strategies to help teachers rethink their relationship to the content and their students. Each chapter explains an active learning approach, practical steps for how to put the approach into practice, and ideas for how teachers can customize the strategy.

Sommario

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The You Decide Lecture
Chapter 2: History Lab
Chapter 3: Board Games for Non-Gamer Instructors
Chapter 4: Using Stories
Chapter 5: Visual Literacies
Chapter 6: Role Playing Games and Simulations
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

Info autore

Elizabeth George is associate professor of History at Taylor University, where she also oversees the Social Studies Education major. She has published and presented on using games, role-playing, and other active learning strategies in history and social studies classrooms.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elizabeth George
• Con la collaborazione di: Mark Newman (Editore), Mark Newman (Editore della collana)
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.04.2024
• EAN: 9781475870060
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-7006-0
• Pagine: 146
• Serie: Teaching History Today and in the Future
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Libri scolastici per istituti a indirizzo generale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia scolastica, didattica, metodica; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / History, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Social sciences, Educational: Social sciences, social studies, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Social Science