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A primer for teaching world history : ten design principles / Antoinette Burton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burton, Antoinette M., 1961-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Design Principles for Teaching History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--Study and teaching.
- History.
- World history--Textbooks.
- World history.
- Civilization--History--Study and teaching.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book offers principles to consider when creating a world history syllabus; it prompts a teacher, rather than aiming for full world coverage, to pick an interpretive focus and thread it through the course. It will be used by university faculty, graduate students, and high school teachers who are teaching world history for the first time or want to rethink their approach to teaching the subject.
- Contents:
- Timing : when to start
- Centering connectivity
- How to do more than "include women"
- World history from below
- The event as a teaching tool
- Genealogy as a teaching tool
- Empire as a teaching tool
- Teaching "digital natives"
- Global archive stories
- Testing (for) the global.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record
- ISBN:
- 9786613354181
- 9780822395089
- 0822395088
- 9781283354189
- 1283354187
- OCLC:
- 770876061
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