Teaching history with museums : strategies for K-12 social studies / Alan S. Marcus, Jeremy D. Stoddard, Walter W. Woodward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcus, Alan S., author.

Stoddard, Jeremy D., author.

Woodward, Walter William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Educational aspects--United States.

Museums.

Museums--Educational aspects--United States--Case studies.

History--Study and teaching (Elementary)--United States.

History.

History--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Museums--Educational aspects.

United States.

History--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

History--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

Teaching History with Museums, Second Edition provides an introduction and overview of the rich pedagogical power of museums and historic sites. With a collection of practical strategies and case studies, the authors provide educators with the tools needed to create successful learning experiences for students. The cases are designed to be adapted to any classroom, encouraging students to consider museums as historical accounts to be examined, questioned, and discussed. Key updates to this revised edition and chapter features include: New Chapter 9 captures the importance of art museums when teaching about the past. Updated Chapter 10 addresses issues of technology, focused on visitors' experiences in both physical and virtual museums. New coverage of smaller, lesser known museums to allow readers to adapt cases to any of their own local sites. Specific pre-visit, during visit, and post-visit activities for students at each museum. Case reflections analyzing pitfalls and possibilities that can be applied more broadly to similar museums. A listing of resources unique to the museum and history content for each chapter. With this valuable textbook, educators will learn how to promote instruction in support of rigorous inquiry into the past and the goals of democratic values of tolerance and citizenship in the present. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Introduction and Framework for Using Museums to Teach History 1

1 Introduction 3

2 Teaching History with Museums 23

Part II Case Studies of Using Museums to Teach History 39

3 Artifact and Display-based Museums: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 41

4 Local History Museums: The Minnesota History Center 65

5 Historic Forts: The Fort at Mo. 4 and Fort Ticonderoga 88

6 Historic House Museums: The Johnson County Historical Society and the Mark Twain House 114

7 Living History Museums: Colonial Williamsburg, The Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown 137

8 Memorials and Monuments: The Memorials and Monuments of 9/11 162

9 Art Museums: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 189

10 Virtual Museums, Mobile Technologies, and Augmented Reality: Blurring Classroom-Museum Boundaries 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138242487

1138242489

9781138242494

1138242497

OCLC:

963230944