Teaching history with big ideas : cases of ambitious teachers / edited by S.G. Grant and Jill M. Gradwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

GRAND/GRADWELL.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Curriculum planning.

History--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Case studies.

History.

History--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2010.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The case studies in this book describe the decisions and plans and the problems and possibilities middle and high school history teachers encountered as they ratcheted up their instruction through the use of big ideas, which offered both teacher and students opportunities to explore historical actors, ideas, and events in rich and engaging ways.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 01. Teaching History with Big Ideas; Chapter 02. The Evolution of a Big Idea: Why Don't We Know Anything about Africa?; Chapter 03. Defining Success with Big Ideas: A New Teacher's Groeth and Challenges; Chapter 04. From the Holocaust to Darfur: Teaching about Genocide; Chapter 05. How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the Test and Love Teaching Students to Write Well; Chapter 06. Big Expectations: Big Ideas in Honors and Inclusion Classes; Chapter 07. Big Ideas and Technology: A Methodology to Engage Students; Chapter 08. Reconstructing Reconstruction and History

Chapter 09. Big Ideas and Ambitious Teaching: A Cross-Case AnalysisChapter 10. Implications: A Road Map for Ambitious Teaching with Big Ideas; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41651-7

9798765186008

1-282-60788-X

9786612607882

1-60709-767-2

OCLC:

700699560