Teaching History Today
Applying the Triad of Inquiry, Primary Sources, and Literacy
Published on 3. March 2024
Book
Hardback
164 pages
978-1-4758-6867-8 (ISBN)
Description
The methods of teaching history in grades 6-12 have changed over the last few years to be more interactive and collaborative. More and more, teaching and learning revolves around an essential triad of inquiry, primary sources, and literacy in a collaborative classroom environment. Teaching History Today is about placing inquiry, primary sources, and literacy foundations of history instruction front and center in the education of preservice history teacher candidates and in-service classroom history teachers. By focusing on these major components of teaching and learning, readers can learn how to organize the massive amount of historical content into effective units. They can see how to integrate the learning of content with the development of skills. And they can gain expertise into how and why to engage students collaboratively in the learning process.
Reviews / Votes
This slim volume is a gem of a pedagogical manual for effectively teaching middle and high school history courses within today's technology-enhanced and politically fraught environment. Newman offers an immersive exploration into means and methods for teaching and learning history through the hybrid prism of inquiry-based learning, primary sources, and literacy education. Each of these social studies domains shares the promise of teachers "bringing subject matter and pedagogical knowledge together to create relevant, meaningful, and effective learning" (p. 149) within such modalities as the NCSS C3 framework. [Teaching History Today] is a valuable addition to the discipline of K-12 history education. Recommended. Undergraduates through faculty; practitioners. * Choice Reviews * Dr. Newman's book is full of insight that weaves in time-tested and research-based teaching methods with the more recent demands of teaching a more inclusive history. He confronts the heated debates that many teachers face concerning CRT and challenges faced by technology. Teaching History Today: Applying the Triad of Inquiry, Primary Sources, andLiteracy will be a staple to any preservice or new teacher, and it will be a great reference for the more experienced teacher. -- Jennifer Baniewicz, history teacher, Stagg High School, Palos Hills Illinois Dr. Newman's analysis on inquiry learning and its relevance in modern social studies classrooms is a must-read for teachers. Teaching History Today: Applying the Triad of Inquiry, Primary Sources, and Literacy provides social studies teachers with the necessary tools to not only improve engagement and learning in class, but to also use inquiry to navigate and explore our current perceptions of the past, present, and future. -- Juan Martinez, eighth grade history teacher, Evanston Illinois School District 65More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
13 BW Illustrations, 3 Tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
398 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4758-6867-8 (9781475868678)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
02/2024
1st Edition
Rowman & Littlefield
€33.49
Available for download
Person
Mark Newman is professor of social science education at National College of Education, National Louis University. He has published books and articles on primary sources, visual culture, geography, and visual literacy. He has directed Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources and National Endowment for the Humanities grants. Newman won the National Louis Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016.