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Story Power
Breathing Life into History
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2011
Summary
Not every teacher loves history and the same can be said about students. It doesn't have to be that way. People love a good story. History is a collection of stories that trace the path people, famous and little known, took as they faced the challenges of life. The choices they made teach us about human nature and help us better understand the world, each other, and ourselves. When students hear something interesting, something they connect to personally, they pay attention and want to know more. The stories in primary materials - a diary, letter, census record, photograph, official report - breathe life into history and invite critical thinking and conceptual understanding. Story Power! teaches us where to find stories, to assess the quality of sources, and to go past shallow summaries to the complicated story below the surface. Readers share in the author's personal journey beginning with discovery of Civil War letters, to piecing together the true story of the soldier's lives, and to a more complete understanding of America during the Civil War.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-1-60709-918-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-60709-920-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
194
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: The Power of a Story No access
Chapter 01. Learning to Love History No access
Chapter 02. Putting Humanity into History No access
Chapter 03. Sources of Historical Perspective No access
Chapter 04. Types of Sources No access
Chapter 05. Textbooks and Other Non-Primary Sources No access
Chapter 06. Finding the Story No access
Chapter 07. What Do We Need to Teach? No access
Chapter 08. Teachers, the Natural Collectors No access
Chapter 09. Oral Traditions—Tell me about . . . No access
Chapter 10. Making It Formal and Losing the Spirit No access
Chapter 11. Getting Inspired So You Can Inspire No access
Chapter 12. The Find: Historical Thinking at Work No access
Chapter 13. Eking Out the Story No access
Chapter 14. Compelled to Share No access
Chapter 15. Meet the Strong Family No access
Chapter 16. Lydia Writes Home No access
Chapter 17. Van’s Story—From Farmer to Fighter No access
Appendix A: The Rest of the Story No access Pages 165 - 182
Appendix B: A Word about Copyright No access Pages 183 - 186
References and Resources No access Pages 187 - 192
