Breaking Away from the Textbook: Creative Ways to Teach World History

Ron H. Pahl

doi:10.5771/9781610480949

Summary

Teaching history should not simply be an endless recitation of irrelevant facts, entombed between the covers of a textbook. Instead, Breaking Away from the Textbook offers a fascinating journey through world history. Not a comprehensive, theory-heavy guide, this book instead focuses on exciting classroom activities, methods for students to grapple with human issues, and innovative ways to show students the relevance of the past to the world today. Simply put, this book makes world history fun. Soon your students will be busy debating, thinking, applying, and learning about information that will stay with them for a lifetime. The key to this wonderful work is that it incorporates various disciplines including art, music, and writing to create a vibrant classroom. Volume I covers prehistory to the Renaissance and Volume II covers the Enlightenment to the 20th century. Includes pictures and drawings, appendices, indexes, maps, and a bibliography. Volume III: More Creative Ways to Teach World History covers ancient times through the 20th century and beyond. Appropriate for all grade levels.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 2/2011
Copyright year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-1-61048-092-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-61048-094-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 262
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Illustrations No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Preface No access
5. Introduction: History—What, Why, and How? No access
UNIT 5: The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment (1600–1800) No access Pages 1 - 60
UNIT 6: The Nineteenth Century (1800–1899) No access Pages 61 - 136
UNIT 7: The Twentieth Century (1900–1999) No access Pages 137 - 224
APPENDIX A: Full Thematic Table of Contents No access Pages 225 - 234
APPENDIX B: Traditional World History Chronological and Regional Table of Contents No access Pages 235 - 242
APPENDIX C: Basic Map Resources No access Pages 243 - 244
APPENDIX D: Recommended Classroom Background Music by Time Period No access Pages 245 - 248
APPENDIX E: Recommended CD-ROMs and Websites by Time Period No access Pages 249 - 252
APPENDIX F: Annotated Bibliography No access Pages 253 - 260
About the Author No access Pages 261 - 262