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

Ron H. Pahl

doi:10.5771/9781607091929

Summary

Teaching history should not be reciting an endless list of dead men, 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 focuses on active classroom activities, methods for students to grapple with humanity's 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 its incorporation of various disciplines including art, music, and writing to create a fun and active 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: 2/2010
Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-1-60709-190-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-60709-192-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 278
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 1: Prehistory (4 Million BCE to 3000 BCE) No access Pages 1 - 42
UNIT 2: Ancient History (4000 BCE to 500 CE) No access Pages 43 - 102
UNIT 3: The Middle Ages (400 CE to 1400 CE) No access Pages 103 - 178
UNIT 4: Renaissance, Reformation, and Explorations (1400 to 1600) No access Pages 179 - 242
Appendix A: Full Thematic Table of Contents No access Pages 243 - 252
Appendix B: Traditional World History: Chronological and Regional Table of Contents No access Pages 253 - 260
Appendix C: Basic Map Resources No access Pages 261 - 262
Appendix D: Recommended Classroom Background Music by Time Period No access Pages 263 - 266
Appendix E: Recommended CD-ROMs and Websites by Time Period No access Pages 267 - 268
Appendix F: Annotated Bibliography No access Pages 269 - 276
About the Author No access Pages 277 - 278