Product Information
This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2012. Teaching History to Adolescents: A Quest for Relevance is an exploration of research, ideas, trends, and practices for educators who teach American history to adolescents from the middle grades through high school. Higher education faculty in history and professional education will also find the book germane to their work. Topics within the field of teaching history to adolescents include the use and misuse of history textbooks, implementing primary sources into lessons, subject matter selection, professional development, technology, and the issues of diversity and assessment as directly related to history. The book includes The World of Practice sections - contributions from practitioners on topics such as teaching history with comic books, student engagement with public history, using young adult non-fiction books, and the role of controversial topics in the history classroom.Product Identifiers
PublisherPeter Lang
ISBN-139781433110962
eBay Product ID (ePID)115958806
Product Key Features
Number of Pages266 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTeaching History to Adolescents: a Quest for Relevance
Publication Year2011
SubjectStrategy, History, Teaching
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn A. Beineke
Subject AreaEducational Technology
SeriesAdolescent Cultures, School & Society
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height230 mm
Item Weight510 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJohn A. Beineke
TopicOpinion of the People