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Direct linkEscribano-Miralles, Aino; Miralles-Martínez, Pedro; Serrano-Pastor, Francisca-José – IGI Global, 2022
Coverage of heritage and archeology in formal education is typically limited. These subjects are typically taught through specific and anecdotal activities that do not respond to a specific methodological foundation. School-museum relationships offer numerous benefits for design participation experiences with long-term perspectives in conducting…
Descriptors: Museums, Partnerships in Education, Teaching Methods, Social Sciences
Harris, Lauren McArthur, Ed.; Sheppard, Maia, Ed.; Levy, Sara A., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2022
Despite limitations and challenges, teaching about difficult histories is an essential aspect of social studies courses and units across grade levels. This practical resource highlights stories of K-12 practitioners who have critically examined and reflected on their experiences with planning and teaching histories identified as difficult.…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Social Studies, Lesson Plans, Curriculum Development
Stacki, Sandra L., Ed.; Caskey, Micki M., Ed.; Mertens, Steven B., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020
The lives of middle school students are dynamic, and their needs and desires are always evolving. They experience more complicated lives as influences of the broader society including popular media and technology, immigration and cultural diversity, amplified political divisiveness, and bullying effect their daily lives both in and out of school.…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Middle School Students, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Singer, Alan J. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Teaching Global History" challenges prospective and beginning social studies teachers to formulate their own views about what is important to know in global history and why. It explains how to organize the curriculum around broad social studies concepts and themes and student questions about humanity, history, and the contemporary world. All…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Primary Sources, Social Studies, History Instruction
Meier, Deborah, Ed.; Knoester, Matthew, Ed.; D'Andrea, Katherine Clunis, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2015
How do teachers and schools create meaningful learning experiences for students with diverse skills, abilities, and cultures? How can teachers authentically assess the learning of their students and build on their strengths and interests in ways that enrich the larger community? How can schools become places where everyone is learning from each…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Student Evaluation, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Lieberman, Gerald A. – Harvard Education Press, 2013
In this timely book, curriculum expert Gerald A. Lieberman provides an innovative guide to creating and implementing a new type of environmental education that combines standards-based lessons on English language arts, math, history, and science with community investigations and service learning projects. By connecting academic content with local…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Language Arts, History Instruction, English Instruction
Poetter, Thomas S. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
10 Great Curricula is a collection of stories written by educators who have come to understand curricula differently as a result of their engagement with a graduate course and its instructor. The book represents the best of what can be found in teaching and learning, in general, and in the quest for meaningful ways to understand curricula in…
Descriptors: Democracy, Algebra, Graduate Study, Curriculum Design
Sleeter, Christine E., Ed.; Cornbleth, Catherine, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2011
In "Teaching with Vision," two respected scholars in teaching for social justice have gathered teachers from across the country to describe rich examples of extraordinary practice. This collection showcases the professional experience and wisdom of classroom teachers who have been navigating standards- and test-driven teaching environments in…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Public School Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education, Academic Standards
Erekson, Keith A., Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
The politicians and pastors who revised the Texas social studies standards made national and international headlines. However, much of that coverage was sensational and squeezed the process into a narrow "culture war" storyline. Politics and the History Curriculum sets the debate over the Texas standards within a broader context by…
Descriptors: Social Studies, History Instruction, Politics of Education, Academic Standards
Newton, Lynn D., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Creativity for a New Curriculum: 5-11" provides an account of what creativity really means in the context of children's learning in the primary school, and describes in practical terms what teachers can do to foster it. At a time of curriculum development and change, it focuses on the opportunity to build a new curriculum that is inclusive of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Creativity, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking
Roupp, Heidi, Ed. – M.E. Sharpe Inc, 2009
This practical handbook is designed to help anyone who is preparing to teach a world history course--or wants to teach it better. It opens with Peter Stearns's essay "Where Did World History Come From?" and closes with Jerry Bentley's annotated bibliographic guide to the essential content knowledge for teaching world history. In between,…
Descriptors: World History, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Lanman, Barry A., Ed.; Wendling, Laura M., Ed. – Altamira Press, 2006
This book is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful personal essays by educators who have successfully incorporated oral history into their…
Descriptors: Historians, Anthologies, Oral History, History Instruction
Birt, David; Nichol, Jon – 1975
The purpose of this book is to introduce elementary and secondary history teachers to simulation as a teaching aid. The authors provide a rationale for using simulations, present examples of classroom games, and explain how to develop games from historical materials. Chapters one and two point out that simulations provide students with motivation,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Media, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
National Academies Press, 2005
How do you get a fourth-grader excited about history? How do you even begin to persuade high school students that mathematical functions are relevant to their everyday lives? In this volume, practical questions that confront every classroom teacher are addressed using the latest exciting research on cognition, teaching, and learning. How Students…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, History Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction
Prendiville, Francis; Toye, Nigel – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2007
Showing teachers how to use drama to promote speaking and listening for pupils, including those who find learning difficult, this book describes, analyses and teaches how to use role play effectively and looks at how to generate a productive dialogue between teachers and pupils that is both powerful and enabling. The authors present innovative…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Role, Elementary School Students, Speech Communication
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