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Lesh, Bruce – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
Every major measure of students' historical understanding since 1917 has demonstrated that students do not retain, understand, or enjoy their school experiences with history. Bruce Lesh believes that this is due to the way we teach history--lecture and memorization. Over the last fifteen years, Bruce has refined a method of teaching history that…
Descriptors: Evidence, Historical Interpretation, Historians, History Instruction
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