Today's students grow up in a technological milieu of hand-held computers with high storage capacities, internet access, and the ability to shoot high definition photographs and video. As such, they are empowered to construct representations of the past virtually "on the run." In this article, the authors investigated the historical "and"…

When it aired in 1989, Ken Burns's epic documentary about America's Civil War garnered the largest audience in PBS history. Viewers who had little interest or knowledge of the Civil War were attracted to the powerful images and sounds as well as the narration by David McCullough and commentary by Shelby Foote--the combination of which served to…

In many of the U.S. History courses the author has taught, she has encountered students who refer to the second-wave feminists of the 1960s and 1970s as "bra-burners." Unsurprisingly, these students know very little about the origin of this epithet, and frequently, they know even less about the women's movement generally. Second-wave feminism, and…

Many students assume that history has nothing to do with them and therefore is a waste of their time, so finding a way to get involuntary history students truly involved in a topic is always the most challenging aspect of teaching it. As passive listeners they will remember little; as active participants they will remember more and--in at least a…

The obvious profits to be reaped by using film in the classroom are outlined. (JB)

Summarized are sessions of the conference, sponsored by the National Archives in cooperation with the History Department, University of Delaware, November 9-10, 1972. (JB)

British developments in the use of film as a serious part of a history course are reviewed, with emphasis on film resources in Britain. (Author/KM)

Describes and evaluates specific audiovisual materials which can be used to teach Soviet history. Includes films, videotape cassettes, filmstrips, slides, photograph collections, records, and cassettes. Recommends use as aids only and emphasizes need for explanatory background. (CK)