Suggests activities that school library media specialists can use to encourage students to think of history as fun and relevant and to want to read history books. Discusses heroism in poems and songs; writing poems based on historical figures; biographies; limericks; and publishing student writings on parchment paper. (LRW)

Describes the idea of the null curriculum in the context of teaching about genocide. Explores obstacles that prevent educators from teaching about genocides other than the Holocaust. Explains how teachers can begin teaching about other genocides in their classrooms. (CMK)

Discusses the use of first-person accounts in teaching history. Focuses on a course on Vietnam history called, "The Vietnam Experience." Explores different reading materials that are used in the course, as well as the author's own personal account. Includes a bibliography. (CMK)

Considers the idea of interactivity and its parameters, suggesting that historians must raise their expectations for educational software used in teaching their students. Presents a taxonomy of interactivity for computer tutorials stating that students need motivation, opportunity, and a means to learn. (CMK)

Discusses the use of Blackboard COURSEINFO at Miami University (Ohio). Focuses on the promotion of courseware intended for supplementing traditional teaching, but not replacing it. Describes the content of COURSEINFO and includes graphics, displaying sections of COURSEINFO. (CMK)

Describes an innovative world history class course, "History through Theater", taught at National University (San Diego, California). States that the course integrates the use of different learning styles. Discusses the content of the course and highlights the materials that the students read during the course. (CMK)

Describes the course "Introduction to Oral History," taught the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) that explores southern and African history since World War II. Emphasizes the history of Chatham County, a rural community south of Chapel Hill. (CMK)

Presents a lesson plan focusing on the film, "Dr. Strangelove" by Stanley Kubrick, and describes the film in detail. Reviews the historical background about the film to assist students in understanding the themes presented. Discusses the characters in the film and their possible real-life counterparts. (CMK)

Points out that the achievement of educational goals advocated in reports issued by the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation will require a curriculum different from the one recommended in the "Ontario History and Contemporary Studies Guidelines." Recommends a reevaluation of students' needs…

Notes that public sector higher education in the United Kingdom originated with the 1967 creation of the polytechnics, institutions combining technical training with the arts and sciences. Focuses on the extent to which the university and public sector polytechnics converge. Considers the history and the present state of history teaching and…

Provides an account in 1988 of 23 university history departments in the United States from a British visitor's perspective. Traces the history of the curriculum, comparing history departments in terms of curriculum, curricular change, general education requirements, requirements for a history major, departmental academic planning, teaching methods…

Responds to a critique by Ronald Evans of Ravitch's position on the teaching of history. States that the goals of history are to put students in command of knowledge which will allow them to reach their own conclusions. Urges that teachers take the risk of allowing students to think for themselves. (KO)

Describes a number of audio and visual materials which enhance the teaching of Indian ethnohistory and increase students' understanding of American Indian culture. Highlights over 65 movies, filmstrips, slides, picture books, records, tapes, and class audiovisual projects to supplement readings and lectures. Includes teaching approaches to…

Looks at criticism of the Expanding Environments Model in the elementary school social studies curriculum. Cites recent reports that recommend a history-centered elementary curriculum. States that teaching methods may be the cause of historical, civic, and geographic illiteracy rather than the Expanding Environments Model. (LS)

Discusses the use of computers in two college European history seminars. Students were required to perform online database searches to prepare their bibliographies, and to check their writing mechanics using a mainframe computer software package. Concludes that student-generated data searches should be included in required historical methods…