The thinking behind integrating study skills into a distance education course in history at the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia, is explained. A developmental, rather than remedial, approach to teaching skills was adapted. The developmental approach can be divided into basic areas of awareness and skills. Students develop…

Throughout the colonial period and after the Revolutionary War slavery was accepted by most U.S. citizens as a normal and inevitable aspect of their affairs. This book traces the history of U.S. slavery from 1820 until the beginning of the Civil War period. Chapter 1 addresses the early establishment and challenges of slavery, while chapters 2 and…

When elementary students examine primary sources and local historical sites to gain firsthand information about life in the past, history becomes more relevant, exciting, and enjoyable. To help students understand that history is not just what is in a textbook, this student resource book focuses on making them aware that history exists all around…

Pictures abound in history classrooms and teachers use them in many different ways. They add--often literally--some colour to the past, helping us to imagine what different worlds were like. Pictures can be used quite legitimately in this way to fire imagination and stimulate interest. But we can also use them to develop important skills of visual…

In this article, Simon Butler advances a strong case for "comments only" marking. Good assessment, he argues, is about encouraging students to reflect on their current performance and take responsibility for their own progress. Assigning Levels to pupils' work is often justified in terms of the generation of targets which help to…

Good history teaching should not be the responsibility of a single department working in isolation. The history subject community as a whole should work together to ensure that history teaching is of as high a quality as possible. This does not mean that every department, and every teacher, should do exactly the same things. It means, rather, that…

History teachers in Scotland are feeling vulnerable. A curriculum review is leading to debates about history's place in schools--will it or should it be a statutory part of Scotland's curriculum for 11-14 year olds? Many of the concerns in Sam Henry's article will ring true for teachers throughout the United Kingdom. The obvious discrepancy…

Suggestions on how historians might use educational films more efficiently in the classroom are given. The range and diversity of educational films, educational film bibliography and criticism, and the classroom uses of films are discussed. (JR)

This method presented in this textbook will tend to give the pupil some conception of the real nature of United States government. The student will not look upon civil government as an indistinct and lifeless structure, because the student is being led to see the true relation which exists between history and civics. The student is led to see that…

This guide is intended as an aid for historians interested in utilizing the computer as a resource for teaching undergraduate college level courses. Four types of information are listed. Part I lists computer based instructional packages which concetrate on data analysis (in contrast with simulations, games, or tutorials) and which use pre-1950…

THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION WITH LARGE ENROLLMENTS IN COLLEGE HISTORY COURSES WAS DEFINED AND EVALUATED. ONE INSTRUCTOR PRESENTED LECTURES BY TELEVISION TO AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND DELIVERED THE SAME LECTURES TO A CONTROL GROUP. DISCUSSION SECTIONS OF BOTH GROUPS WERE LED BY THE SAME INSTRUCTORS, AND THE SAME MIDTERM AND FINAL…

A course designed to acquaint undergraduates with the problems of interpreting historical evidence is described. (DE)

This essay suggests two innovative instructional approaches for using popular Black music as a model for historical study in the classroom: (1) biographies of popular music artists; and (2) lyrical demonstration of social themes. A list of lyric and album resources is provided. (Author/EB)