Rebooting Social Studies (eBook)

Strategies for Reimagining History Classes

Greg Milo (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
136 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-2877-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In Rebooting Social Studies: Strategies for Reimagining History Class, the goal is to provide students with the tools necessary to be active and productive citizens, through history teachers assisting them in developing problem solving skills for real life scenarios.

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Those facts. Those dates. Those four walls. Those still and petrified fossils of traditional history courses. Sure, it's history, but do we have to turn to tradition for guidance? Let's make it worth the students time. Let's give them something to take beyond their high school experience. Let's reboot history. The goal of the social studies is to provide students with the tools necessary to be active and productive citizens. History teachers need to assist their students in developing problem-solving skills for real-life scenarios, and this can be done whether we teach students about Ancient Athens or modern Akron, Ohio. The ancient Mediterranean, the Italian Renaissance, and the British East India Company are very distant concepts, far from what our students find as relevant. The same skills can be acquired by studying something nearer to the students' interests and everyday life. So, take a moment to take a step back from the history curriculum, and ask yourself: "e;What skills will my students need in five years?"e;

Autor

Greg Milo has worked for 13 years to take high school social studies beyond the usual and mundane, writing curriculum, creating courses, and developing experiences for students that are engaging and applicable for a future that demands creativity and critical thinking skills.

Inhalt

Preface: Just a TeacherIntroductionChapter 1: Horror Stories and Happy StoriesChapter 2: What’s Missing? Why do Students Hate history?Chapter 3: Depth over BreadthChapter 4: Deconstructing the DoldrumsChapter 5: I Didn’t Learn This in CollegeChapter 6: Independent StudiesChapter 7: Alternative Field TripsChapter 8: The Magic of ElectivesChapter 9: I Didn’t Learn This in College, EitherChapter 10: Embrace the StruggleChapter 11: Build a BookConclusionReferencesBibliographyAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Curricula • Education • High School • secondary education • Social Studies
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-2877-2 / 1475828772
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-2877-1 / 9781475828771