Format:
1 online resource (144 pages)
ISBN:
9781607097679
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128260788X
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9786612607882
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9781282607880
Content:
The case studies in this book describe the decisions and plans and the problems and possibilities middle and high school history teachers encountered as they ratcheted up their instruction through the use of big ideas, which offered both teacher and students opportunities to explore historical actors, ideas, and events in rich and engaging ways.
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- 1 -- Teaching History with Big Ideas -- 2 -- The Evolution of a Big Idea: Why Don't We Know Anything about Africa? -- 3 -- Defining Success with Big Ideas: A New Teacher's Growth and Challenges -- 4 -- From the Holocaust to Darfur: Teaching about Genocide -- 5 -- How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the Test and Love Teaching Students to Write Well -- 6 -- Big Expectations: Big Ideas in Honors and Inclusion Classes -- 7 -- Big Ideas and Technology: A Methodology to Engage Students -- 8 -- Reconstructing Reconstruction and History -- 9 -- Big Ideas and Ambitious Teaching: A Cross-Case Analysis -- 10 -- Implications: A Road Map for Ambitious Teaching with Big Ideas -- About the Editors and Contributors.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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Contents; Preface; Chapter 01. Teaching History with Big Ideas; Chapter 02. The Evolution of a Big Idea: Why Don't We Know Anything about Africa?; Chapter 03. Defining Success with Big Ideas: A New Teacher's Groeth and Challenges; Chapter 04. From the Holocaust to Darfur: Teaching about Genocide; Chapter 05. How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the Test and Love Teaching Students to Write Well; Chapter 06. Big Expectations: Big Ideas in Honors and Inclusion Classes; Chapter 07. Big Ideas and Technology: A Methodology to Engage Students; Chapter 08. Reconstructing Reconstruction and History
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Chapter 09. Big Ideas and Ambitious Teaching: A Cross-Case AnalysisChapter 10. Implications: A Road Map for Ambitious Teaching with Big Ideas; Index; About the Editors and Contributors
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781607097655
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781607097655
Language:
English
