Teaching History with Big Ideas

Cases of Ambitious Teachers
Herausgeber: Gradwell, Jill M.; Grant, S. G.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9781607097655
• ISBN-10: 1607097656
• Artikelnr.: 30593541

Autorenporträt

Edited by S. G. Grant and Jill M. Gradwell - Contributions by Andrew Beiter; Mary Beth Bruce; Trish Davis; Julie Doyle; Sarah Foels; S G. Grant; Joseph Karb; Michael Meyer and Megan Sampson

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Evolution of a Big Idea: Why Don't We
Know Anything About Africa? Chapter 3 Defining Success with Big Ideas: A
New Teacher's Growth and Challenges Chapter 4 From the Holocaust to Darfur:
A Recipe for Genocide Chapter 5 How I Learned To Stop Worrying about the
Test and to Love Teaching Students to Write Well Chapter 6 Big
Expectations: Big Ideas in Honors and Inclusion Chapter 7 Big Ideas: A
Methodology to Engage Students Chapter 8 Reconstructing Reconstruction and
History Chapter 9 Big Ideas and Ambitious Teaching: A Cross-Case Analysis
Chapter 10 Implications