What They Didn T Teach You In American History Class
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What They Didn T Teach You In American History Class
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Author : Mike Henry
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-06-07
What They Didn T Teach You In American History Class written by Mike Henry and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-07 with Education categories.
For the average person, most of the American history that he or she knows comes from facts taught to them in school to prepare them for their state mandated tests. That's not the fault of their teachers who were just carrying out the directives of their employers. But it's also a fact that a great deal of that content that they were teaching is dry and boring. However, as in every aspect of life, there is always another story behind each major event. The story of America is interesting and exciting, but it's those lesser known parts of our history that make it special. Even though in most cases, the names and events in the book will be recognizable, most of the stories about them will be new to the reader. If you're a young teacher, perhaps you'll find some material to help you get through those less-than-exciting areas of your textbook. If you hated history as a student, maybe you'll find some of these tales entertaining. For those of you who are history buffs, hopefully you'll come across a few things that are new to you.
Teaching What Really Happened
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Author : James W. Loewen
language : en
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Release Date : 2018-09-07
Teaching What Really Happened written by James W. Loewen and has been published by Teachers College Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-07 with Education categories.
“Should be in the hands of every history teacher in the country.”— Howard Zinn James Loewen has revised Teaching What Really Happened, the bestselling, go-to resource for social studies and history teachers wishing to break away from standard textbook retellings of the past. In addition to updating the scholarship and anecdotes throughout, the second edition features a timely new chapter entitled "Truth" that addresses how traditional and social media can distort current events and the historical record. Helping students understand what really happened in the past will empower them to use history as a tool to argue for better policies in the present. Our society needs engaged citizens now more than ever, and this book offers teachers concrete ideas for getting students excited about history while also teaching them to read critically. It will specifically help teachers and students tackle important content areas, including Eurocentrism, the American Indian experience, and slavery. Book Features: An up-to-date assessment of the potential and pitfalls of U.S. and world history education. Information to help teachers expect, and get, good performance from students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Strategies for incorporating project-oriented self-learning, having students conduct online historical research, and teaching historiography. Ideas from teachers across the country who are empowering students by teaching what really happened. Specific chapters dedicated to five content topics usually taught poorly in today’s schools.
Lies My Teacher Told Me
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Author : James W. Loewen
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-10-16
Lies My Teacher Told Me written by James W. Loewen and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-16 with Education categories.
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.
Lies My Teacher Told Me
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Author : James W. Loewen
language : en
Publisher: The New Press
Release Date : 2018-07-17
Lies My Teacher Told Me written by James W. Loewen and has been published by The New Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with History categories.
"Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself." —Howard Zinn A new edition of the national bestseller and American Book Award winner, with a new preface by the author Since its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has become one of the most important—and successful—history books of our time. Having sold nearly two million copies, the book also won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship and was heralded on the front page of the New York Times. For this new edition, Loewen has added a new preface that shows how inadequate history courses in high school help produce adult Americans who think Donald Trump can solve their problems, and calls out academic historians for abandoning the concept of truth in a misguided effort to be "objective." What started out as a survey of the twelve leading American history textbooks has ended up being what the San Francisco Chronicle calls "an extremely convincing plea for truth in education." In Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen brings history alive in all its complexity and ambiguity. Beginning with pre-Columbian history and ranging over characters and events as diverse as Reconstruction, Helen Keller, the first Thanksgiving, the My Lai massacre, 9/11, and the Iraq War, Loewen offers an eye-opening critique of existing textbooks, and a wonderful retelling of American history as it should—and could—be taught to American students.
What They Didn T Teach You About The American Revolution
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Author : Mike Wright
language : en
Publisher: Presidio Press
Release Date : 2009-03-12
What They Didn T Teach You About The American Revolution written by Mike Wright and has been published by Presidio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-12 with History categories.
“Zeroes in on the interesting, irreverent, long-ignored tidbits that shape behavior in all conflicts and important periods of history.”—The Denver Post What made the founding fathers so great (or were they?). And don’t forget the founding mothers. We have intrigue and skullduggery with spies from Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold, with enlightening stops on the distaff side of espionage for Patience Wright (no relation to our esteemed author), Lydia Darragh, and Ann Bates. “[Mike] Wright uncovers the gamut of the revolutionary era with a highly readable, breezy narrative style, and some of his speculations eloquently illustrate the ironies always present in grand historical movements. . . . This work will inform, amuse, and provide an interesting perspective on the Revolution.”—Booklist
Mississippi Conflict Change
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Author : James W. Loewen
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 1974-01-01
Mississippi Conflict Change written by James W. Loewen and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974-01-01 with African Americans categories.
SUMMARY: A textbook which traces the history of Mississippi from prehistoric times until today, covering all areas of social life and concentrating on recent developments, especially the civil rights struggle and the search for social justice.
What They Never Told You In History Class
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Author : Indus Khamit Kush
language : en
Publisher: A&b Publishers Group
Release Date : 1999
What They Never Told You In History Class written by Indus Khamit Kush and has been published by A&b Publishers Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with African Americans categories.
This new, two-volume edition of "What They Never Told You In History Class" is the first major revision in over fifteen years. It contains a wealth of new information that has never been included in any previous edition. It has now been divided into two volumes.
I M The Teacher You Re The Student
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Author : Patrick Allitt
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2010-08-03
I M The Teacher You Re The Student written by Patrick Allitt and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-03 with Education categories.
What is it really like to be a college professor in an American classroom today? An award-winning teacher with over twenty years of experience answers this question by offering an enlightening and entertaining behind-the-scenes view of a typical semester in his American history course. The unique result—part diary, part sustained reflection—recreates both the unstudied realities and intensely satisfying challenges that teachers encounter in university lecture halls. From the initial selection of reading materials through the assignment of final grades to each student, Patrick Allitt reports with keen insight and humor on the rewards and frustrations of teaching students who often are unable to draw a distinction between the words "novel" and "book." Readers get to know members of the class, many of whom thrive while others struggle with assignments, plead for better grades, and weep over failures. Although Allitt finds much to admire in today's students, he laments their frequent lack of preparedness—students who arrive in his classroom without basic writing skills, unpracticed with reading assignments. With sharp wit, a critical eye, and steady sympathy for both educators and students, I'm the Teacher, You're the Student examines issues both large and small, from the ethics of student-teacher relationships to how best to evaluate class participation and grade writing assignments. It offers invaluable guidance to those concerned with the state of higher education today, to young faculty facing the classroom for the first time, and to parents whose children are heading off to college.
America Revised
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Author : Frances FitzGerald
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 1980
America Revised written by Frances FitzGerald and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Education categories.
"Almost all of the book appeared initially in the New Yorker." Bibliography: p. [227]-240.
Why Learn History When It S Already On Your Phone
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Author : Sam Wineburg
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2018-09-17
Why Learn History When It S Already On Your Phone written by Sam Wineburg and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-17 with History categories.
A look at how to teach history in the age of easily accessible—but not always reliable—information. Let’s start with two truths about our era that are so inescapable as to have become clichés: We are surrounded by more readily available information than ever before. And a huge percent of it is inaccurate. Some of the bad info is well-meaning but ignorant. Some of it is deliberately deceptive. All of it is pernicious. With the Internet at our fingertips, what’s a teacher of history to do? In Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone), professor Sam Wineburg has the answers, beginning with this: We can’t stick to the same old read-the-chapter-answer-the-question snoozefest. If we want to educate citizens who can separate fact from fake, we have to equip them with new tools. Historical thinking, Wineburg shows, has nothing to do with the ability to memorize facts. Instead, it’s an orientation to the world that cultivates reasoned skepticism and counters our tendency to confirm our biases. Wineburg lays out a mine-filled landscape, but one that with care, attention, and awareness, we can learn to navigate. The future of the past may rest on our screens. But its fate rests in our hands. Praise for Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone) “If every K-12 teacher of history and social studies read just three chapters of this book—”Crazy for History,” “Changing History . . . One Classroom at a Time,” and “Why Google Can’t Save Us” —the ensuing transformation of our populace would save our democracy.” —James W. Lowen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me and Teaching What Really Happened “A sobering and urgent report from the leading expert on how American history is taught in the nation’s schools. . . . A bracing, edifying, and vital book.” —Jill Lepore, New Yorker staff writer and author of These Truths “Wineburg is a true innovator who has thought more deeply about the relevance of history to the Internet—and vice versa—than any other scholar I know. Anyone interested in the uses and abuses of history today has a duty to read this book.” —Niall Ferguson, senior fellow, Hoover Institution, and author of The Ascent of Money and Civilization