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Author : Louis P. Masur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)
Download or read book The Challenge of American History written by Louis P. Masur and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louis P. Masur
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801862229
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (622 download)
Download or read book The Challenge of American History written by Louis P. Masur and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1999-05-20 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Challenge of American History, Louis Masur brings together a sampling of recent scholarship to determine the key issues preoccupying historians of American history and to contemplate the discipline's direction for the future. The fifteen summary essays included in this volume allow professional historians, history teachers, and students to grasp in a convenient and accessible form what historians have been writing about.
Author : Charles Sanford Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780471605096
Total Pages : 826 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)
Download or read book History of America: Challenge and Crisis written by Charles Sanford Miller and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew D. Lambert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571273201
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (732 download)
Download or read book The Challenge written by Andrew D. Lambert and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic history of Britain's 1812 conflict with the American navy.
Author : Bruce A. VanSledright
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136923012
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)
Download or read book The Challenge of Rethinking History Education written by Bruce A. VanSledright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every few years in the United States, history teachers go through what some believe is an embarrassing national ritual. A representative group of students sit down to take a standardized U.S. history test, and the results show varied success. Sizable percentages of students score at or below a "basic" understanding of the country’s history. Pundits seize on these results to argue that not only are students woefully ignorant about history, but history teachers are simply not doing an adequate job teaching historical facts. The overly common practice of teaching history as a series of dates, memorizing the textbook, and taking notes on teachers’ lectures ensues. In stark contrast, social studies educators like Bruce A. VanSledright argue instead for a more inquiry-oriented approach to history teaching and learning that fosters a sense of citizenship through the critical skills of historical investigation. Detailed case studies of exemplar teachers are included in this timely book to make visible, in an easily comprehensible way, the thought processes of skilled teachers. Each case is then unpacked further to clearly address the question of what history teachers need to know to teach in an investigative way. The Challenge of Rethinking History Education is a must read for anyone looking for a guide to both the theory and practice of what it means to teach historical thinking, to engage in investigative practice with students, and to increase students’ capacity to critically read and assess the nature of the complex culture in which they live.
Author : Iris Dorreboom
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789051833041
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)
Download or read book "The Challenge of Our Time" written by Iris Dorreboom and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 1991 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edmund S. Morgan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393008762
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Challenge of the American Revolution written by Edmund S. Morgan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1978-02-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays written over the past thirty years assess the American Revolution's abstract and specifically contemporary importance and study factors and events seen as contributing directly to American independence and a national consciousness.
Author : Lena A. Ely
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Teaching American History by the Problem Method written by Lena A. Ely and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carl J. Guarneri
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317459024
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Teaching American History in a Global Context written by Carl J. Guarneri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive resource is an invaluable teaching aid for adding a global dimension to students' understanding of American history. It includes a wide range of materials from scholarly articles and reports to original syllabi and ready-to-use lesson plans to guide teachers in enlarging the frame of introductory American history courses to an international view.The contributors include well-known American history scholars as well as gifted classroom teachers, and the book's emphasis on immigration, race, and gender points to ways for teachers to integrate international and multicultural education, America in the World, and the World in America in their courses. The book also includes a 'Views from Abroad' section that examines problems and strategies for teaching American history to foreign audiences or recent immigrants. A comprehensive, annotated guide directs teachers to additional print and online resources.
Author : Douglas W. Simon
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1071835408
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)
Download or read book The Challenge of Politics written by Douglas W. Simon and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This is] a textbook that offers students a good introduction to the science of politics while emphasizing the moral, empirical, and prudential dimensions of politics." —Prosper Bernard, Jr., College of Staten Island The Seventh Edition of The Challenge of Politics by Douglas W. Simon and Joseph Romance balances classic political theory with contemporary politics to help students understand the fundamental questions of political science. The authors relate insights of classic political thinkers both to their modern counterparts and to the political dynamics of American, comparative, and international affairs. With its theme of politics as a scientific study, this book allows students to explore the impact of philosophy and ideology, to recognize major forms of government, to evaluate empirical findings, and to understand how policy issues directly affect people’s lives.
Author : Neal Riemer
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1506323499
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)
Download or read book The Challenge of Politics written by Neal Riemer and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Challenge of Politics introduces students to the fundamental questions of political science. With a distinctive normative approach that portrays politics as a potentially humanizing enterprise, authors Neal Riemer, Douglas W. Simon and Joseph Romance equip readers to recognize major forms of government, evaluate research findings, and understand how policy issues directly affect people’s lives. This comprehensive text balances classic and contemporary political theory with current events and empirical study. The Fifth Edition is fully revised to reflect recent national and international developments, including a new chapter on American Politics and Government.
Author : Thomas Bender
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520230574
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Rethinking American History in a Global Age written by Thomas Bender and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-05-14 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In One eloquent essay after another, some of the wisest historians of our time write American history in a grand cosmopolitan context. From the era of discovery to the present, histories that we thought we knew—of labor, of race relations, of politics, of gender relations, of diplomacy, of ethnicity—are more richly understood when causes and consequences are traced throughout the globe. One emerges invigorated, ready to welcome a new American history for a new international century."—Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship "Rethinking American History in a Global Age is an extremely stimulating and thought-provoking collection of essays written by leading historians who offer wider contexts for illuminating the traditional themes and issues of American national history. Particularly impressive is the book's combination of caution and original, sometimes daring insights."—David Brion Davis, author of In the Image of God: Religion, Moral Values, and Our Heritage of Slavery "For decades American historians have been urging one another to place our culture in comparative or transnational perspective. Thomas Bender's unique volume includes not only essays theorizing such efforts and essays exemplifying such work at its most successful and its most provocative, it also provides more skeptical assessments questioning whether American historians can meet the challenge of overcoming our longstanding national preoccupations. Rethinking American History in a Global Age is an indispensable book that will shape the work of a rising generation of historians whose horizons will extend beyond our own shores."—James T. Kloppenberg, author of The Virtues of Liberalism
Author : Rachel G. Ragland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135858640
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book The Teaching American History Project written by Rachel G. Ragland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The premise of the Teaching American History (TAH) project—a discretionary grant program funded under the U.S. Department of Education’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act— is that in order to teach history better, teachers need to know more history. Unique among professional development programs in emphasizing specific content to be taught over a particular pedagogical approach, TAH grants assist schools in implementing scientifically-based research methods for improving the quality of instruction, professional development, and teacher education in American history. Illustrating the diversity of these programs as they have been implemented in local education agencies throughout the nation, this collection of essays and research reports from TAH participants provides models for historians, teachers, teacher educators, and others interested in the teaching and learning of American History, and presents examples of lessons learned from a cross-section of TAH projects. Each chapter presents a narrative of innovation, documenting collaboration between classroom, community, and the academy that gives immediate and obvious relevance to the teaching and learning process of American history. By sharing these narratives, this book expands the impact of emerging practices from individual TAH projects to reach a larger audience across the nation.
Author : Robert W. Watson
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781600215421
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (154 download)
Download or read book White House Studies Compendium written by Robert W. Watson and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency - dealing with both current issues and historical events. The compendia consists of the combined and rearranged issues of [the journal] "White House Studies" with the addition of a comprehensive subject index."--Preface.
Author : C. Vann Woodward
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195354613
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Comparative Approach to American History written by C. Vann Woodward and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid 1960s, C. Vann Woodward was asked to organize a program of broadcast lectures on US history for the Voice of America as part of a longer series designed to acquaint foreign audiences with leaders in American arts and sciences. Reasoning that a comparative approach "was peculiarly adapted to the interests and needs of foreign audiences," Woodward commissioned twenty-two noted scholars to cover classic topics in American history--the Civil War, the World Wars, slavery, immigration, and many others--but to add a comparative dimension by relating these topics to developments elsewhere in the world. The result was the 1968 Basic Books edition of The Comparative Approach to American History. Now, three decades later, Oxford is very pleased to be reissuing this classic collection of historical essays in a paperback edition, with a new introduction by Woodward that discusses the decline and resurgence of comparative history since the 1960s.
Author : Philip Reiss
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480802964
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Blue Eyes on African-American History written by Philip Reiss and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until Bayard Rustin’s lecture in the fall of 1962, no other person had brought author Philip Reiss so far toward gaining an understanding of what it was like for African-Americans living as second-class citizens in this nation, which sponsors a pledge calling for “liberty and justice for all.” The Rustin lecture became Reiss’s point of departure on his quest to learn more fully of the African-American experience; it prompted him to become aware and to truly understand that the entire nation shared responsibility for the dilemma of deep-seated injustices that African-Americans constantly faced. In Blue Eyes on African-American History, Reiss provides an account of a white professor’s learning and teaching about African-American history from 1970 to 1999 at a SUNY community college. Reiss includes specifics of how and why he took on the challenge of teaching African-American history and discusses the historical events he deems critical for understanding of that history. His study relates the impact of economic exploitation facilitated by racism and how these twin evils are central to the African-American historical narrative. Along with factual history, this volume intersperses some of Resiss’s experiences as a young boy, as a young adult serving in the military, and as a professor teaching his course. It provides unique insight into a turbulent time in America.
Author : Max A. van Balgooy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0759122806
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)
Download or read book Interpreting African American History and Culture at Museums and Historic Sites written by Max A. van Balgooy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this landmark guide, nearly two dozen essays by scholars, educators, and museum leaders suggest the next steps in the interpretation of African American history and culture from the colonial period to the twentieth century at history museums and historic sites. This diverse anthology addresses both historical research and interpretive methodologies, including investigating church and legal records, using social media, navigating sensitive or difficult topics, preserving historic places, engaging students and communities, and strengthening connections between local and national history. Case studies of exhibitions, tours, and school programs from around the country provide practical inspiration, including photographs of projects and examples of exhibit label text. Highlights include: Amanda Seymour discusses the prevalence of "false nostalgia" at the homes of the first five presidents and offers practical solutions to create a more inclusive, nuanced history. Dr. Bernard Powers reveals that African American church records are a rich but often overlooked source for developing a more complete portrayal of individuals and communities. Dr. David Young, executive director of Cliveden, uses his experience in reinterpreting this National Historic Landmark to identify four ways that people respond to a history that has been too often untold, ignored, or appropriated—and how museums and historic sites can constructively respond. Dr. Matthew Pinsker explains that historic sites may be missing a huge opportunity in telling the story of freedom and emancipation by focusing on the underground railroad rather than its much bigger "upper-ground" counterpart. Martha Katz-Hyman tackles the challenges of interpreting the material culture of both enslaved and free African Americans in the years before the Civil War by discussing the furnishing of period rooms. Dr. Benjamin Filene describes three "micro-public history" projects that lead to new ways of understanding the past, handling source limitations, building partnerships, and reaching audiences. Andrea Jones shares her approach for engaging students through historical simulations based on the "Fight for Your Rights" school program at the Atlanta History Center. A exhibit on African American Vietnam War veterans at the Heinz History Center not only linked local and international events, but became an award-winning model of civic engagement. A collaboration between a university and museum that began as a local history project interpreting the Scottsboro Boys Trial as a website and brochure ended up changing Alabama law. A list of national organizations and an extensive bibliography on the interpretation of African American history provide convenient gateways to additional resources.
