Breaking Away from the Textbook: More Creative Ways to Teach World History / Edition 1

by Ron H. Pahl

Overview

Teaching history should not simply be an endless recitation of irrelevant facts, entombed between the covers of a textbook. Instead, Breaking Away from the Textbook offers a fascinating journey through world history. Not a comprehensive, theory-heavy guide, this book instead focuses on exciting classroom activities, methods for students to grapple with human issues, and innovative ways to show students the relevance of the past to the world today. Simply put, this book makes world history fun. Your students will soon be busy debating, thinking, applying, and learning about information that will stay with them for a lifetime. The key to this wonderful work is that it incorporates various disciplines including art, music, and writing to create a vibrant classroom. Volume I covers prehistory to the Renaissance and Volume II covers the Enlightenment to the 20th century and includes pictures, drawings, appendices, indexes, maps, and a bibliography. Appropriate for all grade levels, Vollume III: More Creative Ways to Teach World History covers.ancient times through the 20th century and beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810846241
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	04/21/2003
Series:	A Scarecrow Education Book Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.08(w) x 9.14(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Ronald Hans Pahl is coordinator of social studies education at the California State University, Fullerton.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 More Lessons on the Ancient World through the Middle Ages Chapter 3 More Lessons on the Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment Chapter 4 More Lessons on the Twentieth Century and Beyond Chapter 5 Appendix A: Full Thematic Table of Contents Chapter 6 Appendix B: Traditional World History: Chronological and Regional Table of Contents Chapter 7 Appendix C: Cool World History Teaching Materials Chapter 8 Appendix D: Recommended CD-ROMs and Web Sites Chapter 9 Appendix E: Annotated Bibliography Chapter 10 Appendix F: Keyword Index for Volumes 1-3