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Paperback, Second Edition
Published: 16th January 2011
Paperback, Second Edition
Published: 16th June 2011
Breaking Away from the Textbook: Creative Ways to Teach World History
By (Author) Ron H. Pahl
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Rowman & Littlefield Education
16th June 2011
Second Edition
United States
General
Non Fiction
History of education
907.1
Paperback
286
Width 157mm, Height 233mm, Spine 17mm
435g
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. Soon your students will 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. Includes pictures and drawings, appendices, indexes, maps, and a bibliography. Volume III: More Creative Ways to Teach World History covers ancient times through the 20th century and beyond. Appropriate for all grade levels.
Ron H. Pahl is a history buff with more than 100 articles and five books published. He has traveled almost everywhere in the world including crossing the Arctic and Antarctic Circles the same year. Currently he is coordinator of social studies education at The California State University Fullerton.