A method for teaching history which focuses on classroom activities, methods for dealing with human issues, and innovative ways to show students the relevance of the past to the world today.

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.

Teaching history should not be reciting an endless list of dead men, 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 focuses on active classroom activities, methods for students to grapple with humanity's 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 its incorporation of various disciplines including art, music, and writing to create a fun and active 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.

A method for teaching history which focuses on classroom activities, methods for dealing with human issues, and innovative ways to show students the relevance of the past to the world today.

A method for teaching history which focuses on classroom activities, methods for dealing with human issues, and innovative ways to show students the relevance of the past to the world today.

The authors advocate the use of leaden textbooks only as sources for information, not as manuals that define the content and organization of a social studies program. They set forth an abundance of ideas for real teaching at the secondary level and show how to bring joy and vitality into the study of history. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR