Teaching History with Big Ideas : Cases of Ambitious Teachers.

In the case studies that make up the bulk of this book, middle and high school history teachers describe the decisions and plans and the problems and possibilities they encountered as they ratcheted up their instruction through the use of big ideas. Framing a teaching unit around a question such as...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Grant, S. G. (Professor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2010.
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505 0 |a Contents; Preface; Chapter 01. Teaching History with Big Ideas; Chapter 02. The Evolution of a Big Idea: Why Don't We Know Anything about Africa?; Chapter 03. Defining Success with Big Ideas: A New Teacher's Groeth and Challenges; Chapter 04. From the Holocaust to Darfur: Teaching about Genocide; Chapter 05. How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the Test and Love Teaching Students to Write Well; Chapter 06. Big Expectations: Big Ideas in Honors and Inclusion Classes; Chapter 07. Big Ideas and Technology: A Methodology to Engage Students; Chapter 08. Reconstructing Reconstruction and History. 
505 8 |a Chapter 09. Big Ideas and Ambitious Teaching: A Cross-Case AnalysisChapter 10. Implications: A Road Map for Ambitious Teaching with Big Ideas; Index; About the Editors and Contributors. 
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