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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454913903321

Autore

Desai Dipti

Titolo

History as art, art as history : contemporary art and social studies education [[electronic resource] /] / Dipti Desai, Jessica Hamlin, and Rachel Mattson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-20379-2

1-282-31622-2

9786612316227

0-203-87030-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

The Teaching/Learning social justice series

Altri autori (Persone)

HamlinJessica

MattsonRachel

Disciplina

973.0071

Soggetti

Art - History - Study and teaching

Art, Modern - 21st century - Study and teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; series editor Introduction; Acknowledgements; Part I reframing History and Art; Chapter I Introduction; Chapter 2 Using Visual Historical methods in k-12 Classroom: Tactical Heuristics; Chapter 3 Curriculum as a Creative Process: Interview with Artist-Educator Thi Bui; Chapter 4 Artists in the realm of Historical methods: The Sound, Smell, and Taste of History; Chapter 5 "Committing History in Public": Lessons from Artists Working in the Public Realm; Part II Investigating History and Art: A Teaching Toolkit

Chapter 6 Introducing the teaching toolkits: Visual Approaches to Teaching about HistoryChapter 7 Foundations of Citizenship; Chapter 8 Constructing race; Chapter 9 the united states and the World; Resources; About the Authors; Figure Credits and Permissions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

History as Art, Art as History pioneers methods for using contemporary works of art in the social studies and art classroom to enhance an understanding of visual culture and history. The fully-illustrated



interdisciplinary teaching toolkit provides an invaluable pedagogical resource-complete with theoretical background and practical suggestions for teaching U.S. history topics through close readings of both primary sources and provocative works of contemporary art. History as Art, Art as History is an experientially grounded, practically minded pedagogical i