Teaching U.S. history beyond the textbook : six investigative strategies, grades 5-12 / / Yohuru Rashied Williams ; foreword by James Percoco ; cover designer, Scott Van Atta

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810311603321
• Autore: Williams Yohuru <1971->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2009; ©2009
• ISBN: 1-4522-9603-0; 1-4522-9877-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.071
• Soggetti: Teaching - Methodology; Teaching - Philosophy; Education - Study and teaching - United States; United States History Study and teaching
• 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: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: History Educationâ€?A Matter of Life or Death?""; ""How This Book is Organized""; ""References""; ""Chapter 1 - Haunted History: Revealing the Hidden Past""; ""Discovering Haunted History""; ""What is Haunted History?""; ""Constructing HOST Files""; ""How to Begin""; ""HOST File Numbers and Clues""; ""Haunted History as Assessment Pieces""; ""A Sampling of HOST Files""; ""HOST FILE #1851â€?1852â€?1887 ""; ""HOST FILE #07111804: A Federalist Haunting in Weehawken ""; ""HOST FILE #1644â€?1718â€?1987 """"Haunted History Priority File: “13 Ghostsâ€?""; ""Questions for Review and Reflection""; ""References""; ""Resources and Further Reading""; ""On the Web""; ""Chapter 2 - The CSI Approach: Making Students Detectives""; ""What is the CSI Approach?""; ""Cold Case #1906 ""; ""Constructing Cold Cases""; ""How to Begin""; ""Cold Case #1676 ""; ""The Difference Between Haunted History and CSI""; ""Cold Case #1923 ""; ""HOST FILE #821923 ""; ""A Sampling of Cold Cases""; ""Cold Case #1867â€?1934 ; ""; ""Cold Case #2000 ""; ""Cold Case #9131857 ""; ""Cold Case #1868 """"Questions for Review and Reflection""; ""References""; ""Resources and Further Reading""; ""On the Web""; ""Chapter 3 - Historical Fingerprinting: Analyzing Primary and Secondary Sources""; ""Learning to Think Like a Historian""; ""What is Historical Fingerprinting?""; ""Island""; ""Core""; ""Crossover""; ""Bifurcation""; ""Constructing a Historical Fingerprinting Kit""; ""Fingerprinting a Document""; ""A Sampling of Historical Fingerprinting at Work""; ""Fingerprinting the Declaration of Independence""; ""Fingerprinting the Preamble to the United States Constitution""; ""Fingerprinting Political Cartoons""""Dusting Secondary Sources""; ""Questions for Review and Reflection""; ""References""; ""Resources and Further Reading""; ""On the Web""; ""Chapter 4 - The Intersection: Historical Accident Reconstruction""; ""What is the Intersection?""; ""The Intersection as Accident Reconstruction""; ""The Intersection and Teaching Core Democratic Values Through History""; ""Setting up the Intersection""; ""A Sampling of Historical Intersections""; ""PFDA: A Progressive Era Intersection""; ""Lincoln and Fremont at the Intersection""; ""The Emancipation Proclamation in the Intersection""""Adding Layers""; ""Eisenhower and Warren at the Intersection""; ""Gun Control in the Intersection""; ""Questions for Review and Reflection""; ""References""; ""Resources and Further Reading""; ""Chapter 5 - Meet SCOTUS: Engaging Students in the Drama of Court Cases""; ""What is SCOTUS?""; ""Encouraging Critical Thinking""; ""Introducing SCOTUS""; ""Using SCOTUS""; ""Historical Figures on Trial""; ""The Scales of Justice: Weighing the Evidence""; ""“I Object!â€? Setting the Rules for Mock Trials""; ""A Sampling of Court Cases""; ""Murray v. the State of Maryland""
• Sommario/riassunto: Aligned with national standards, these strategies and sample lessons turn learners into history detectives as they solve historical mysteries, prepare arguments for famous cases, and more.