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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819061103321

Autore

Turner-Bisset Rosie

Titolo

Creative teaching : history in the primary classroom / / Rosie Turner-Bisset

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : David Fulton Publishers, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-39775-9

0-203-96340-7

1-4175-8198-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 199 pages) : illustrations, music; digital file(s)

Disciplina

372.890440941

Soggetti

History - Study and teaching (Elementary)

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

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Creative teaching -- 2. History in the primary curriculum -- 3. Artefacts -- 4. Using written sources -- 5. Visual images -- 6. The historical environment: maps, sites, visits and museums -- 7. Storytelling: 'putting the book down' -- 8. Drama and role-play -- 9. Simulations and games -- 10. Music and dance -- 11. Classroom discourse and generic teaching approaches -- 12. Ticking the boxes -- 13. Putting it all together: planning and creativity -- Appendix -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Designed specifically for teachers with little subject knowledge or experience in history, this book provides trainees with the confidence they need to teach primary history. Based on Curriculum 2000, the book provides valuable step-by-step guidance on how to create, plan, develop, organize and assess high-quality teaching activities in primary history. This book: is full of teaching approaches, practical ideas, teaching activities, real-life case studies and vignettes of good teaching practice; covers both conventional and modern approaches - such as drama, role-play, story telling, music.