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Direct linkMetro, Rosalie – Teachers College Press, 2020
This book offers the tools teachers need to get started with a more thoughtful and compelling approach to teaching history, one that develops literacy and higher-order thinking skills, connects the past to students' lives today, and meets social studies 3C standards and most state standards (grades 6-12). The author provides over 90 primary…
Descriptors: History Instruction, World History, Thematic Approach, Social Studies
Davies, Peter; Davies, Rhys – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Enlivening Secondary History" is the ideal handbook for busy history teachers who want to do something different in their classrooms, but have little time to plan and organise their lessons. Featuring tried-and-tested practical ideas complete with relevant exemplars and step-by-step advice, this best-selling book is a compendium of creative…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Secondary Education, Guides, Teaching Methods
Webb, Allen, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
What are the realities and possibilities of utilizing on-line virtual worlds as teaching tools for specific literary works? Through engaging and surprising stories from classrooms where virtual worlds are in use, this book invites readers to understand and participate in this emerging and valuable pedagogy. It examines the experience of high…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods, Literature, Classroom Techniques
Burrow-Sanchez, Jason – Ancora Publishing, 2013
ADAPT (Advancing Decision Making and Problem Solving for Teens) is a small-group intervention for middle and high school students who are at risk for substance use, aggression, truancy, poor school performance, and depressive moods. The ADAPT program's 12 sessions teach fundamental skills such as: (1) Effective problem solving; (2) Decision…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Adolescents, Middle School Students
Cooper, Sarah – Stenhouse Publishers, 2009
Middle school history teachers confront the same challenge every day: how to convey the breadth and depth of a curriculum that spans centuries, countries, and cultures. In "Making History Mine", Sarah Cooper shows teachers how to use thematic instruction to link skills to content knowledge. By combining thought-provoking activities and rich…
Descriptors: Current Events, Role Playing, National Standards, Service Learning
Bigelow, Bill – Rethinking Schools, Ltd, 2006
"The Line Between Us" explores the history of U.S-Mexican relations and the roots of Mexican immigration, all in the context of the global economy. And it shows how teachers can help students understand the immigrant experience and the drama of border life. "But The Line Between Us" is about more than Mexican immigration and…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Teacher Role, Global Approach, Criticism
Monseau, Virginia R. – National Council of Teachers of English, 2004
In a world where countries vie with one another for power, where religious extremism breeds hatred, where school shootings are becoming commonplace, and where children are routinely exposed to violent images and texts, is it any wonder that teachers feel frustrated as they try to help students deal with a culture of violence? Terrorist attacks…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Secondary School Teachers, Class Activities, Terrorism
