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Developing a Signature Pedagogy for the High School U.S. History Survey: A Case Study
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Susannah Walker; Gustavo Carrera – History Teacher, 2017
For a long time, Advanced Placement and other advanced-level U.S. history courses at the high school level were modeled after the collegiate survey course. However, the last two decades or more have seen some significant changes in the teaching of U.S. history at undergraduate and high school levels. Many of these changes at the high school level…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teaching Methods, History Instruction, Introductory Courses
Making and Measuring the California History Standards
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Fogo, Bradley – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
The California history and social science standards-based reform has been touted as the "gold standard" for state history curricula. But the standards, framework, and tests that constitute this reform provide inconsistent and contradictory criteria for teaching and assessing history and social science. An examination of the political…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Social Sciences, Academic Standards, Course Content
Teaching the "Classics" - Or, How You Might Move between "Alien" and Tolstoy While Still Teaching to Outcomes.
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Duggan, Sandra – English in Australia, 2002
Describes a Year 11 Preliminary Advanced English Course in which the objectives were to focus on the students developing knowledge and understanding of the purposes and effects of a range of textual forms in various contexts. Presents experiences from three years of teaching this course. Explains why the author chose to title the unit…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Cooperative Learning, Course Content, Critical Thinking
Making Connections: A Look at U.S. History and Geography in the 1987 Framework.
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Mead-Mezzetta, Shirley – Social Studies Review, 1989
Discusses the importance of studying history topics in-depth and how California's History-Social Science Framework (1988) has incorporated in-depth instruction into units of study. Describes the U.S. history and geography curriculum for grades 5, 8, and 11. Concludes that the Framework provides teachers with more time to plan and teach while…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Guided Literature: An English Course for Non-Motivated Juniors and Seniors.
Pheifer, Denise A. – 1982
A year-long study designed to create a high school English course entitled "Guided Literature" is described in this report. The described course was intended to provide literature instruction for nonmotivated poor readers at the eleventh and twelfth grade levels, and was structured so that students could read materials they found…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Project Career Exploration: Final Report.
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Schoenberger, R. Laurence – 1974
Project Career Exploration's overall purpose was designing and implementing a method of providing juniors and seniors in high school with career exploration opportunities relative to the occupational programs offered by the Waukesha County Technical Institute and other postsecondary institutions. Course outlines make up the body of the report,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Opportunities, Course Content