Böcker av Ron H. Pahl

Teaching history should not simply be an endless recitation of irrelevant facts, entombed between the covers of a textbook. Instead, Breaking Away from the Textbook offers a fascinating journey through world history. Not a comprehensive, theory-heavy guide, this book instead focuses on exciting classroom activities, methods for students to grapple with human issues, and innovative ways to show students the relevance of the past to the world today. Simply put, this book makes world history fun. Your students will soon be busy debating, thinking, applying, and learning about information that will stay with them for a lifetime. The key to this wonderful work is that it incorporates various disciplines including art, music, and writing to create a vibrant classroom. Volume I covers prehistory to the Renaissance and Volume II covers the Enlightenment to the 20th century and includes pictures, drawings, appendices, indexes, maps, and a bibliography. Appropriate for all grade levels, Vollume III: More Creative Ways to Teach World History covers.ancient times through the 20th century and beyond.

Creative Ways to Teach the Mysteries of History, Volume 2 will make the teaching and learning of history a powerful and enjoyable experience in the classroom. All too often students say that history is the most boring subject they have at school. This volume will change the image of history for students and offer teachers an opportunity to go beyond the regular textbook.

This volume offers teachers a different method of teaching world history. It focuses on active classroom activities, methods for students to grapple with humanity's issues, and innovative ways to show students the relevance of the past to the modern world.