Description |
x, 158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Teaching about the past : What is history? ; My goals ; Content quandaries ; My practice: ideas and theories ; Zooming in : What is historiography?. Booktalk : What is history teaching? ; National standards for history. Tools of the trade : Collaborating with a museum ; Learning to look ; Researching on-line -- My story: personal histories : My goals ; The blizzard of '96 ; Memoirs ; Reflecting back ; Zooming in : Memory. Booktalk : Inventing the truth: the art and craft of memoir ; Material world: a global family portrait. Tools of the trade : Family photographs ; Personal artifacts ; Researching on-line -- Other people's stories: immigration : My goals ; Being an immigrant ; Immigration immersion ; Being an oral historian ; Reflecting back ; Zooming in : Designing an oral history project. Booktalk : Oh, freedom! Kids talk about the civil rights movement with the people who made it happen. Tools of the trade : Using audio evidence ; Researching on-line -- Far away: studying Native Americans from the outside : My goals ; History and myth ; Outsider learning: confronting stereotypic thinking ; Northwest coast immersion ; Outsiders looking in: the research report ; Respectful appropriation: a New York City potlatch ; Reflecting back ; Zooming in : What is a potlatch?. Booktalk : Through Indian eyes ; Indians of North America series. Tools of the trade : Using a lending artifact kit ; Creating a classroom artifact set ; Researching on-line -- Long ago: imagining the pilgrims : My goals ; Preparing to travel back in time ; Getting to know the pilgrims ; A pilgrim picture book project ; A Wampanoag's point of view ; Time travel to the Plimoth Plantation ; Reflecting back ; Zooming in : The Wampanoag. Booktalk : Mourt's relation. Tools of the trade : Using primary sources with children ; Visiting historical sites ; Researching on-line. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-153) and index. |
Subject |
Dalton School (New York, N.Y.)
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History -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
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Project method in teaching -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
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Interdisciplinary approach in education -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
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Added Author |
Fins, Stephanie, 1950-
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ISBN |
157110044X alkaline paper |
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