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Teaching U.S. History Beyond the Textbook - Book Cover Look Inside
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Teaching U.S. History Beyond the Textbook

Six Investigative Strategies, Grades 5-12
By: Yohuru Rashied Williams

Foreword by James Percoco

Turn your students into history detectives with these innovative teaching strategies!

Use this unique approach to engage students' critical thinking and show them just how thrilling and spine-chilling history can be. The author presents strategies that turn students into detectives of the past as they ghost-hunt in their neighborhoods, analyze historical crime scenes, prepare arguments for famous cases, and more. Each ready-to-use strategy:

  • Demonstrates how students can use primary and secondary sources to solve historical mysteries
  • Includes sample lessons for Grades 5–12, plus case studies, review questions, and further resources
  • Aligns with national social studies standards

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Teaching U.S. History Beyond the Textbook - Book Cover Look Inside
Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12, Elementary, Secondary
  • ISBN: 9781412966214
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2008
  • Page Count: 160
  • Publication date: March 12, 2014

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Description

Description

"Williams' passion for helping teachers look at content in new ways is precisely what we need. This book challenges educators to think outside the box."
—Dennis Denenberg, Professor Emeritus
Millersville University

"This is not your typical social studies methods book. Williams' highly readable prose shows a deep respect for the marriage of American history content and teaching."
—Elaine Wrisley Reed, Retired Executive Director
National Council for History Education

Turn your students into history detectives with these innovative teaching strategies!

Written by a history educator, this exciting guide provides a unique approach that makes it easy for middle and high school teachers to engage students' critical thinking in history and social studies.

Using a "CSI approach" to history, the author's six powerful strategies tap into students' natural curiosity and investigative instincts. Students become detectives of the past as they ghost-hunt in their neighborhoods, solve historical crime scenes, prepare arguments for famous court cases, and more. Each ready-to-use technique:

  • Demonstrates how students can use primary and secondary sources to solve historical mysteries
  • Includes sample lessons and case studies for Grades 5–12
  • Aligns with national standards, making the book useful for both teachers and curriculum developers
  • Features review questions, reflections, and Web and print resources in every chapter for further reading

Incorporate these strategies into your classroom and watch as students discover just how thrilling and spine-chilling history can be!


Key features

  • Full of ready-to-use, innovative teaching strategies for social studies and history teachers in middle and secondary schools.
  • Engages students in "doing" history, and using primary sources to solve historical mysteries.
  • Strategies are aligned with the National and California SS Standards, as well as the National History Standards, making the book a useful resource for consultants and curriculum developers as well as classroom teachers.
  • Each chapter contains questions for review, and annotated listings of web and print resources for further reading.
Author(s)

Author(s)

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Yohuru Rashied Williams

Yohuru Rashied Williams is an associate professor of history at Fairfield University and the vice president for history education of the American Institute for History Education. He is the author of Black Politics/White Power; editor of A Constant Struggle: African-American History from 1865 to the Present; and coeditor of In Search of the Black Panther and Liberated Territory: Toward A Local History of the Black Panther Party.

Williams began his educational career as a high school history teacher in Washington, DC, where he first began to develop many of the ideas included in Teaching U.S. History Beyond the Textbook. After earning a PhD in history from Howard University, Williams served as director of social studies education at Delaware State University, training preservice history teachers, and in 2002 was tapped as a consultant for the National Council for History Education. A sought-after, dynamic speaker, Williams has been conducting seminars and colloquia for history teachers around the nation since 2005.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword by James Percoco

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction: History Education: A Matter of Life or Death?

1. Haunted History: Revealing the Hidden Past

Discovering Haunted History

What Is Haunted History?

Constructing HOST Files

  • How to Begin
  • HOST File Numbers and Clues
  • Haunted History as Assessment Pieces

A Sampling of HOST Files

  • HOST FILE #1851-1852-1887
  • HOST FILE #07111804
  • HOST FILE #1644-1718-1987
  • Haunted History Priority File: "13 Ghosts"

Questions for Review and Reflection

References

Resources and Further Reading

On the Web

2. The CSI Approach: Making Students Detectives

What Is the CSI Approach?

  • Cold Case #1906

Constructing Cold Cases

  • How to Begin
  • Cold Case #1676
  • The Difference Between Haunted History and CSI
  • Cold Case #1923
  • HOST FILE #821923

A Sampling of Cold Cases

  • Cold Case #1867-1934
  • Cold Case #2000
  • Cold Case #9131857
  • Cold Case #1868

Questions for Review and Reflection

References

Resources and Further Reading

On the Web

3. Historical Fingerprinting: Analyzing Primary and Secondary Sources

Learning to Think Like a Historian

What Is Historical Fingerprinting

  • Island
  • Core
  • Crossover
  • Bifurcation
  • Summary

Constructing a Historical Fingerprinting Kit

A Sampling of Historical Fingerprinting at Work

Fingerprinting the Declaration of Independence

  • Women's Rights
  • Women's Rights
  • Alaskan Statehood
  • Dred Scott Decision
  • Engaging the Declaration

Fingerprinting the Preamble to the United States Constitution

Fingerprinting Political Cartoons

  • Getting "Nasty"
  • Recognizing Reality

Dusting Secondary Sources

Questions for Review and Reflection

References

Resources and Further Reading

On the Web

4. The Intersection: Reconstructing Historical Accidents

What Is the Intersection?

  • The Intersection as Accident Reconstruction
  • The Intersection and Teaching Core Democratic Values Through History

Setting Up the Intersection

A Sampling of Historical Intersections

  • PFDA: A Progressive Era Intersection
  • Lincoln and Fremont at the Intersection
  • The Emancipation Proclamation in the Intersection
  • Eisenhower and Warren at the Intersection
  • Gun Control in the Intersection

Questions for Review and Reflection

References

Resources and Further Reading

5. Meet SCOTUS: Engaging Students in the Drama of Court Cases

What Is SCOTUS?

  • Encouraging Critical Thinking
  • Introducing SCOTUS

Using SCOTUS

  • Historical Figures on Trial
  • The Scales of Justice: Weighing the Evidence
  • "I Object!" Setting the Rules for Mock Trials

A Sampling of Court Cases

  • Murray v. the State of Maryland
  • Buchanan v. Warley
  • The Case of Francis Terranova

References

Resources and Further Reading

On the Web

6. ESP + C: Providing a Student Mental Organizer and Writing Strategy

What Is ESP+C?

  • The Three Types of Historical ESP
  • ESP+C as a Mental Organizer

Using ESP+C

A Sampling of ESP+C

  • Analyzing King's Letter From a Birmingham Jail
  • Recognizing Washington's Contributions
  • Understanding Historical Terms
  • Correlating With the national Social Studies Standards
  • Using ESP+C With the KWL Strategy
  • Analyzing King's Letter From a Birmingham Jail
  • Recognizing Washington's Contributions
  • Understanding Historical Terms
  • Correlating With the National Social Studies Standards
  • Using ESP+C With the KWL Strategy

Questions for Review and Reflection

References

Resources and Further Reading

On the Web

Conclusion

References

Further Reading

Index

  • Murray v. the State of Maryland
  • Buchanan v. Warley
  • The Case of Francis Terranova
Reviews

Reviews

Quote by Lynn E. Nielsen, Professor of Education, University of Northern Iowa: "No longer is history something to be ingested and regurgitated on a test, but rather something that absorbs the intellectual imagination of the learner. That is a rare quality in good teaching. The author has done a marvelous job of bridging what are otherwise conflicting paradigms."
"No longer is history something to be ingested and regurgitated on a test, but rather something that absorbs the intellectual imagination of the learner. That is a rare quality in good teaching. The author has done a marvelous job of bridging what are otherwise conflicting paradigms."
Lynn E. Nielsen, Professor of Education
University of Northern Iowa
Quote by Nancy P. Gallavan, Professor, University of Central Arkansas: "This book offers experienced social studies teachers endless ideas and inspiration to revitalize their classrooms so that students look forward to learning social studies, especially learning experiences placed in their own communities."
"This book offers experienced social studies teachers endless ideas and inspiration to revitalize their classrooms so that students look forward to learning social studies, especially learning experiences placed in their own communities."
Nancy P. Gallavan, Professor
University of Central Arkansas
Quote by Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., Professor, University of Miami: "An excellent guide for making history a compelling subject to students through the use of sleuthing and crime analysis metaphors and techniques. Any teacher using the models outlined in the book will find his or her classes more exciting for all involved.”
"An excellent guide for making history a compelling subject to students through the use of sleuthing and crime analysis metaphors and techniques. Any teacher using the models outlined in the book will find his or her classes more exciting for all involved.”
Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., Professor
University of Miami
Quote by Brett Piersma, Social Studies Teacher, Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District, CA: "Williams presents engaging and unique strategies from his broad range of experience. The connections between historical events and the polemics and mysteries of crime scenes make history learning a thrill."
"Williams presents engaging and unique strategies from his broad range of experience. The connections between historical events and the polemics and mysteries of crime scenes make history learning a thrill."
Brett Piersma, Social Studies Teacher
Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District, CA
Quote by Elaine Wrisley Reed, Retired Executive Director, National Council for History Education: "This is not your typical social studies methods book by any means. Williams's highly readable prose shows a deep respect for the marriage of American history content and teaching."
"This is not your typical social studies methods book by any means. Williams's highly readable prose shows a deep respect for the marriage of American history content and teaching."
Elaine Wrisley Reed, Retired Executive Director
National Council for History Education
Quote by Dennis Denenberg, Professor Emeritus, Millersville University: "Williams's passion for helping teachers look at content in new ways and with clever devices to engage their students is precisely what we need. This informative and well-designed book challenges educators to think outside of the box."
"Williams's passion for helping teachers look at content in new ways and with clever devices to engage their students is precisely what we need. This informative and well-designed book challenges educators to think outside of the box."
Dennis Denenberg, Professor Emeritus
Millersville University
Quote by Joy Hakim, Author: "Great teachers are national treasures, and Yohuru Williams is one of them. In this book he shares ideas and teaching methods. He also includes some terrific historic vignettes."
"Great teachers are national treasures, and Yohuru Williams is one of them. In this book he shares ideas and teaching methods. He also includes some terrific historic vignettes."
Joy Hakim, Author
Quote by Kevin T. Brady, President, American Institute for History Education: "Williams is one of the most knowledgeable and exciting history education presenters in the nation. Finally, teachers will have the opportunity to read, digest, and implement these fantastic teaching methods into their lessons."
"Williams is one of the most knowledgeable and exciting history education presenters in the nation. Finally, teachers will have the opportunity to read, digest, and implement these fantastic teaching methods into their lessons."
Kevin T. Brady, President
American Institute for History Education

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