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Teaching History Today: Applying the Triad of Inquiry, Primary Sources, and Literacy

Mark Newman

Teaching History Today is about placing inquiry, primary sources, and literacy foundations of history instruction front and center in the education Readers can learn how to organize historical content into effective units, integrate the learning of content with development of skills, and gain expertise into engaging students collaboratively.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Publish Date: Mar 3rd, 2024
  • Pages: 164
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.38in - 0.55lb
  • EAN: 9781475868685
  • Categories: HistoryTeaching - Subjects - Social ScienceStudy & Teaching

About the Author

Mark Newman is professor of social science education at National College of Education, National Louis University. He has published books and articles on primary sources, visual culture, geography, and visual literacy. He has directed Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources and National Endowment for the Humanities grants. Newman won the National Louis Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016.

Praise for this book

Dr. Newman's book is full of insight that weaves in time-tested and research-based teaching methods with the more recent demands of teaching a more inclusive history. He confronts the heated debates that many teachers face concerning CRT and challenges faced by technology. Teaching History Today: Applying the Triad of Inquiry, Primary Sources, andLiteracy will be a staple to any preservice or new teacher, and it will be a great reference for the more experienced teacher.

Dr. Newman's analysis on inquiry learning and its relevance in modern social studies classrooms is a must-read for teachers. Teaching History Today: Applying the Triad of Inquiry, Primary Sources, and Literacy provides social studies teachers with the necessary tools to not only improve engagement and learning in class, but to also use inquiry to navigate and explore our current perceptions of the past, present, and future.