Product Description

This user-friendly handbook for secondary history teachers, containing forty classroom activities, emphasises student-centred learning, and encourages teachers to approach their teaching in an imaginative and innovative way.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #207696 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
'I think this is a sound and very useful and much needed book. It should sell well. It addresses very real and practical needs to improve teaching and demonstrate teaching quality through good practice.' - Paul Hyland, Bath Spa University

'I think that there is a market for intelligent and well structured collections of 'worked' activities designed to provide stimulating educational activities, and to broaden teaching approaches.' - Terry Haydn, University of Warwick

'... contains many useful ideas for history teachers. It is easy to use in an informative and accessible style and the practical exercises included within the book are applicable to teachers around the world.' - Alan Booth, University of Nottingham

From the Back Cover

Written by practitioners for practitioners, this is the ideal handbook if you are a busy history teacher who wants to do something different in the classroom, but have little time to plan and organise the lessons. Featuring tried-and-tested practical ideas complete with relevant exemplars and step-by-step advice, this book offers forty activities based on the following four themes:

* visuals
* numerical data
* abstract ideas
* primary texts.

Each activity includes links to important topics at Key Stages 3 and 4 and at A/AS level including the Crusades; the Reformation; the two World Wars; Revolutionary Russia and many more.

All the ideas are explained in a clear, user-friendly style, with a breakdown of the time and resources needed for each one.

This extensive resource allows you to bring history alive in an imaginative and innovative way.