Beyond the Textbook: Teaching History Using Documents and Primary Sources

by David Kobrin

Book Overview

Beyond the Textbook is a chronicle of what happened when several "interesting ideas" about teaching and learning history were put to the test in Providence, Rhode Island, public schools. Here, diverse mainstream students used documents and primary sources to actually construct history, acting as historians and drawing their own conclusions about the past.

Instead of offering a single model for teachers to copy, Beyond the Textbook...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435088807
• ISBN13: 9780435088804
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A practical guide to constructing history

A very readable book addressing the issues of using primary documents in K-12 teaching, especially focued on history and social studies for grades 8-12, but informative to others teaching related subjects at other grades.