Why Learn History (When It's Already on Your Phone)

by Sam Wineburg

Book Overview

Let's start with two truths about our era that are so inescapable as to have become clich s: We are surrounded by more readily available information than ever before. And a huge percentage of it is inaccurate. Some of the bad info is well-meaning but ignorant. Some of it is deliberately deceptive. All of it is pernicious.

With the internet always at our fingertips, what's a teacher of history to do? Sam Wineburg has answers, beginning with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022635721X
• ISBN13: 9780226357218
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"