Teaching History in the Digital Classroom

D.Antonio Cantu, Wilson J. Warren

This guide for history teachers contains decision-making scenarios and reflective questions that aim to help bring the material to life, it covers the development of teaching technologies, developing lesson plans, and actual instructional models in history and social studies.

Preface Part I Historical and Hidden Curriculum Chapter 1 Origins and Rationale for Teaching History and the Social Studies in the Middle and High School Curriculum Chapter 2 Overview of the Structure and Standards for History, the Social Sciences, and Social Studies Chapter 3 Technology Integration in Preservice History Teacher Education Chapter 4 History Teachers' Beliefs Part II Intended Curriculum Chapter 5 Developing Objectives and Plans for History and Social Studies Instruction Chapter 6 Teaching Early American History: A Curricular Model for Integrating Online Resources Chapter 7 Active Learning, World History, and the Internet: Creating Knowledge in the Classroom Part III Sequential Lesson Plan Frameworks Chapter 8 Brain-Based Lesson Plan Frameworks Chapter 9 Taught Curriculum Chapter 10 Teaching Authentic History Chapter 11 The Montage Class: Teaching Historical Thinking with Audiovisual and Information Technology Chapter 12 Cooperative Learning Chapter 13 Teaching Strategies and Resources for History and Social Studies Education Part IV Learned Curriculum Chapter 14 Informal Assessment and Evaluation Strategies Chapter 15 Formal Assessment and Evaluation Strategies Chapter 16 Performance-Based Assessment Chapter 17 Advanced Placement Assessment Strategies