Teaching What Really Happened: How to - Paperback, by Loewen James W.
Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited about Doing History by James W. Loewen is a revised edition textbook that challenges the traditional approach to teaching history in public education. The book offers concrete ideas for incorporating project-oriented self-learning, online historical research, and teaching historiography to help students understand what really happened in the past. With a new chapter on post-truth politics and the Trump presidency, this book is a valuable resource for social studies and history educators looking to break away from standard textbook retellings of the past. Illustrated with 288 pages, this book is sure to help teachers and students engage with history in a more meaningful way.
Specifications
| Country Of Origin | United States |
| ISBN | 9780807759486 |
| Subject Area | Education, History |
| Publisher | Teacher's College Press |
| Item Length | 8.9 in |
| Publication Year | 2018 |
| Type | Textbook |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Item Height | 0.7 in |
| Author | James W. LÖWEN |
| Features | New Edition |
| Item Weight | 14.5 Oz |
| Item Width | 6 in |
| Number Of Pages | 288 Pages |
What stands out about this textbook is the clear chapter objectives listed upfront.