1st Edition

Teaching U.S. History Dialogues Among Social Studies Teachers and Historians

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Teaching U.S. History offers an innovative approach to social studies teaching by connecting historians to real-world social studies classrooms and social studies teachers. In an unusual, even unprecedented, dialogue between scholars and practitioners, this book weds historical theory and practice with social studies pedagogy. Seven chapters are organized around key US History eras and... Read more

Introduction by Robert Cohen and Michael Stoll

Chapter 1: Slavery

Chapter 2: The Civil War

Chapter 3: Immigration

Chapter 4: Progressive Era

Chapter 5: The New Deal

Chapter 6: The Civil Rights Movement

Chapter 7: U.S. Imperialism

Concluding Thoughts - Research on Teaching and Learning History: Teacher Professionalization and Student Cognition and Culture by Terrie Epstein

Biography

Diana Turk is an Associate Professor of Social Studies Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at New York University.

Rachel Mattson is an Assistant Professor at SUNY New Paltz.

Terrie Epstein is a Professor of Education at Hunter College.

Robert Cohen is a Social Studies Professor and chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning and an affiliated professor in the History Department at New York University.