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Journell, Wayne, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2021
COVID-19 offers a unique opportunity to transform the K-12 social studies curriculum, but history suggests that changes to the formal curriculum will not come easily or automatically. This book was conceived in the space between the dismantling of our old way of life and the anticipation of what comes next. The authors in this volume--leading…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Studies
Alexander, Lamar; Damon, William; Ellington, Lucien; Galston, William; Hanson, Victor Davis; Kennedy, Craig; Kersten, Katherine; Mead, Walter Russell; Rodriguez, Richard; Rotherham, Andrew, J. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011
In the decade since September 11, 2001, much that affects almost every American has changed: Memorials have been built and visited. Ceremonies and commemorations have been held. Osama bin Laden has been taken out. Further acts of terrorism have been perpetrated and more (as far as everyone knows) have been fended off. Yet some things haven't…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Ceremonies, Democracy, Teaching Methods
Roupp, Heidi, Ed. – M.E. Sharpe Inc, 2009
This practical handbook is designed to help anyone who is preparing to teach a world history course--or wants to teach it better. It opens with Peter Stearns's essay "Where Did World History Come From?" and closes with Jerry Bentley's annotated bibliographic guide to the essential content knowledge for teaching world history. In between,…
Descriptors: World History, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Salomon, Gavriel, Ed.; Cairns, Ed, Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This handbook encompasses a range of disciplines that underlie the field of peace education and provides the rationales for the ways it is actually carried out. The discipline is a composite of contributions from a variety of disciplines ranging from social psychology to philosophy and from communication to political science. That is, peace…
Descriptors: Political Science, Peace, Intergroup Relations, Foreign Countries
Guarneri; Carl, Ed.; Davis, James, Ed. – M.E. Sharpe Inc, 2008
This comprehensive resource is an invaluable aid for adding a global dimension to students' understanding of American history. It includes a wide range of materials from scholarly articles and reports to original syllabi and ready-to-use lesson plans to guide teachers in enlarging the frame of introductory American history courses to an…
Descriptors: World History, United States History, Courses, Race