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Lawrence, Andy – Teaching History, 2022
In this article, Andy Lawrence returns to arguments made in "Teaching History 153" about the importance of teaching young people about other modern genocides in addition to the Holocaust. Building on those arguments with his own rationale, Lawrence also acknowledges the constraints on curriculum time that compel all departments to make…
Descriptors: Death, History Instruction, Grade 9, Curriculum Development
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Whitburn, Robin; Yemoh, Sharon – Teaching History, 2012
Robin Whitburn and Sharon Yemoh describe the design of a school-generated GCSE course on the challenges that British people faced in forging a multicultural society in post-imperial Britain. Drawing on their own research into their students' experience, they build a discipline-based case for teaching about socio-political communal struggles…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, African American History, Civil Rights, History Instruction
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Myson, Ian – Teaching History, 2006
One of the challenges facing pupils in the history classroom is conceptual understanding. Pupils also find it difficult to recognise themes or patterns across different parts of time and space. Ian Myson has recognised the importance of analogy as a way to facilitate pupils' understanding. He is quick to recognise, however, that poor use of…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Historical Interpretation, Logical Thinking, Classroom Techniques