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Teaching U.S. History as Mystery

By Jack Zevin and David Gerwin
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Teaching U.S. History as Mystery presents American history through the lens of contested interpretations and compelling problems. It offers educators clear principles, strategies, and case studies, alongside "Mystery Packets" of primary documents that promote active problem-finding and problem-solving in history classrooms. The book encourages a hands-on inquiry approach to history, highlighting its uncertainties, conflicting views, and value debates to engage students as active learners rather than passive recipients of information.
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This book is ideal for history and social studies teachers seeking innovative and interactive methods to teach U.S. history. It supports educators who want to foster critical thinking and historical inquiry among students, particularly at secondary education levels.

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Presenting history as contested interpretations of compelling problems, this text offers principles, strategies, and documentary materials from key periods in U.S. history to promote problem-finding and problem-solving in social studies classrooms.

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Teaching U.S. History as Mystery presents U.S. history as a series of contested interpretations of compelling problems. This text offers a clear set of principles and strategies, along with case studies and "Mystery Packets" of documentary materials from key periods in American history. Teachers can use these resources with their students to promote and sustain problem-finding and problem-solving in history and social studies classrooms.

The book is structured to encourage new attitudes toward history as hands-on inquiry, with conflicting interpretations and myriad uncertainties. The aim is to create a user-friendly way of teaching history "as it really is"—with all its problems, issues, unknowns, and value clashes. Students and teachers are invited to become active participants in learning history, rather than passive sponges soaking up pre-arranged and often misrepresented people and events.

New in the Second Edition:

  • New chapters on the Moundbuilders and the Origins of Slavery.
  • Expanded Gulf of Tonkin chapter, now covering the Vietnam and Iraq wars.
  • Teaching tips that draw on years of teacher experience using mysteries in their classrooms.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415992275

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 December 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 4 Tables, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 1050g

Pages: 256

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Children’s, Teenage and Educational David Gerwin Education & Reference Jack Zevin Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

David Gerwin is an associate professor of Social Studies Education at Queens College, City University of New York. A former high school history teacher and history professor, he has sought out endeavors that combine historical scholarship and teacher professional development, including collaborations with the American Social History Project, Working Films, and the New York Historical Society on grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching American History program. Jack Zevin is Professor of Social Studies Education at Queens College, City University of New York. A former secondary school teacher in Chicago, he has championed the cause of inquiry and discovery teaching methods and has worked extensively with preservice and inservice teachers on curriculum projects, teacher preparation programs, and research studies. He is the author of Social Studies for the 21st Century, now in its Third Edition (Routledge).

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