Teaching Hamlet in the Twenty-First Century Classroom is for both the novice and veteran teacher and offers fresh takes on teaching Shakespeare's iconic Hamlet. Its lessons push students to engage deeply and creatively. Rooted in text and performance, each chapter provides ready-to-use learning objectives, reading guides, notes on language, ......
Teaching Hamlet in the Twenty-First Century Classroom is for both the novice and veteran teacher and offers fresh takes on teaching Shakespeare's iconic Hamlet. Its lessons push students to engage deeply and creatively. Rooted in text and performance, each chapter provides ready-to-use learning objectives, reading guides, notes on language, ......
Using Technology to Examine Local History Beyond the Classroom
Students as Historians: Using Technology to Examine Local History Beyond the Classroom makes a case for using technology to further the research of local history. Part 1 of the book explores the history of Black people in communities across the nation while Part 2 uses census reports, Google Earth, and other materials to investigate. One example ......
Using Technology to Examine Local History Beyond the Classroom
Students as Historians: Using Technology to Examine Local History Beyond the Classroom makes a case for using technology to further the research of local history. Part 1 of the book explores the history of Black people in communities across the nation while Part 2 uses census reports, Google Earth, and other materials to investigate. One example ......
The Science of Perception, Misinformation, and Disinformation
Written for pre-teens and young teens in lively text accompanied by fun facts, True or False? The Science of Perception, Misinformation, and Disinformation explores what psychology tells us about development and persistence of false perceptions and beliefs and the difficulty of correcting them, plus ways to debunk misinformation and think ......
The University as an Instrument of Cultural Transformation
Humanities have the potential to transform human culture--and an obligation to preserve it. In The Public Humanities Turn, Philip Lewis argues that universities are uniquely equipped to act as catalysts for cultural change in the face of the climate crisis. In closely linked essays that explore the evolution of the academic humanities in the era ......
A Guide to Researching, Publishing, and Marketing Your Book
Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Thomas A. Mason and J. Kent Calder present step-by-step advice to guide aspiring authors to a successful publication and focus not only on how to write well but also how to market and sell their work. Highlights include: ......
A Guide to Researching, Publishing, and Marketing Your Book
Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Thomas A. Mason and J. Kent Calder present step-by-step advice to guide aspiring authors to a successful publication and focus not only on how to write well but also how to market and sell their work. Highlights include: ......
Motivation, Growth and the New Social Studies Classroom
Discussions and Democracy: Motivation, Growth, and the New Social Studies Classroom is written in a vernacular that will springboard and support teachers' understandings of implementing discussion-based approaches in their classrooms. Moreover, Discussions and Democracy drills down more deeply into student motivation and engagement. This is ......
