Teaching History with Museums : Strategies for K-12 Social Studies
ISBN: 9780415891653 | 0415891655
Edition: 1stFormat: Nonspecific Binding
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 12/13/2011
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Teaching History with Museumsprovides an introduction and overview of the rich pedagogical power of museums. In this comprehensive textbook, the authors show how museums offer a sophisticated understanding of the past and develop habits of mind in ways that are not easily duplicated in the classroom. Using engaging cases to illustrate accomplished history teaching through museum visits, this text provides pre- and in-service teachers, teacher educators, and museum educators with ideas for successful visits to artifact and display-based museums, historic forts, living history museums, memorials, monuments, and other heritage sites. Each case is constructed to be adapted and tailored in ways that will be applicable to any classroom and encourage students to think deeply about museums as historical accounts and interpretations to be examined, questioned, and discussed.
| Acknowledgments | p. viii |
| Introduction and Framework for Using Museums to Teach History | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Teaching History with Museums | p. 20 |
| Case Studies of Using Museums to Teach History | p. 31 |
| Artifact and Display Museums: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | p. 33 |
| State History Museums: The Minnesota History Center | p. 53 |
| Historic Forts: The Fort... MORE | p. 70 |
| Historic House Museums: The Johnson County Historical Society and the Mark Twain House | p. 92 |
| Living History Museums: Colonial Williamsburg, The Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown | p. 111 |
| Memorials and Monuments: The Memorials and Monuments of 9/11 | p. 132 |
| Bringing the Museum to the Classroom: Outreach Programs, Museum Kits, and Virtual Resources | p. 155 |
| Ten Strategies for Effective Museum Visits | p. 171 |
| Complete List of Museums Discussed in the Book | p. 175 |
| Resources | p. 178 |
| References | p. 181 |
| Notes on Contributors | p. 185 |
| Figure Permissions and Credits | p. 186 |
| Index | p. 189 |
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Alan S. Marcus is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum Instruction at the Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut. Jeremy D. Stoddard is a former middle school teacher and curriculum and technology professional development specialist. He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Education at The College of William Mary. Walter W. Woodward is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of Connecticut and is the Connecticut State Historian.
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