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Teaching History with Film: Strategies for Secondary Social Studies
Teaching History with Film provides a fresh, engaging, and clear overview of teaching with film to effectively enhance social studies instruction. Using cases of experienced teachers to illustrate accomplished history teaching through movies, this text provides pre- and in-service teachers with ideas for implementing film-based lessons in their own classrooms and offers a deeper understanding of the thorny issues involved in using film to teach history. The second edition is completely revised and updated two entirely new case studies; a new chapter focusing on using international film and incorporating a more global view in the classroom; and additional material on using film to tackle difficult and controversial issues; as well as updates to all of the cases.
Each section of the book focuses on how teachers can effectively support the development of students’ historical film literacy through topics such as using film to develop interpretive skills, to explore controversial issues, and to develop historical empathy. By developing the skills students need to think critically about the past or what they think they know about history, the lessons in this book illustrate how to harness the pedagogical power of film to provide the tools necessary for rigorous inquiry and democratic citizenship.
Special features
"Reflection on the Case," following each chapter, analyzing and discussing the strengths and limitations of the teacher’s approach as well as providing strategies for using and choosing films specific to the educational outcome
Sample unit outlines, descriptions of class texts and films, worksheets, essay questions, viewer guides, and exercises for the classroom throughout
Discussion of the practical considerations facing classroom teachers, including juggling time restraints, issues of parental permission, and meeting standards
Each section of the book focuses on how teachers can effectively support the development of students’ historical film literacy through topics such as using film to develop interpretive skills, to explore controversial issues, and to develop historical empathy. By developing the skills students need to think critically about the past or what they think they know about history, the lessons in this book illustrate how to harness the pedagogical power of film to provide the tools necessary for rigorous inquiry and democratic citizenship.
Special features
"Reflection on the Case," following each chapter, analyzing and discussing the strengths and limitations of the teacher’s approach as well as providing strategies for using and choosing films specific to the educational outcome
Sample unit outlines, descriptions of class texts and films, worksheets, essay questions, viewer guides, and exercises for the classroom throughout
Discussion of the practical considerations facing classroom teachers, including juggling time restraints, issues of parental permission, and meeting standards
226 pages, Hardcover
First published January 20, 2010
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November 7, 2017
Before very recently, most teachers used films as a way to "kill time" in their classrooms when, the reality is, there is no time to kill. Students can and SHOULD always be learning. If a teacher is dedicated to his/her curriculum and to ensuring students acquire knowledge and proficiency in the subject they teach, there should be very little space for downtime. This book provides wonderful strategies for using films to teach lessons in history. It offers insight on how films are both primary and secondary sources and lends a helping hand to any teacher wishing to reveal hidden perspectives or to challenge the textbook rhetoric.
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