Full Description
Teaching History with Museums provides 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.
Contents
Chapter 1 - IntroductionChapter 2 - Teaching History with MuseumsChapter 3 - Artifact and Display Based Museums: The United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumChapter 4 - State History Museums: The Minnesota History CenterChapter 5 - Historic Forts: The Fort at No. 4 and Fort TiconderogaChapter 6 - Historic House Museums: The Johnson County Historical Society and the Mark Twain House Chapter 7 - Living History Museums: Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, YorktownChapter 8 - Memorials & Monuments: The Memorials and Monuments of 9/11Chapter 9 - Bringing the Museum to the Classroom: Outreach Programs, Museum Kits, and Virtual ResourcesAppendix A - Top Ten Strategies for Effective Museum VisitsAppendix B - Complete List of Museums Discussed In the BookAppendix C - Resources
