Overview
Project Based Learning in Real World U.S. History Classrooms demonstrates how a project based learning approach can enrich and enliven the learning and teaching of U.S. history for middle and secondary level students. It offers rich, pedagogically innovative, and academically rigorous project based learning units that can help students connect with and deeply understand key events and trends in U.S. history. For each major topic that is covered in U.S. history classrooms, this volume shows how rich historical material can be made accessible and exciting to a wide range of student learners using projects that engage them critically, imaginatively, and analytically. This book is essential reading for pre-service and practicing teachers in Social Studies Education, History Education, and Secondary Education.
Full Product Details
Author: Diana B. Turk (New York University School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, USA) ,
Stacie Brensilver Berman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.462kg
ISBN: 9780367744069
ISBN 10: 0367744066
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Every history teacher will want to read this thoughtful and realistic portrayal of project based learning in practice. Turk and Berman illustrate how teachers can implement meaningful and authentic historical projects that develop students’ agency, collaboration, and civic capacity. But this book is not a set of simplistic recommendations or formulas. It describes real teachers struggling with the hard work of engaging students in deep learning of historical content. Turk and Berman show how dedicated and reflective teachers can implement complex projects with a variety of students, even under challenging circumstances. Keith C. Barton, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Indiana University This book shows, with real lesson plans and descriptions, that high-quality Project Based Learning is not only desired, but actually feasible, for all students in various school contexts. This is a book for anyone who has been interested in exploring PBL but nervous about how to make it work in their history classrooms. Turk and Brensilver Berman have done a wonderful job providing examples, guidelines, and resources that showcase how powerful and practical PBL can be for diverse groups of learners. Jane Lo, Associate Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University
Author Information
Diana B. Turk is an Associate Professor of Social Studies Education at New York University, USA. Stacie Brensilver Berman is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education at New York University, USA.
