Recently added articles from Teaching History: A Journal of Methods:
P. Sven Arvidson. Teaching Nonmajors: Advice for Liberal Arts Professors.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2009; ... P. Sven Arvidson. Teaching Nonmajors: Advice for Liberal Arts Professors. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2008. Pp. 128. Paper, $17.95; ISBN 13: 978-0-7914-7491-4. Teaching non-majors can be a tedious task in the liberal arts college. Students might not engage academically and instead ...
Teaching with on-line primary sources: documents from the national archives: perspectives on the "new immigrants," 1903-1911.(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... On November 4, 1911, William Williams, Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, penned a brief note in which he added some "finishing touches" to his annual report. In spite of his editing, however, Williams's report resulted in a protest from residents of New York's Lower East Side ....
Blackboard or blog? Some thoughts about creating and assigning on-line components in college history courses.(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Introduction As colleges and universities have adopted course management software such as Blackboard and WebCT, more and more history faculty have added on-line discussion components to their face-to-face classes. There are many reasons for this, not least a perceived need, ...
Ten commandments for enhancing lecturing in history.
Sep 22, 2009; ... It can be boring, monotonous, miseducational ... or It can be motivating, intellectually stimulating, fun ... Consistent and constant criticism of the lecture method remains a staple of discussion and writing in academia. And most of the time it's ...
Teaching the complexity of slavery.(Reprint)
Sep 22, 2009; ... The history of slavery in the antebellum South is a challenging topic to teach on a variety of levels. It is a complex subject with a rich historiography that informs issues of race in contemporary America. Students walking into the American history survey, however, tend to have simplistic ...