{"product_id":"teaching-what-really-happened-how-to-avoid-the-tyranny-of-textbooks-and-get-students-excited-about-doing-history-multicultural-education-series","title":"Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History (Multicultural Education Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History (Multicultural Education Series) (Paperback, 288 pages) – Teachers College Press, 2018. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\"The revised edition of Loewen’s book builds upon the first edition by applying these principles to contemporary circumstances. For example, a new chapter addresses post-truth politics and the Trump presidency. This makes Loewen’s work more valuable than ever for students, educators, and communities.\" ―Teachers College Record\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Should be in the hands of every history teacher in the country.”― Howard Zinn \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Loewen has revised Teaching What Really  Happened, the bestselling, go-to resource for social studies and history teachers wishing to break away from standard textbook retellings of the past. In addition to updating the scholarship and anecdotes throughout, the second edition features a timely new chapter entitled \"Truth\" that addresses how traditional and social media can distort current events and the historical record. Helping students understand what really happened in the past will empower them to use history as a tool to argue for better policies in the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur society needs engaged citizens now more than ever, and this book offers teachers concrete ideas for getting students excited about history while also teaching them to read critically. It will specifically help teachers and students tackle important content areas, including Eurocentrism, the American Indian experience, and slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn up-to-date assessment of the potential and pitfalls of U.S. and world history education. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation to help teachers expect, and get, good performance from students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrategies for incorporating project-oriented self-learning, having students conduct online historical research, and teaching historiography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeas from teachers across the country who are empowering students by teaching what really happened. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecific chapters dedicated to five content topics usually taught poorly in today’s schools.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  ","brand":"James W. Loewen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069899034858,"sku":"9780807759486","price":26.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/81A-Cq-hwiL._SY522.jpg?v=1781229940","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/teaching-what-really-happened-how-to-avoid-the-tyranny-of-textbooks-and-get-students-excited-about-doing-history-multicultural-education-series","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}