How Can History Teachers Make the Curriculum More Engaging? is the latest “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher column.
Feel free to leave responses there or here…
How Can History Teachers Make the Curriculum More Engaging? is the latest “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher column.
Feel free to leave responses there or here…
Fewer discipline problems when students are involved in various strategies.
Students get to know each other through interacting together. Of course you have to work to get a classroom atmosphere that respects the right to hold different perspectives and views and the respect for evidence to hold these.
The biggest problems come from students who have figured out the traditional way of working and get good grades. The may fight doing something different as they have to think. Most of the other students are so bored that they enjoy trying something new and different.
Hi Larry,
I really enjoy your site!! Though I have homeschooled from the beginning (have my first graduate in 2013 now doing college) and share a common love of teaching history, I find a couple tricks work for me.
We did historical costumes and I shared a post about it on my blog.
Bring History To Life With Historical Costumes: Fun, Fashion and Unforgettable
http://www.tinasdynamichomeschoolplus.com/2014/05/12/bring-history-to-life-with-historical-costumes/
Keeping history hands-on has been key for me over the years instead of presenting it as one bundle of boring dates too. In high school, we also did an art project when studying about a civilization.
We love history in our home and it “the” subject in our house!