Breaking Away from the Textbook: Creative Ways to Teach World History [Paperback]

Teaching history should not be reciting an endless list of dead men, entombed between the covers of a textbook. Instead,Breaking Away from the Textbookoffers a fascinating journey through world history. Not a comprehensive, theory-heavy guide, this book focuses on active classroom activities, methods for students to grapple with humanity's issues, and innovative ways to show students the relevance of the past to the world today. Simply put, this book makes world history fun. Soon, your students will be busy debating, thinking, applying, and learning about information that will stay with them for a lifetime. The key to this wonderful work is its incorporation of various disciplines including art, music, and writing to create a fun and active classroom.Volume Icovers prehistory to the Renaissance andVolume IIcovers the Enlightenment to the 20th century. Includes pictures and drawings, appendices, indexes, maps, and a bibliography.Volume III: More Creative Ways to Teach World Historycovers ancient times through the 20th century and beyond. Appropriate for all grade levels.Ron H. Pahlis a longtime world history buff who does not like history teachers who bore their students with endless lectures. His belief is that students learn more in active, rigorous, and enjoyable classrooms and he has applied this belief to his high school classrooms for more than twenty years. He currently teaches and coordinates the social studies teacher education program at California State University, Fullerton.

Part 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction: History - What, Why, and How?
Chapter 3 Unit 1: Prehistory
Chapter 4 Unit 2: Ancient History
Chapter 5 Unit 3: The Middle Ages
Chapter 6 Unit 5: Renaissance, Reformation, Exploration