USINNG DELIBERATIVE TECHNIQUES TO TEACH UNITED STATES HISTORY

Written for busy teachers who want to bring innovation and participatory teaching techniques into their classroom. Using the methodologies of debate, role plays, simulations, and presentations, teachers can help secondary level students learn about major topics in American history in a way that encourages critical thinking and writing, and facilitates comprehension and retention. Twenty lessons cover: In Columbus' Words..., The Colonies, Revolution!, Articles of Confederation, Ratification, Indian Removal, Slavery, Women of Abolition, The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Reconstruction, Immigration, Turn of the 20th Century Reform, World War I, Womens' Suffrage, The New Deal, Truman and the Atom Bomb, Rights Revolution, Vietnam, Rights in Wartime, Past and Present