Teaching History: A Journal of Methods articles from March 2004

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods archives from March 2004

Integrating primary and secondary sources: a model from early America.(historical research)
March 22, 2004... It is always a boon to history teachers when one of the profession's most respected scholars publishes a synthetic, concise, and accessible book. It was therefore with much enthusiasm that I assigned Joyce Appleby's recently published...

Teaching class: labor and working-class history in the U.S. survey.
March 22, 2004... When I think back on my undergraduate courses, I cannot recall one instance when a professor or instructor uttered the words "class conflict," "labor movement," or "union struggle." Growing up in a working-class neighborhood as a daughter of a...

Africa in the world: lessons from African history for world history.
March 22, 2004... African history is less consistently integrated into world history than other geographical regions. World history textbooks discuss African history more now than they did a decade ago, but Africa is usually only treated in any significant...

Real Work, Not Busy Work, Part II: the Primary Source Paper.(research papers)
March 22, 2004... The first part of this essay, "Real Work, Not Busy Work: The Place Paper," appeared in the fall 2003 issue of Teaching History (92-96). Here in Part II, "The Primary Source Paper," I explore ways in which research papers can become "real work"...

Alan Booth & Paul Hyland, eds. The Practice of University History Teaching.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Alan Booth & Paul Hyland, eds. The Practice of University History Teaching. Manchester & New York: Manchester University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 258. Cloth, $74.95; ISBN 0-7190-5491-5. Paper, $27.95; ISBN 0-7190-5492-3. Practicing historians...

Paul N. Stearns, Peter Seixas, & Sam Wineburg, eds. Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History: National and International Perspectives.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Paul N. Stearns, Peter Seixas, & Sam Wineburg, eds. Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History: National and International Perspectives. New York & London: New York University Press, 2000. Pp. ix, 482. Paper $25.00; ISBN 0-8147-8142-X. The 22...

Susan Dunn, Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Susan Dunn, Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light, New York: Faber & Faber, Inc., 1999. Pp. x, 258. Cloth, $26.00; ISBN 0-571-19900-3. Susan Dunn introduces her analysis of the American and French revolutions with an...

Don Nardo, ed. Charles Darwin.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Don Nardo, ed. Charles Darwin. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000. Pp. 239 Paper $15.96; ISBN 0-7377-0080-7. The name Charles Darwin, the theory of evolution, and the related concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest still...

Queen Victoria's Empire.(Video Recording Review)
March 22, 2004... Queen Victoria's Empire, 2001. Brook Lapping Productions, Ltd. Written, produced, and directed by Paul Bryers. Narrated by Donald Sutherland. Distributed by PBS Home Video at shopPBS.com ($29.98) and PBS Video at shopPBS.com/teachers ($69.95)....

Brenda Stalcup, ed. Adolf Hitler.(Weimar and the Rise of Hitler, 4th ed.)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Brenda Stalcup, ed. Adolf Hitler. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2000. Pp. 202. Paper, $21.81; ISBN 0-7377-0222-2. A.J. Nicholls. Weimar and the Rise of Hitler. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Fourth edition. Pp. xiv, 229. Cloth,...

Ian S. Wood. Churchill.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Ian S. Wood. Churchill. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Pp. xii, 209. Cloth, $49.95; ISBN 0-312-23061-3. Paper, $19.95; ISBN 0-312-23062-1. This new title in the British History in Perspective series by Ian S. Wood, Lecturer in History...

Paul A Winters, ed. The Collapse of the Soviet Union.(The Making and Breaking of the Soviet System: An Interpretation)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Paul A Winters, ed. The Collapse of the Soviet Union. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999. Pp. 288. Cloth, $24.96; ISBN 1-56510-997-X. Paper, $15.96; ISBN 1-56510-996-1. Christopher Read. The Making and Breaking of the Soviet System: An...

Steven E. Woodworth, ed. The Loyal, True, and Brave: America's Civil War Soldiers.(The Mosby Myth: A Confederate Hero in Life and Legend)(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Steven E. Woodworth, ed. The Loyal, True, and Brave: America's Civil War Soldiers. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 2002. Pp. xii, 222. Cloth, $60.00; ISBN 0-8420-2930-3. Paper, $18.95; ISBN 0-8420-2931-1. Paul Ashdown & Edward Caudill. The Mosby...