Teaching History: A Journal of Methods articles from March 2005

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods archives from March 2005

Internationalizing the teaching of early U.S. history.
March 22, 2005... As I have been teaching the history of the United States for the past few years, I have increasingly come to the conclusion that my, and other, survey courses need to be revamped to internationalize the teaching of United States history and...

Teaching history as the reenactment of past experience.
March 22, 2005... If the aim of historical instruction is to enable the child to appreciate the values of social life, to see in imagination the forces which favor and allow men's effective co-operation with one another, to understand the sorts of character that...

A proposal for revising the history senior seminar course.
March 22, 2005... This essay proposes that history departments rethink and restructure the typical history senior seminar course to reflect better the range of activities and careers that history majors pursue after graduation. That is, this paper proposes the...

First blood in Baltimore: the indictment of Samuel Mactier.(Teaching With On-Line Primary Sources: Documents From Nara)
March 22, 2005... President Abraham Lincoln's victory in November 1860 ended one of the most divisive elections in U.S. history, and in the months before inauguration day, seven states left the Union. The resulting conflict at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on...

Robert C. Williams. The Historian's Toolbox: a Student's Guide to the Theory and Craft of History.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Robert C. Williams. The Historian's Toolbox: A Student's Guide to the Theory and Craft of History. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2003. Pp. xv, 170. Paper, $18.95; ISBN 0-7656-1093-0. Actually, this task of scholarly reviewing isn't so burdensome...

Michael W. Homel. Unlocking City Hall: Exploring the History of Local Government and Politics.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Michael W. Homel. Unlocking City Hall: Exploring the History of Local Government and Politics. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Co., 2001. Pp. 182. Paper, $18.50; ISBN 0-89464-987-6. About the time I received this book for review, I received...

Patrick Manning. Navigating World History: Historians Create a Global Past.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Patrick Manning. Navigating World History: Historians Create a Global Past. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pp. xiii, 425. Cloth, $75.00; ISBN 1-4039-61174. Paper, $26.95; ISBN 1-4039-6119-0. Most new history teachers are prepared to...

Sally Marks. The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918-1933.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Sally Marks. The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918-1933. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Second edition. Pp. 214. Paper, $24.95; ISBN 0-333-98589-3. Sally Marks's new edition of The Illusion of Peace:...

Keith Eubank. The Origins of World War II.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Keith Eubank. The Origins of World War II. Third ed., The European History Series. Wheeling, IL: Harlan Davidson, Inc., 2004. Pp. XI; 196. Paper, $14.95; ISBN 0-88295-228-5. The Origins of World War II is the third edition of a work that...

Laura Marvel, ed. The Salem Witch Trials.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Laura Marvel, ed. The Salem Witch Trials. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Pp. 144. Cloth, $28.70; ISBN 0-7377-0823-9. The Salem Witch Trials, edited by Laura Marvel, is part of Greenhaven's Opposing Viewpoints series. The goal of this...

Tom Chaffin. Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of American Empire.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Tom Chaffin. Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of American Empire. New York: Hill and Wang, 2002. Pp. xxx, 559. Paper, $18.00; ISBN 0-8090-7556-3. In American history, some individuals become celebrated for the wrong reasons....

Robert H. Zieger. America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Robert H. Zieger. America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2000. Pp. xxii, 272. Cloth, 427.95; ISBN 0-8476-644-8. Paper, $21.95; ISBN 0-8746-9645-6. It is difficult to...

Erica Harth, ed. Last Witness: Reflections on the Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Erica Harth, ed. Last Witness: Reflections on the Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003. Pp. 303. Paper, $16.95; ISBN 1-4039-6230-8. Immediately after September 11, 2001, many compared that event with...

Melvin Small. Antiwarriors: the Vietnam War and the Battle for America's Hearts and Minds.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Melvin Small. Antiwarriors: The Vietnam War and the Battle for America's Hearts and Minds. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 2002. Pp. xiv, 183. Paper, $19.95; ISBN 0-8420-2896-X. Cloth, $65.00; ISBN 0-8420-2896-X. The intrusion of the Vietnam war...

Mary E. Williams, ed. The Terrorist Attack on America.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Mary E. Williams, ed. The Terrorist Attack on America. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Pp. 192. Cloth, $33.70; ISBN 0-7377-1324-0. Paper, $22.45; ISBN 0-7377-1325-9. The destruction of the World Trade Towers by terrorists on September...

Edward J. Rielly, ed. Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Edward J. Rielly, ed. Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond. New York: The Haworth Press, 2003. Pp. xxiii, 289. Cloth, $59.95; ISBN 0-7890-1484-X. Paper, $29.95; ISBN 0-7890-1485-8. Even the most casual fan of baseball will find...