Teaching History: A Journal of Methods articles from September 2000

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods archives from September 2000

THE TRIAL OF NAPOLEON: A CASE STUDY FOR USING MOCK TRIALS.
September 22, 2000... During a recent semester, in an effort to promote active learning in the classroom and get students involved in history, I structured a class around a fictitious trial of Napoleon I, Emperor of France. I wanted the students to share my...

DESIGNING A HOLOCAUST INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATORS: OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS.
September 22, 2000... A willingness to provide leadership, to seek private funds, and to interest colleagues to participate constitute critical elements in establishing a teaching institute to explore a significant historical issue. With good fortune, the results of...

World Historians and Their Goals: Twentieth-Century Answers to Modernism.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Paul Costello. World Historians and Their Goals: Twentieth-Century Answers to Modernism. Dekalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 1994. Paper, $18.00; ISBN 0-87580-564-7. In most undergraduate classrooms, the phrase "world history"...

The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Martin W. Lewis and Karen Wigen. The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. Paper, $19.95; ISBN 0-520-20743-2. In most undergraduate classrooms, the phrase "world history" has a...

The Structure of Big History, From the Big Bang until Today.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Fred Spier. The Structure of Big History, From the Big Bang until Today. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 1996. Paper, $19.95 (originally University of Michigan Press, 1996); ISBN 90-5356-220-6. In most undergraduate classrooms, the...

Wonders of the African World with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Wonders of the African World with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 1999. Written & narrated by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Distributed by PBS Home Video and PBS Adult Learning Service. Approximately 6 hours on three videos. $59.98. Order from PBS at . Click...

The Spread of Islam.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Clarice Swisher, ed. The Spread of Islam. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1999. Pp. 240. Paper, $12.96; ISBN 1-56510-966-X. These two anthologies have in common an examination of a particular theme, contained in the title, over the...

Women in Islam and the Middle East.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Ruth Roded, ed. Women in Islam and the Middle East: A Reader. London & New York: I.B. Tauris, 1999. Pp. xv, 271. Cloth, $59.50; ISBN 1-86064-308-6. Paper, $25.00; ISBN 1-86064-309-4. These two anthologies have in common an examination of a...

Personalities and Problems: Interpretive Essays in World Civilizations.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Ken Wolf. Personalities and Problems: Interpretive Essays in World Civilizations. New York: McGraw-Hill College, 1999. Second Edition. Vol. I. Pp. xvii, 172. Paper, $20.85; ISBN 0-07-071348-0. Finding the right book of primary and secondary...

The Twentieth Century: Readings in Global History.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Walter Moss, Janice Terry, & Jiu-Hwa Upshur, eds. The Twentieth Century: Readings in Global History. New York: McGraw-Hill College, 1999. Pp. xiv, 293. Paper, $29.25; ISBN 0-07-289324-9. Finding the right book of primary and secondary...

Twentieth Century International History: A Reader.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Stephen Chan & Jarrod Weiner, eds. Twentieth Century International History: A Reader. London & New York: I.B. Tauris, 1999. Pp. xi, 340. Cloth, $59.50; ISBN 1-86064-301-9. Paper, $19.95; ISBN 1-86064-302-7. Finding the right book of...

The Social Dimension of Western Civilization.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Richard M. Golden, ed. The Social Dimension of Western Civilization. Boston & New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. 4th edition. Vol. 1-Readings to the Seventeenth Century. Pp. xx, 380; ISBN 0-312-17880-8. Vol. 2-Readings from the Sixteenth...

Utopia.(Review)
September 22, 2000... David Harris Sacks, ed. Utopia, by Sir Thomas More. Boston & New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. Pp. xvi, 236. Cloth, $39.95; ISBN 0-312-12256-X. David Harris Sacks, professor of history and humanities at Reed College and author of two...

A Social History of the Russian Empire 1650-1825.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Janet M. Hartley. A Social History of the Russian Empire 1650-1825. London & New York: Longman, 1999. Pp. xi, 312. Cloth, $72.95; ISBN 0-582-21528-5. Paper $27.95; ISBN 0-582-21527-7. Janet Hartley's A Social History of the Russian Empire...

The French Revolution.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Don Nardo, ed. The French Revolution. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1999. Pp. 223. Paper, $16.20; ISBN 1-56510-933-3. The French Revolution certainly qualifies by any standard as a "Turning Point in World History." Its inclusion within...

The Outbreak of the First World War: 1914 in Perspective.(Review)
September 22, 2000... David Stevenson. The Outbreak of the First World War: 1914 in Perspective. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 72. Paper, $10.95; ISBN 0-312-16539-0. P.M.H. Bell. The Origins of the Second World War in Europe. London & New York:...

Charles de Gaulle: A Brief Biography with Documents.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Charles G. Cogan. Charles de Gaulle: A Brief Biography with Documents. Boston & New York: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 243. Cloth, $45.00; ISBN 0-312-12804-5. Paper, $12.95; ISBN 0-312-10790-0. The Bedford Series in...

Jane Addams, Twenty Years at Hull House, with Autobiographical Notes.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Victoria Bissell Brown, ed. Jane Addams, Twenty Years at Hull House, with Autobiographical Notes. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. Pp. xii, 276. Cloth, $39.95; ISBN 0-312-21817-6. Jane Addams is one of the most important figures of the...

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois.(Review)
September 22, 2000... David W. Blight & Robert Gooding-Williams, ed. The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois. Boston & New York: Bedford Books, 1997. Pp. xii, 287. Paper, $9.99; ISBN 0-312-09114-1. The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois is the classic...

How Did American Slavery Begin.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Edward Countryman, ed. How Did American Slavery Begin? Boston & New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Pp. x, 150. Cloth, $35.00; ISBN 0-312-21820-6. In a recent essay in The New York Review of Books (3 December 1998), Edmund Morgan called...

What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans?(Review)
September 22, 2000... Edward Countryman, ed. What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? Boston & New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. Pp. xii, 169. Paper, $11.95; ISBN 0-312-18262-7. Cloth, $35.00; ISBN 0-312-21821-4. This book is a collection of five...

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Larry Madaras and James M. SoRelle, eds. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History. Vol. 1: The Colonial Period to Reconstruction. Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, 2000. 8th edition. Pp. xvii, 384. Paper,...

The Gilded Age: Essays on the Origins of Modern America.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Charles W. Calhoun, ed. The Gilded Age: Essays on the Origins of Modern America. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1996. Pp. xix, 347. Cloth, $50.00; ISBN 0-8420-2499-9. Paper, $18.95; ISBN 0-8420-2500-6. In his preface, editor Charles Calhoun...