Teaching History: A Journal of Methods articles from September 2004

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods archives from September 2004

The "Big Picture" model for learning world history, or slipping between the rocks and hard places.
September 22, 2004... Give me a place to stand and I will move the world, Archimedes reputedly boasted. All that the Greek scientist thought he needed to hoist this 6.6 billion, billion ton planet was a firm enough foundation. Many teachers probably think that they...

Teaching modern American history in an honors program.
September 22, 2004... Two years ago the State University of New York at Oneonta re-established an honors program. The purpose of this venture was to attract outstanding students to our college and retain them. To create a strong base before expanding, only two...

"Great Thinker's Day"--or capturing the largest possible audience on campus.(multidisciplinary event )
September 22, 2004... "Great Thinkers Day" is a day-long multidisciplinary event and an innovative active learning experience that involved an entire college community. This essay describes my experience with planning, organizing, and executing this event, including...

D. Antonio & Wilson J. Warren. Teaching History in the Digital Classroom.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... D. Antonio & Wilson J. Warren. Teaching History in the Digital Classroom. Armonk, NY & London, UK: M.E. Sharpe, 2003. Pp. xiii, 361. Cloth, $68.95; ISBN 0-7656-0992-4. Paper, $26.95; ISBN 0-7656-0993-2. Finding good books to use with...

Mary Spongberg. Writing Women's History Since the Renaissance.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Mary Spongberg. Writing Women's History Since the Renaissance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pp. 308. Cloth, $65.00; ISBN: 0-333-72667-7. Paper, $21.95; ISBN: 0-333-72668-5. Over the past several decades the marked increase in...

William Stafford. John Stuart Mill.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... William Stafford. John Stuart Mill. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Pp. viii, 155. Cloth, $45.00; ISBN 0-312-21632-7. John Stuart Mill, his philosophy, and his politics have always been of interest to intellectual historians, political...

Jeremy Black, ed. European Warfare: 1815-2000.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Jeremy Black, ed. European Warfare: 1815-2000. New York: Palgrave, 2002. Pp. vii, 247. Paper, $22.95; ISBN 0-333-78668-8. Expect this work to change the thinking of anyone who regards military intelligence as an oxymoron. The purpose of...

John Springhall. Decolonization Since 1945: the Collapse of European Overseas Empires.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... John Springhall. Decolonization Since 1945: The Collapse of European Overseas Empires. New York: Palgrave, 2001. Pp. xxiii, 240. Cloth, $65.00; ISBN 0-333-74599-X. John Springhall is Reader in History, University of Ulster at Coleraine,...

Inazo Nitobe. Bushido: the Soul of Japan.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Inazo Nitobe. Bushido: The Soul of Japan. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2002. Pp. 154. Cloth, $19.00; ISBN 4-7700-2731-1. Japanese modernization, 1868-1919, sparked changes in all aspects of national life, from language to governmental...

Winthrop D. Jordan & Leon F. Litwack. The United States: Conquering a Continent.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Winthrop D. Jordan & Leon F. Litwaek. The United States: Conquering a Continent. Redding, CA: Northwest Publishing, 2003. Volume I--to 1877. Pp. xiv, 397. Paper, $19.99; ISBN 1-931910-15-4. The choice of a textbook in an American history...

Richard Middleton. Colonial America: a History, 1565-1776.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Richard Middleton. Colonial America: A History, 1565-1776. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2002. Third edition. Pp. x, 558. Cloth, $42.95; ISBN 0631-22141-7. This third edition of Colonial America contains a new chapter on Spanish and...

William Dudley, ed. American Slavery.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... William Dudley, ed. American Slavery. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2000. Pp. 255. Cloth, $32.45; ISBN 0-7377-0213-3. Paper, $21.20; ISBN 0-7377-0212-5. William Dudley brings together a superb collection of articles examining American...

H. W. Brands. The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... H. W. Brands. The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1995, 2002. Pp. 375. Paper, $17.00; ISBN 0226-07116-1. According to H. W. Brands, Americans in the 1890s, like their descendants a...

Theresa M. Collins & Lisa Gitelman. Thomas Edison and Modern America: a Brief History with Documents.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Theresa M. Collins & Lisa Gitelman. Thomas Edison and Modern America: A Brief History with Documents. New York: Palgrave, 2002. Pp. xiv, 205. Cloth, $39.95; ISBN 0-312-29476-X. Paper, $14.95; ISBN 0-312-24734-6. Arguably, no individual...

Jeffrey P. Moran. The Scopes Trial: a Brief History with Documents.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Jeffrey P. Moran. The Scopes Trial: A Brief History with Documents. New York: Palgrave, 2002. Pp. x, 230. Cloth, $45.00; ISBN 0-312-29426-3. Paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-312-24919-5. Many teachers are aware of the Bedford Series in History and...

Christopher M. Finan. Alfred E. Smith: the Happy Warrior.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Christopher M. Finan. Alfred E. Smith: The Happy Warrior. New York: Hill & Wang, 2002. Pp. x, 396. Cloth, $26.00; ISBN 0-8090-3033-0. Recent years have seen a flurry of interest in Alfred E. Smith. First there was Robert A. Slayton's fine...

Robert Cohen, ed. Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Letters from Children of the Great Depression.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Robert Cohen, ed. Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Letters from Children of the Great Depression. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 266. Cloth, $29.95; ISBN 0-8078-2747-9. Paper, $16.95; ISBN 0-8078-5413-1. Robert Cohen,...

Pete Daniel. Lost Revolutions: the South in the 1950s.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Pete Daniel. Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Pp. xii, 378. Cloth, $45.00; ISBN 0-8078-2537-9. Paper, $19.95; ISBN 0-8078-4848-4. Lost Revolutions characterizes the two decades...

Steven M. Gillon. The American Paradox: a History of the United States Since 1945.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Steven M. Gillon. The American Paradox: A History of the United States Since 1945. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003. Pp. xiii, 493. Paper, $45.96; ISBN 0-618-15014-5. Comprehensive and balanced textbooks for courses on recent...

Richard Sobel. The Impact of Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy Since Vietnam.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Richard Sobel. The Impact of Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy Since Vietnam. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. xii, 276. Paper, $24.95; ISBN 0-19-510528-1. What influence does public opinion have on policymakers in...