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Questioning history : 16 essential questions that will deepen your understanding of the past /
Since the days of the Ancient Greeks, history has been perceived as the academic study of the past. Unfortunately, it has generally been taught as a litany of rigid, boring facts intended to be accepted rather than questioned. This has been reinforced for decades by weighty textbooks that overwhelm...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Wilmington, Delaware :
Vernon Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Vernon series in education.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since the days of the Ancient Greeks, history has been perceived as the academic study of the past. Unfortunately, it has generally been taught as a litany of rigid, boring facts intended to be accepted rather than questioned. This has been reinforced for decades by weighty textbooks that overwhelm the reader with mind-numbing details presented in a chronological sequence. The end result is that students see little relevance of what they learn in history class to the real world, and many simply struggle to stay awake. Compared to other subjects taught at the secondary level, history is frequen. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781622731190 1622731190 |