Teaching History with Film: Strategies for Secondary Social Studies

by Marcus; Alan S.

• ISBN13: 9780415999564
• ISBN10: 0415999561
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Teaching History with Film provides a fresh, engaging, and clear overview of teaching with film to effectively enhance social studies instruction.

Author Biography

Alan S. Marcus is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. Scott Alan Metzger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Pennsylvania State University at University Park. Richard J. Paxton is the Thomas S. Thompson Distinguished Professor of Education at Pacific University, Oregon. Jeremy D. Stoddard in an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at the College of William Mary.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Using Film to Teach History	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Issues in Using Film to Teach History	p. 17
Using Film to Develop Empathy	p. 27
Empathy for Caring	p. 31
Using Film to Develop Empathy as Perspective Recognition	p. 51
Using Film to Develop Analytical or Interpretive Skills	p. 69
Movies as Primary Documents	p. 73
Using Film as a Secondary Source	p. 91
Using Film to Teach about Controversial Issues	p. 109
Using Film to Teach about Contemporary Controversial Issues	p. 113
Using Film to Teach Controversial Issues in History	p. 135
Using Film to Visualize the Past and Film as Historical Narrative	p. 155
Using Film to Visualize the Past	p. 159
Using Film as Historical Narrative	p. 175
Figure Permissions and Credits	p. 191
Notes	p. 193
References	p. 193
Index	p. 196
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