Story Power
eBook - ePub

Story Power

Breathing Life into History

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Story Power

Breathing Life into History

About this book

Not every teacher loves history and the same can be said about students. It doesn't have to be that way. People love a good story. History is a collection of stories that trace the path people, famous and little known, took as they faced the challenges of life. The choices they made teach us about human nature and help us better understand the world, each other, and ourselves.

When students hear something interesting, something they connect to personally, they pay attention and want to know more. The stories in primary materials - a diary, letter, census record, photograph, official report - breathe life into history and invite critical thinking and conceptual understanding.

Story Power! teaches us where to find stories, to assess the quality of sources, and to go past shallow summaries to the complicated story below the surface. Readers share in the author's personal journey beginning with discovery of Civil War letters, to piecing together the true story of the soldier's lives, and to a more complete understanding of America during the Civil War.

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Yes, you can access Story Power by Elizabeth Cervini Manvell in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education Curricula. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
R&L Education
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781607099208
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Story Power!
  2. Breathing Life into History
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. The Power of a Story
  6. A Natural Connection
  7. Learning to Love History
  8. Putting Humanity into History
  9. Sources of Historical Perspective
  10. Types of Sources
  11. Textbooks and Other Non-Primary Sources
  12. Finding the Story
  13. What Do We Need to Teach?
  14. Teachers, the Natural Collectors
  15. Oral Traditions—Tell me about …
  16. Making It Formal and Losing the Spirit
  17. Getting Inspired So You Can Inspire
  18. The Find: Historical Thinking at Work
  19. Eking Out the Story
  20. Compelled to Share
  21. Meet the Strong Family
  22. Lydia Writes Home
  23. History Comes to Life
  24. Van’s Story—From Farmer to Fighter
  25. The Rest of the Story
  26. A Word about Copyright
  27. References and Resources
  28. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
  29. About the Author