Author : Henry Johnson
Release : 1915
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Teaching of History in Elementary and Secondary Schools by : Henry Johnson
Download or read book Teaching of History in Elementary and Secondary Schools written by Henry Johnson. This book was released on 1915. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work embodies the most thorough treatment yet made in this country of the subject indicated by the title. The book opens with what history is, the problem of grading history, and the question of aims and values. The aim of history teaching is "to make the world intelligible." Next, the subject of history in schools of Europe and the United States; then, the biographical approach and the study of social groups. Practical methods in making history real by using visualizations are discussed, along with textbooks and their use, collateral reading, the historical method, correlation, and examinations. The critical chapters--dealing with the meaning of history, with the materials of history, with the aims and values of history-teaching, and with the grading of history--are models of clear, logical thinking expressed in simple but concrete language.