Take the Journey: Teaching American History Through Place-Based Learning Contributor(s): Percoco, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1625311435 ISBN-13: 9781625311436 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Study & Teaching - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Social Science - History | United States - General |
Dewey: 973.007 |
LCCN: 2016047552 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.2" W x 9.1" L (1.24 lbs) 252 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps |
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Publisher Description: In Take the Journey, author, historian, and educator James Percoco invites you and your students to the places where many events in American history happened. The Journey Through Hallowed Ground is a 180-mile National Heritage area encompassing such historic sites as the Gettysburg battlefield and Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello. Though it might prove difficult to visit these particular sites with your students, Percoco argues that every community has a story that can be connected to larger themes in American history and that placed-based history education can be made a part of every classroom, from Nevada to Washington to Pennsylvania. Filled with students' voices and an enthusiasm for American history, Take the Journey offers the following:
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Contributor Bio(s): Percoco, James A.: - James A. Percoco is a nationally recognized history educator with over 33 years of service to American education. The author of three previous books, his books A Passion for the Past: Creative Teaching of US History and Divided We Stand: Teaching About Conflict in US History are staples in collegiate social studies methods courses across the United States. Percoco has pioneered the combination of public education with public history utilizing public history opportunities throughout his curriculum. Thirty-six of his students have worked for the National Park Service, several who are currently in leadership positions. Many of his former students also became social studies/history teachers. A prolific speaker, Percoco demonstrates how to use historic sites and museums as adjuncts to his teaching and has modeled his approach in countless in-service programs nationally. Pulitzer Prize winning author and biographer David McCullough has called Percoco, "a national treasure" and Yohuru Williams has dubbed Percoco as "America's History Teacher." Percoco is a Gilder-Lehrman Teacher of the Year (Virginia) and was inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame in 2011. |
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