Description
Book SynopsisThe fully updated second edition of Teaching History Creatively introduces teachers to the wealth of available approaches to historical enquiry, ensuring creative, effective learning. This book clearly sets out the processes of historical enquiry, demonstrating how these are integrally linked with key criteria of creativity and helps readers to employ those features of creativity in the classroom. Underpinned by theory and research, it offers informed and practical support and is illustrated throughout with examples of children's work. Key themes addressed include:
- investigating sources
- using archives in your own research project
- becoming historical agents and history detectives
- drama for exploring events
- myths and legends
- communicating historical understanding creatively.
With brand new chapters from the Stone Ages to the Iron Age, using prehistoric sources; The withdrawal of the Romans and the conquest and se
Table of Contents
Part I The Essential Integration of History and Creativity 1. Why Must Teaching and Learning in History be creative? Hilary Cooper 2. Supporting Creative learning in History Hilary Cooper Part II Creative Approaches to Aspects of Historical Enquiry 3. Investigating Activities Using Sources at Key Stage One Penelope Harnett and Sarah Whitehouse 4. Creative Teaching and learning using prehistoric sources: changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age Jon Nichol 5. Creativity and challenging sources: King Arthur and the Anglo Saxon Settlement of Britain c. 400-600 Jon Nichol 6. Using Artefacts and Written Sources Creatively Hugh Moore 7. Using Archives Creatively Sue Temple 8. Creative Approaches to Time and Chronology Hugh Moore with Rachel Angus, Caitlin Brady, Caitlin Bates and Caron Murgatroyd 9. Creativity, and historical investigation: pupils in role as history detectives ( pro historians) and as historical agents Jon Nichol 10. Using creative drama approaches for the teaching of history Cherry Dodwell 11. Creativity, connectivity and interpretation Jon Nichol 12. Creative exploration of local, national and global Links Penelope Harnett and Sarah Whitehouse 13. The Awakening of Creativity: history is now Hilary Cooper
