Gary J. Kornblith and Carol Lasser Contributing Editors, Textbooks and Teaching | Teaching outside the Box | The Journal of American History, 88.4

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Gary J. Kornblith and Carol Lasser Contributing Editors, Textbooks and Teaching | Teaching outside the Box | The Journal of American History, 88.4 | The History Cooperative

Textbooks and Teaching

Teaching outside the Box

Gary J. Kornblith and Carol Lasser
Contributing Editors, Textbooks and Teaching

To consult syllabi for courses described in this round table, see <http://www.indiana.edu/~jah/textbooks/>. 1

Editors' Introduction

This year's "Textbooks and Teaching" section examines efforts to expand the teaching of college-level history courses beyond traditional classroom formats and boundaries. K–12 social studies classes have long included excursions to local museums and historical sites to help make history "come alive" for younger students. What, we wanted to know, is happening at colleges and universities to deepen students' appreciation of, and connection to, the past? What, we wondered, are the best practices in modes of teaching history that move us "outside the box"? . . .

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