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Yohuru Williams has developed an approach tteaching history that makes it easy tget students actively engaged, tthink critically, and tbecome accountable for their own learning This indispensable guide demonstrates how tturn students intinvestigators of history, rather than memorizers and regurgitators of dates and disconnected facts Teaching US History Beyond the Textbook presents six powerful teaching strategies, each with many sample lessons suitable for grades 5–12, that tap intstudents natural curiosity and investigative instincts Your students will become detectives of the past as they: Ghost-hunt in their neighborhoods, researching mysterious buildings, monuments, and other haunted spaces Solve historical crime scenes, or cold cases Analyze primary and secondary sources using fingerprinting techniques Reconstruct accidents that occurred at important intersections in history Prepare arguments as defenders or prosecutors in famous court cases Undertake paranormal investigations tcommunicate with figures from the past
