Teaching History Through Ignorance

January 22, 2008 in Week in Review
Tags: american government, classroom, government, learning, pedagogy, poster project, student teaching, students, survival strategies, teaching, u.s. history, world history

I teach history. The last time I took a history class was in high school. This hasn’t been a problem so far — I know U.S. history and I know American government like the back of my hand.
As of Wednesday, I’ve added on a world history class. Believe you-me, I was unprepared. 
On a whim, I took up [...]