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Seller Description: Performing Public History explores history-telling as a performance across a wide range of media, including theatre and film, historical re-enactments and living history performances, operas, and video games. Taking historians as storytellers, this book illustrates how the choices they make shape historical meaning. While historians may strive to ... See More Details

Seller Description: Today, many states have proposed so-called "Don't Say Gay" bills that prohibit public school teachers from mentioning LGBTQ topics in the classroom. But a few states, like California, have taken decisive steps in the other direction. They mandate inclusive education that treats LGBTQ history as essential to the curriculum. At once a history of an ... See More Details

Seller Description: An enthralling tour of the world's rarest and most endangered languages Languages and cultures are becoming increasingly homogenous, with the resulting loss of a rich linguistic tapestry reflecting unique perspectives and ways of life. Rare Tongues tells the stories of the world's rare and vanishing languages, revealing how each is a living ... See More Details

Seller Description: Games create worlds made of many different elements, but also of rules, systems and structures for how we act in them. So how can we make sense of them? Mytholudics: Games and Myth lays out an approach to understanding games using theories from myth and folklore. Myth is taken here not as an object but as a process, a way of expressing meaning ... See More Details

Seller Description: Experiential Civic Education: Encouraging Student Engagement Using the Field Immersion Framework articulates a practical, flexible teaching-and-learning pedagogy that engages students and instructors in opportunities to successfully explore complex civic issues in the classroom. This volume marries place-based experiential learning with civic ... See More Details

Seller Description: A Practical Guide to Teaching History in the Secondary School offers comprehensive advice, inspiration and a wide range of tried and tested approaches to help you find success in the secondary history classroom. Covering all aspects of history teaching, it is designed for you to dip in and out of and to enable you to focus on specific areas of ... See More Details

Seller Description: Teach a conquistador's writings about his journeys in the Americas In 1527 �lvar N��ez Cabeza de Vaca journeyed from Spain to Florida with the ill-fated P�nfilo de Narv�ez expedition-and ended up wandering by land for years with a small band of survivors before reaching Spanish outposts in modern-day Mexico. He later traveled to South ... See More Details

Seller Description: In this book, Henk van Rinsum provides an in-depth description of the colonial past of Utrecht University in the Netherlands, from its foundation in 1636. He describes the development of (scientific) knowledge and knowledge transfer about and in the Dutch colonies, especially in the Dutch East Indies. The central theme of his book is the idea of ... See More Details

Seller Description: Disciplining Democracy reveals the political consequences for the triumph of "service learning" as the dominant pedagogical model of civic engagement in the modern American university. Volunteer-based civic engagement programs in higher education are popularly understood as curricular opportunities that enable young people to engage as citizens in ... See More Details

Seller Description: This book highlights the lively exchanges that shaped foreign-language pedagogy and educational policy during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. It is critically important to revivify our past, particularly in a field where innovation is conceptualized as progress and where knowledge production is a criterion for success. Modern ... See More Details

Seller Description: Modern China in Flux heralds a transformative epoch in historical research, spotlighting the innovative methodology of network analysis. As the digital age unfolds, historians encounter both an unparalleled opportunity and a daunting challenge: navigating the vast digital repositories of historical data. Central to this volume's discourse is the ... See More Details

Seller Description: The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Spain charts the key ideas, practices and imaginings that characterize Spain's cultural, historical, social and political history in the contemporary period. The volume brings together internationally acknowledged scholars from around the globe and from diverse ... See More Details

Seller Description: Explore the intricate relationship between "Public Opinion and the Teaching of History in the United States" with Bessie Louise Pierce's insightful work. Delve into the historical context of how public sentiment has shaped, and continues to shape, the way United States history is taught and understood. This meticulously researched study, ... See More Details

Seller Description: Explore the enduring principles of architectural design with Amor Fenn's "Design and Tradition," a meticulously prepared republication of a classic work. This book delves into architectural history, examining the interplay of tradition and innovation in shaping our built environment. Fenn explores key design principles, offering insights into ... See More Details

Seller Description: "A Graduated English-Welsh Spelling Book" by John Lewis offers a fascinating glimpse into bilingual education and language learning. Designed specifically for Welsh speakers studying English, this meticulously prepared volume presents a graduated approach to mastering English spelling. A valuable resource for those interested in the historical ... See More Details

Seller Description: Step back in time with the inaugural issue of "History Teacher's Magazine," published in September 1909. This carefully reproduced periodical offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of history education at the turn of the century. Delve into articles and insights focused on history pedagogy and effective strategies for teaching history in ... See More Details

Seller Description: Explore the rich history of printmaking with Fitzroy Carrington's "Engravers and Etchers." This meticulously prepared edition presents the six lectures delivered at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1916, offering a fascinating journey through the world of etching and engraving. Delve into the techniques and artistry of master printmakers as ... See More Details

Seller Description: Explore the intersection of art and the natural world with "Art-Studies from Nature, as applied to Design." This timeless work, a collaboration between F. E. Hulme, S. J. Mackie, J. Glaisher, and Robert Hunt, delves into the use of plant forms as inspiration for decoration and ornament. A fascinating resource for art studies, this book examines ... See More Details

Seller Description: Delve into the historical landscape of history education with "The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 9, May, 1910." This meticulously prepared print edition offers a fascinating glimpse into the teaching of American history at the turn of the century. Explore historical methods and pedagogical approaches as viewed and discussed by educators ... See More Details

Seller Description: Explore the vast landscape of scientific knowledge with "The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 of 4: A Plain Story Simply Told," by J. Arthur Thomson. This volume offers a foundational exploration of science, written in an accessible and engaging style. A cornerstone of scientific history, this work delves into the essential principles and historical ... See More Details

Seller Description: "Initiation into Philosophy" by Emile Faguet offers a foundational exploration of philosophical concepts and the history of philosophy. Designed as an accessible introduction to the subject, this volume expertly guides readers through the core tenets of philosophical thought. Delve into the ideas that have shaped Western civilization and gain a ... See More Details

Seller Description: "Early Theories of Translation" by Flora Ross Amos offers a comprehensive exploration of the historical development of translation theory. A foundational text in the fields of linguistics and literary theory, this book examines the evolving understanding of translating and interpreting across different eras. Amos meticulously charts the ... See More Details

Seller Description: Rediscover the fundamentals of artistic expression with Frank Fowler's "Drawing in Charcoal and Crayon: For the use of Students and Schools." This meticulously reproduced edition offers timeless art instruction for both aspiring artists and educators. Explore the foundational techniques of charcoal drawing and crayon drawing, as presented by a ... See More Details