Connecting the Dots in World History, A Teacher's Literacy Based Curriculum

From the Fall of the Western Roman Empire to Death of Genghis Khan, Volume 2

Chris Edwards

In his previously written articles and books, Chris Edwards has argued that Teaching should be considered a field that is separate from both the field of Education and from the content area fields. Teaching is a field which synthesizes content and method for classroom application. All of the other major intellectual fields have a canon of works which practitioners can learn from and add to, but Teaching does not. The Connecting-the-Dots in World History: A Teacher’s Literacy-Based Curriculum series changes this by showing how effective a teacher-generated curriculum can be. These books can inspire other teachers to create their own curriculums and inspire a change in the way that the public views teachers and teaching.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 180 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜

978-1-4758-2314-1 • Hardback • November 2015 • $65.00 • (£50.00)

978-1-4758-2315-8 • Paperback • November 2015 • $32.00 • (£25.00)

978-1-4758-2316-5 • eBook • November 2015 • $30.00 • (£22.99)

Series: Connect the Dots History of the World

Subjects: Education / History, Education / General, Education / Curricula

Connecting the Dots in World History, A Teacher's Literacy Based Curriculum

From the Fall of the Western Roman Empire to Death of Genghis Khan, Volume 2

Hardback

Paperback

eBook

Summary

In his previously written articles and books, Chris Edwards has argued that Teaching should be considered a field that is separate from both the field of Education and from the content area fields. Teaching is a field which synthesizes content and method for classroom application. All of the other major intellectual fields have a canon of works which practitioners can learn from and add to, but Teaching does not. The Connecting-the-Dots in World History: A Teacher’s Literacy-Based Curriculum series changes this by showing how effective a teacher-generated curriculum can be. These books can inspire other teachers to create their own curriculums and inspire a change in the way that the public views teachers and teaching.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 180 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜

978-1-4758-2314-1 • Hardback • November 2015 • $65.00 • (£50.00)

978-1-4758-2315-8 • Paperback • November 2015 • $32.00 • (£25.00)

978-1-4758-2316-5 • eBook • November 2015 • $30.00 • (£22.99)

Series: Connect the Dots History of the World

Subjects: Education / History, Education / General, Education / Curricula

Author

Chris Edwards, EdD, teaches World History and Advanced Placement World History at a high school in the Midwest and is the author of both Teaching Genius: Redefining Education with Lessons from Science and Philosophy (R&L Education, 2012), and Novum Organum II: Going beyond the Scientific Research Model (R&L Education, 2014). He writes on the topics of philosophy, theoretical physics, law, logic and psychology for the science and philosophy journals Skeptic and Free Inquiry and his scholarship and teaching methodology have been published in journals produced by both the National Council for History Education and the National Council for Social Studies.

Table of Contents

ntroduction

Chapter 1: The West Cut in Half

Chapter 2: Theology and Politics

Chapter 3: The Rise of Islam

Chapter 4: The Abbasids

Chapter 5: The Byzantines and Russians

Chapter 6: Islamic Glory Days

Chapter 7: Christendom

Chapter 8: Before the Crusades

Chapter 9: The Crusades

Chapter 10: The Tang Dynasty

Chapter 11: Tang Satellites

Chapter 12: The Song Dynasty

Chapter 13: Genghis Khan

Appendix