History alive!
Subtitle: pursuing American ideals
By: [Diane Hart, program author ; Bert Bower, program director]
Contributors: Teachers' Curriculum Institute
Edition: Student ed.
Publisher: Teachers' Curriculum Institute
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Palo Alto, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 892
ISBN-13: 9781934534519
Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary); Social sciences; History
Other titles: Pursuing American ideals
Description: History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals centers on the five founding ideals from the Declaration of Independence: equality, rights, liberty, opportunity, and democracy. Each generation has struggled with these ideals. Some have made little progress toward achieving them. Others have made great progress. This book invites students to become engaged in this struggle, from establishing an American republic to the making of modern America. --Website.
Notes: Includes index.

Grades 9-12.

Diane Hart is a writer and consultant specializing in history and social studies. She is the author of several social studies textbooks as well as resources for teachers, including Authentic Assessment: A Handbook for Educators. She has written texts for special needs and limited English students that are used not only in schools, but also in prisons, adult literacy, and citizenship classes. Recently she has been developing materials for video, multimedia, and the Internet. A former teacher and Woodrow Wilson Fellow, with a master's degree in history from Stanford University, Diane remains deeply involved in social studies education. She is an active participant in the National and California Councils for the Social Studies. --Book.

Bert Bower has truly experienced the classroom from every perspective. He began his career as a classroom aide, then taught social studies for eight years, and finally earned a PhD in Curriculum and Teacher Education from Stanford University. For the past 20 years he has been crafting innovative K-12 social studies programs by collaborating with teachers and trying out new ideas in the classroom. His goal is to defeat the "silent violence" of stand-and-deliver teaching that leaves youth passive and bored by creating programs that teach students to ponder and participate. Bert combines proven teaching strategies with cutting-edge technology to successfully reach all learners in the diverse classroom, even the students who sit in the back of the classroom and rarely speak. Bower is co-founder and Executive Director of TCI. --Website.
Table of contents: title: Era 1. Establishing an American Republic 1492-1896. Unit. 1. Getting Oriented; title: Unit. 2. Nation and its ideals emerge; title: Unit. 3. The growth of and the challenges to American ideals; title: Era 2. Industrialism and reform 1840-1920. Unit 4. Growing pains and gains; title: Unit 5. The progressive era; title: Era 3. Expanding American global influence 1796-1921. Unit 6. Building an empire; title: Unit 7. World War I; title: Era 4. The roaring twenties and the great depression 1920-1944. Unit 8. The twenties; title: Unit 9. The great depression and the new deal; title: Era 5. World War II and the Cold War 1917-1960. Unit 10. World War II; title: Unit 11. The early Cold War; title: Era 6. The search for a better life 1945-1990. Unit 12. The fifties; title: Unit 13. The civil rights movement; title: Era 7. Tumultuous times 1954-1980. Unit 14. The sixties; title: Unit 15. The Vietnam War; title: Unit 16. The seventies; title: Era 8. The making of modern America 1980-present. Unit 17. The Reagan revolution; title: Unit 18. Framing the present.