IDS-580: Intro Hist Research/Interp

This is the first in a series of interdisciplinary courses, with history as the integrating discipline, designed for middle/high school teachers of social studies. The course has a dual purpose: to broaden teachers' command of content knowledge in American history, and or instructional methods and resources for imparting this knowledge to middle/high school students. Participants in this course will choose one of two topics for intensive investigation: World War II and the U.S. role in this global conflict or Pre-Colonial Indians of North America. Course participants will be exposed to a number of teaching methodologies appropriate to the social studies classroom and will practice and refine skills and processes central to historical research and interpretation. Permission of academic advisor required for registration.