Teaching U.S. history as mystery

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerwin, David.
Other Authors: Zevin, Jack.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Mystery in history : defining history as mystery, defining levels of investigations
  • 2. From Vietnam to Iraq and back : Vietnam, Iraq, and the "lessons of history"
  • 3. A medium Vietnam mystery : was the war constitutional?
  • 4. There are still mysteries out there : investigating the mound-builder peoples of North America
  • 5. Truer than true : looking at women in the old West
  • 6. Solved mysteries? : the case of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
  • 7. Beyond the bare facts : exploring race and history through Jefferson and Hemings
  • 8. What caused ...? : the origins of slavery in the Cheseapeake
  • 9. Conclusion : teaching history as mystery.