Written by a history educator, this exciting guide provides a unique approach that makes it easy for middle and high school teachers to engage students' critica

Describes a method of teaching history in which students act as historians, researching documents and primary sources; provides accounts of how this curriculum

“Should be in the hands of every history teacher in the country.”— Howard Zinn James Loewen has revised Teaching What Really Happened, the bestselling, go

Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.

This collection of standards-based lessons will guide middle and high school teachers while teaching the nation's history in a user-friendly, ready-made fashion