A primer for teaching environmental history : ten design principles

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A primer for teaching environmental history : ten design principles

Emily Wakild and Michelle K. Berry

(Design principles for teaching history)

Duke University Press, 2018

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-176) and index

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A Primer for Teaching Environmental History is a guide for college and high school teachers who are teaching environmental history for the first time, for experienced teachers who want to reinvigorate their courses, for those who are training future teachers to prepare their own syllabi, and for teachers who want to incorporate environmental history into their world history courses. Emily Wakild and Michelle K. Berry offer design principles for creating syllabi that will help students navigate a wide range of topics, from food, environmental justice, and natural resources to animal-human relations, senses of place, and climate change. In their discussions of learning objectives, assessment, project-based learning, using technology, and syllabus design, Wakild and Berry draw readers into the process of strategically designing courses on environmental history that will challenge students to think critically about one of the most urgent topics of study in the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Preface: How to Make Use of This Book ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part I. Approaches 1. The Fruit: Into Their Lunch Bags to Teach Relevance and Globalization with Food 13 2. The Seed: Using Learning Objectives to Build a Course 27 3. The Hatchet: Wielding Critique to Reconsider Periodization and Place 39 4. The Llama: Recruiting Animals to Blend Nature and Culture 53 Part II. Pathways 5. The Fields: Science and Going Outside 71 6. The Land: Sense of Place, Recognition of Spirit 85 7. The Power: Energy and Water Regimes 99 Part III. Applications 8. The People: Environmental Justice, Slow Violence, and Project-Based Learning 115 9. The Tools: Using Technology to Enhance Environmental History 131 10. The Test: Assessment Methods, Rubrics, and Writing 141 Epilogue 151 Notes 153 Bibliography 163 Index 177

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