Make History - by Art Worrell & Paul Bambrick-Santoyo (Paperback)

About the Book

"According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 85% of eighth-graders score below proficient in U.S. history, as do about 75% in geography and civics. Teachers are under more pressure today than in recent years to teach history in an even-handed way, which is in conflict with a more basic problem: many students reach middle and high school without enough background knowledge to grasp much history at all, let alone understand it in all its complexity. This leaves them vulnerable to oversimplified versions of the country's past"--

Book Synopsis

Make History with Your Students

From bestselling author Paul Bambrick-Santoyo and Art Worrell, Uncommon Schools' Director of History Instruction, comes Make History, an inspiring book on how educators can take history instruction to the next level. History teachers face unique challenges in introducing history lessons to students, and they are under increasing pressure to get it "right" in an age of social progress and social divisiveness. This book is a guide to bring the past to life while teaching students how to make sense of history.

Use the ideas and techniques to turn your history students into writers, readers, and thinkers who are ready not only to succeed in college, but also to become leaders and change agents. By showing how to teach rigorous, engaging lessons that center student thinking and voice, Make History turns history class into the most exciting part of a student's day.

• Reimagine history education to help students build their own unique arguments about the past
• Ask tough questions to help students grapple with difficult historical periods
• Set the stage for authentic discourse that students remember long past the bell
• Give students the tools to become socially aware, build their own identity, and think and write like historians

Teachers and instructional coaches in grades 5-12 will love this new, insightful approach to history--one that works for today's classrooms.

From the Back Cover

REIMAGINE HISTORY EDUCATION

"From Leverage Leadership and Get Better Faster to Make History, Paul Bambrick-Santoyo takes us on another amazing journey. He and Art Worrell bring history to life for teachers and students as they delve into the ideas, challenges and events of long ago and today."
--DREWANA BEY, Ed.D., Interim Deputy Chancellor & KIM JACKSON, Chief of Schools, DC Public Schools

"You've heard about the Science of Reading. This book is about the Science of History. For a student whose experience of history has been carefully shaped by teaching tools in this book, the sky's the limit and this book is your roadmap."
--DOUG LEMOV, author of the international bestseller Teach Like a Champion

Don't recite history, make it. In this actionable guide, Art Worrell and Paul Bambrick-Santoyo share the tools, techniques, and moves teachers need to transform students into the historical thinkers, readers, writers, and changemakers of tomorrow. The insights are accompanied by an online, print-ready handbook, sample middle and high school lesson plans, and 15 video clips of history instruction.

About the Author

ART WORRELL is the Director of 5-12 History Instruction at Uncommon Schools and has 20 years of experience as a teacher, instructional leader, and curriculum writer.

PAUL BAMBRICK-SANTOYO is a bestselling author and founder and Dean of the Leverage Leadership Institute, as well as Chief Schools Officer of Uncommon Schools.