Past Forward: Articles from the Journal of American History, Volume 2: From the Civil War to the Present - Softcover

Sabathne, James; Stacy, Jason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190299290 ISBN 13: 9780190299293

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Over the last fifteen years, undergraduate U.S. history courses have made great progress in incorporating primary sources and diverse voices into the survey. However, teachers still struggle to find professional writing by working historians in a format useful to undergraduates. Also, in 2014, the College Board redesigned the AP U.S. History curriculum and assessments to require students to demonstrate a critical approach to historical writing by professional historians. These facts have increased demand among teachers for access to high-quality secondary material by professional historians in a single, convenient publication.

Past Forward: Articles from the Journal of American History selects some of the best articles from The Journal of American History to meet the needs of students and teachers of the U.S. history survey. Exploring all of the required "key concepts" and "historical thinking skills" required in the new AP U.S. History curriculum, the book provides pedagogical and historiographical supports for each article. It also contains concise academic biographies of the authors that highlight their path to practicing history and their major publications, which will draw students deeper into historical discourses.

About this title

About the Author:

James Sabathne teaches AP U.S. History at Hononegah High School in Rockton, Illinois, and is Co-Chair of the College Board AP U.S. History Development Committee. He is a coauthor of Strive for a 5: Preparing for the AP* World History Exam (2013).

Jason Stacy is Associate Professor of U.S. History and Social Science Pedagogy at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of several books, including Documenting United States History: Themes, Concepts, and Skills for the AP* Course (2015), Walt Whitman's Selected Journalism (2015), and Walt Whitman's Multitudes: Labor Reform and Persona in Whitman's Journalism and the First Leaves of Grass, 1840-1855 (2008).

Review:

"Designed to expose budding historians to the work of professional scholars, Past Forward is exactly what the UP U.S. History Course needs as it launches into a more conceptual, thematic, and skills-based approach. This course expects students to use the skills of a historian; having more access to the work of professional historians will help them develop in this area."--Stephen Klawiter, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, MO

"Past Forward has excellent secondary sources, a new addition to the AP U.S. History curriculum. The article questions are thoughtful. The beginning of the text--teaching students how to read the articles--is excellent. I would use this all year long. The primary strength of the text is in the Introduction, which teaches students how to read secondary sources. The article questions are also thoughtful and well written."--Jeanine Alexander, Moorpark High School, Moorpark, CA

"Past Forward does an excellent job of introducing and expanding on historical perspectives that are not regularly presented in traditional textbooks."--Frank Shoemaker, Lake Travis High School, Austin, TX

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0190299290
• ISBN 13: 9780190299293
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320