Teaching Beyond the Timeline

A Heinemann Book Talk with China Harvey and Lisa Herzig

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments

Introduction 
    — Why Teach Thematically? 
    — How to Use This Book? 

Chapter 1: Outlining Ingredients for a Thematic Course
    — The Thematic Concept 
    — Essential Ingredients for a Thematic Course
Chapter 2: Framing the Thematic Course
    — Creating Central Course Themes
    — Developing Big-Picture Questions
    — Creating Unit-Level Themes
    — Developing Unit-Level Focus Questions
Chapter 3: Building Units Around Your Unit-Level Focus Questions
    — Mapping Out the Flow of a Unit
    — Making it Personal for Students
Chapter 4: Designing Thematic Lessons
    — How to Build a Thematic Lesson
    — A Preview of Thematic Teaching in Action: Creating Thematic Lesson Plans
Chapter 5: Thematic Teaching in Action: Broad Time Period Lesson on Voting Rights
    — Building a Lesson That Spans a Broad Period of Time
    — An Overview of the Black American Voting Rights Lesson
Chapter 6: Thematic Teaching in Action: Narrow Time Period Lesson on Women and the War Effort
    — Building a Lesson That Focuses on a Narrow Period of Time
    — An Overview of the "Women and the War Effort" Lesson
Chapter 7:  Assessing Students in a Thematic Course
    — Creating Engaging and Relevant Thematic Assessments
    — Thematic Unit Summative Assessments
    — End-of-Year Culminating Projects
Conclusion
    — Our Reflections on the Thematic Approach
    — Our Students' Reflections on the Thematic Approach
    — Teacher Reflections on the Thematic Approach
    — Final Thoughts on the Thematic Approach
Appendix
Works Cited

“I could go on about the many zinger moments in Teaching Beyond the Timeline that made me want to replan some of my units right now and test them out on real students! Really, though, you need to experience the book’s friendly intricacy for yourself – and then buy it for every preservice, new and veteran social studies teacher you know.”—Sarah Cooper, MiddleWeb