This book closely examines the pedagogical possibilities of integrating the arts into history curriculum at the secondary and post-secondary levels. Students encounter expressions of history every day in the form of fiction, paintings, and commemorative art, as well as other art forms. Research demonstrates it is often these more informal encounters with history that define students' knowledge and understandings rather than the official accounts present in school curricula. This volume will provide educators with tools to bring together these parallel tracks of history education to help enrich students' understandings and as a mechanism for students to present their own emerging historical perspectives.
Author(s): Penney Clark, Alan Sears
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 290
City: Singapore
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
1 The Place of the Arts in Teaching History
Historians as Artists and Artists as Historians
The Power of Art
The Value of History Education
The Place of Historical Mindedness
The Place for a Sense of Wonder
The Value of the Arts in History Education
Navigating This Volume
Bibliography
2 Five Scholarly Conversations Related to History, History Education, and the Arts
Nature of History and Historical Truths
History and the Arts
Collective Memory and Historical Consciousness
Indigenous Perspectives in History Education
Implications for History Education
Conclusion
Bibliography
3 Historical F(r)ictions: Fiction and History Education
Period Novels and Historical Novels
Period Novels: Fiction as Primary Source
Relationship Between Historical Novels, History, and Historical Evidence
Conclusion
Bibliography
4 Beyond Adornment: Visual Art as Source and Account in History Classrooms and Public Spaces
The Ubiquitous Presence of Art
Visual Art as Primary Source
Visual Art as Account
Beyond Adornment: Visual Art in the Classroom
Conclusion
Bibliography
5 Points of Convergence: Public Commemorative Art and the Teaching of History
Bringing Together the Past and History
Bringing Together Multiple Historical Eras
Bringing Together History and Heritage
Bringing Together History and Citizenship Education
Conclusion
Bibliography
6 Engaging the Fray: Preparing Teachers and Students for Critical Encounters with the Past
The Past as Contested Terrain
Meeting Students Where They Are in Order to Take Them Someplace New
Engaging Artistic Works as Resources for Historical Analysis
Time Travel: Attention to Multiple Pasts, the Present, and the Future Through the Arts
Conclusion
Bibliography
7 The Humanizing and Civic Missions of History Education
How the Past Permeates Our Present
Engaging the Arts in History Class Fosters More Complex Understandings of History and the Nature of Truth
Engaging the Arts in History Class Fosters Cross Curricular/Disciplinary Connections
Engaging the Arts in History Class Fosters Consideration of the Relationship Between History, Historical Consciousness, and Collective Memory
Engaging the Arts in History Class Fosters the Introduction of Indigenous Perspectives
Engaging the Arts in History Class Fosters the Development of History Education
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
