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How to Navigate an “Upside‐Down” World: Using Images in the History Classroom
Author(s) -
Volk Steven S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.20122
Subject(s) - sight , mathematics education , psychology , work (physics) , pedagogy , visual arts , art , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , astronomy
This chapter describes the challenges and benefits of working with images in a history classroom. The first part indicates the complexity of helping students use images as historical evidence; the second argues that close readings of images can help students develop their deep attention skills as they question the evidence they see; and the final discusses how work with images can be done in a way that accommodates all students, including those with limited or no sight.