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Enlivening Secondary History: 40 Classroom Activities for Teachers and Pupils

This user-friendly handbook for secondary history teachers, containing 40 classroom activities, emphasizes student-centred learning, and encourages teachers to approach their teaching in an imaginative and innovative way. The book addresses the present emphasis on "quality" in teaching and meaningful learning outcomes. The authors have provided four sections with ten activities in each to try to bring alive the possibilities for teaching and learning using: visuals; numerical data; abstract ideas; and primary sources. The book has been developed from a two-year Higher Education Funding Council (HEFC) project, "History 2000", which promotes and develops good practices in the teaching and learning of history. The work has been tried and tested and should be of immediate practical value to history teachers.