Bill Bigelow
Biographic Data
| ID | 3956801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bill Bigelow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bill |
| FAMILY NAME | Bigelow |
| SIGNATURE | BIGELOW B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What Should High School Students Know
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A People's History for the Classroom
This book helps teachers introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of U.S. history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula -- Provided by the publisher
Exchange/Encounter Theory and Myths of America; A Response to Robert Shaffer
As a high school social studies teacher I have used Hans Koning's Columbus: His Enterprise to show students a side of Columbus they had not known about—his murderous methods of collecting gold and his personal role in starting the trans-Atlantic slave trade—and to raise questions about historical memory and our current social values. I have also used in the classroom some of Bill Bigelow's fine exercises on South African apartheid and on U.S. lab…
Two Myths Are Not Better Than One
Ten years ago, who would have thought the memory of Christopher Columbus would trigger a national debate? Certainly not John Goudie, former chairman of the Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission, who with a straight face, once invited Americans to join the "uncontroversial and universally appealing" 500th anniversary celebration. But as one writer recently noted, "The Columbus Quincentennial is the United States' first ritual of national-cultu…
Discovering Columbus
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Discovering Columbus
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Discovering Columbus
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Exchange/Encounter Theory and Myths of America; A Response to Robert Shaffer
As a high school social studies teacher I have used Hans Koning's Columbus: His Enterprise to show students a side of Columbus they had not known about—his murderous methods of collecting gold and his personal role in starting the trans-Atlantic slave trade—and to raise questions about historical memory and our current social values. I have also used in the classroom some of Bill Bigelow's fine exercises on South African apartheid and on U.S. lab…
Two Myths Are Not Better Than One
Ten years ago, who would have thought the memory of Christopher Columbus would trigger a national debate? Certainly not John Goudie, former chairman of the Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission, who with a straight face, once invited Americans to join the "uncontroversial and universally appealing" 500th anniversary celebration. But as one writer recently noted, "The Columbus Quincentennial is the United States' first ritual of national-cultu…
A People's History for the Classroom
This book helps teachers introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of U.S. history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula -- Provided by the publisher
What Should High School Students Know
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
History (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Classics (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Mythology (2 works) · Race, History, and American Society (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work)