When most people hear the words History Class they often think of boring lectures and lists of important dates to remember.By getting your students involved with the material outside the classroom, and spicing up your lecture, you cac gain the interest of your students and become a good history teacher.

1. HISTORY
Topic:HOW TO
TEACH HISTORY

2. Introduction
When most people hear the words
History Class they often think of
boring lectures and lists of important
dates to remember.By getting your
students involved with the material
outside the classroom, and spicing
up your lecture, you cac gain the
interest of your students and become
a good history teacher.

3. Definition of History
• A branch of knowledge
that records and explains
past events.
• The study of or a record of
past events considered
together,especially events
of a paticular
period,country,or subject.

4. Why study History?
History is very relevant to modern life many books,films and
plays are inspired by historical events. History will give you a
combination of skills and insights that will help you to:
• To lraen about human naturein general by looking at trends
that repeat through histiory.
• Enable you to participate fully in society
• To learn about how different factors shape soviety e.g.
religion,greed.
• To know more about the roots of our current culture.

5. Activity#1
Wtrite some advantages of learning of history.
10 Minutes

6. Why is History Important?
• In sum, we study history to
learn about who we are ---
both:
Our Past
Our Present

7. Types of History
• Political History.
• Diplomatic History.
• Cultural History.
• Social History.
• Economic History.
• Intellectual History.

8. Get Students Involved
• Get students interacting with one
another and have them become
an active part of the lesson.
• If the lecture of the day was about
the Salem witch trial,assign roles
to each student and conduct your
own witch trial.
• Board Game another way to get
students more involved in the
lecture.

9. Teach Outside of the Classroom
• Most students love field trips. It gives
them opportunity to leave the confinement
of their desks and get a change of
scenery.
• Visit historical village or even hostorical
buildings in the comunity such as court
houses or library.
This will make history more entertaining for
students and they will get to see it right
before their eyes.

10. Activity #2
Share your exprience of trip at historical place.
10 Minutes

11. Spice up the Lecture
When teaching history, you will have to create kind of lecture
to present to your class.This is your opportunity to make it
stimulating and entertaining for your students.
Usually when students are presented with an hour long
lecture, their heads hit the desks or they pass notes to their
friends.By incoroprating different elements into your lecture
such as:
Power Point
Cartoon Clips
Movie Clipp

12. How to teach History in an Interesting
Way
History as a subject is always cocsidered boring
and dull by students.It can be made fascinating for
students through various means and methods
like:
• Quizzing
• Field Trip
• Stories about Ancient Kings and Queens
• Explore Heritage and Culture
• Reading Biograghies

13. Cont...
• You will keep your
students attention much
longer than if you just
rattle off information for the
whole class period.
• The more interaction there
is in the classroom, the
more the students
participate.

14. Tips for History Teachers
• Use Stories to interest &
Inspire
• Make Use of Memory Triks
• Emphasize macro trends
and ideas
• Consider having students
role-play histtorical figures

15. Relevance to Life
• You will develop an appreciation of the
society in which you live and other societes,
past and present
• You will also develop a greater awareness of
your own identity and traditions.
• You will learn more about praticular things.

16. Techniques used by History Teachers to
Teach History
The following are some of
the techniques used by
teachers of history:
• Drill Technique
• Examination Technique
• Question answer
technique
• Dramazation technique
• Supervised study

17. Cont...
• Lecture
• Question-answer
• Problem Sloving
• Discovery
• Demonstration
• Project Method

18. How can we make our teaching
interesting?
• Take a readers approach. ...
• Focus on broad concepts and
themes, not dates and time periods.
...
• Make history active. .
• Don't try to cover it all, but explore
what matters to you.

19. Engage Students in History Class
• Use literature to frame historical periods to allow students
to establish context.
• Provides experiences for students to connect their
learning and establish empathy.
• Use primary resources whenever possible.
• Interactive notebooks are a GREAT way to organize
student learning.