HIST245 Teaching Historic Places and Preservation in Schools

Department of Social & Behavioral Science: Social and Behavioral Science Department Archive

  1. Course Number and Title

    HIST245 Teaching Historic Places and Preservation in Schools (Experimental) Course No Longer Offered

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250 minutes

  4. Prerequisites

    None

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    Intended for public and private school teachers and prospective teachers, as well as students as historic preservation.

  6. Catalog Course Description

    An introduction to the techniques and methodology used in teaching the built environment in the classroom. It is a practical course integrating lesson plans with drawing, model-building, field trips, and community outreach activities.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. The primary goal is to teach the elements of preservation in the American community context. The secondary goal is to present a comprehensive strategy for the preservation instruction in the schools

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      1. An integrated approach to learning preservation, preservation in the language arts and social studies, the vocabulary of domestic architecture, living in a material world, the structure of buildings, visual thinking and others

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

    4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      Books and journals of application to the field; film, slides, video

  8. Teaching Methods Employed

    Group discussions, lecture, field study activities on the BCCC campus and in several Bucks County communities

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