Introduction

Robert Cohen; Michael Stoll

doi:10.4324/9780203863695-8

Introduction

Robert Cohen, Michael Stoll

Teaching and Learning

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Abstract

One of the nightmares new history teachers face is ending up an ineective social studies educator along the lines suggested by the classic Hollywood žlm, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986). Droning on about the Great Depression to a class of unresponsive and disengaged students, Ferris’ teacher, though in front of a classroom and ostensibly seeking to teach his students, seems to be speaking only to himself when he declares: In the 1930s the Republican-controlled House of Representatives in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone? Anyone? The Great Depression, passed the… Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered? Raised tariffs in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work, anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work and the country sank further into the Great Depression….

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Teaching U.S. History
Subtitle of host publication	Dialogues among Social Studies Teachers and Historians
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781135184261
ISBN (Print)	9780203863695
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203863695-8
State	Published - Jan 1 2010

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