Teaching History
Making History Come Alive: How Teachers Can Spark Student Interest
In Mr. Patel’s 8th-grade history class, students slump as he lists dates of the Indian Independence Movement. “1947, Partition,” he drones. Eyes glaze over. Then, on Tailwnd’s platform, he shifts gears, asking, “Why did Gandhi’s Salt March ignite a nation?” Students perk up, debating causes and effects,