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John Fairley.
Patch History and Creativity.
Published London: Longman, 1971 reprint (previously issued 1970).
Series: History of Education Today.
ISBN 0582320887.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Lowe & Brydone, London.
Size: 128×196×10mm.
Page count: x,165pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the covers on this copy are rather yellowed with age, some mild scuffs, a bit of wear on the edges and corners; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £5.00
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Weight without packaging: 200g.

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Describes the teaching of history by close examination of particular periods, emphasis is particularly on secondary school level; no specific medieval emphasis.

Contents: Education in a period of transition; Patch history in the context of social studies; Planning patch studies; Direction of research; Recording the results; Classroom organization; Patch study examples — intro.; Plan 1 — Ancient Rome; Plan 2 — Norman Conquest; Plan 3 — Voyages of Captain Cook; How to begin.

Illustrations: 49, monochrome
Maps & plans: 1

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 9pp
Index: yes

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