Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedicataion; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction and Framework for Using Museums to Teach History; 1 Introduction; 2 Teaching History with Museums; Part II Case Studies of Using Museums to Teach History; 3 Artifact and Display-based Museums: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; 4 Local History Museums: The Minnesota History Center; 5 Historic Forts: The Fort at No. 4 and Fort Ticonderoga; 6 Historic House Museums: The Johnson County Historical Society and the Mark Twain House
7 Living History Museums: Colonial Williamsburg, The Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown8 Memorials and Monuments: The Memorials and Monuments of 9/11; 9 Art Museums: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; 10 Virtual Museums, Mobile Technologies, and Augmented Reality: Blurring Classroom-Museum Boundaries; Appendix A Ten Strategies for Effective Museum Visits; Appendix B Complete List of Museums Discussed in the Book; Appendix C Resources; References; Figure Permissions and Credits; Index