CHAPTER 8 From the Perspective of Action: The Example of Assassin’s Creed

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables ix
5. Foreword xi
6. Introduction 1
7. CHAPTER 1 History: Town and Gown 19
8. CHAPTER 2 Understanding, Creating, and Learning History: Using the Past as Raw Material 31
9. CHAPTER 3 History on Television: Exploring Its Pedagogical Uses 51
10. CHAPTER 4 Using Moving Images to Teach History: Theory and Practice 69
11. CHAPTER 5 Using Film and Theatre in the Classroom 89
12. CHAPTER 6 Historical Interpretation and the Building of Virtual Worlds in the Age of Civilization, SimCity, and Minecraft 107
13. CHAPTER 7 Historical Grand Strategy Video Games 125
14. CHAPTER 8 From the Perspective of Action: The Example of Assassin’s Creed 143
15. CHAPTER 9 The Historical Novel: The Role of Fictional Characters in Developing Historical Thinking 161
16. CHAPTER 10 The Historical Graphic Novel: A Dialectical Reading of Popular and Scholarly Discourse 177
17. CHAPTER 11 Teaching History through Song and Poetry 195
18. CHAPTER 12 Museums, Historic Sites, and Monuments 213
19. CHAPTER 13 Historical Re-enactments: Strengths and Limitations of a Large-Scale Pedagogical Activity 233
20. CHAPTER 14 Built Heritage and Nonmaterial Culture 249
21. Bibliography 265
22. Education 325