History Strategies for Active Learning

Teaching Early American History with Primary Sources and Active Learning Strategies Justin Reich [email_address]

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Agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Primary Sources: Shared Practice ,[object Object]

Ashby, MA; resolution on independence; July 1, 1776 ,[object Object]

Documents talk, but only if you ask them the right questions. -Dan Levine Bowdoin College

Get the SPACSS on the source! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Get the SPACSS on the source! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Who wrote it? When? Where? For Whom? What else do we know about this person?

Get the SPACSS on the source! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Why was it written? What is the document trying to do? Are their stated and unstated motives?

Get the SPACSS on the source! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],What is the argument? What is the evidence? Is the writing persuasive? Accurate?

Get the SPACSS on the source! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],What was going on at the time it was written? What words or phrases would have meant something different at that time?

Get the SPACSS on the source! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Are there hidden or secret messages in this source? It the author overt with his or her bias, or subtle, or even sneaky? What can we read between the lines?

Get the SPACSS on the source! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],How does this particular document shed light on the broader themes we’re studying? How does it help us understand other sources?

EMABI: Another Primary Source Algorithm ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Finding Primary Sources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Search Directories: Best of History Web Sites www.besthistorysites.net

Search Engines: Google Advanced

Visual Evidence ,[object Object],[object Object]

Photographs ,[object Object],[object Object]

The Repeal, Or The Funeral Of Miss Ame-Stamp Benjamin Wilson, 1776

Paintings, Photographs and Prints ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Paintings, Photographs, and Prints ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Maps and BrowserPoint www.thwt.org

Assessments ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Assessment Strategies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How to study for a test, any test that requires learning very specific facts: vocabulary, science, history, foreign language, math equations…

If you are just looking over notes, you are not studying; ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

P - the “P” is for PREVIEW ,[object Object]

L - the “L” stands for LAYOUT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A - the “A” stands for AGAIN AND AGAIN! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

N - the “N” stands for NAIL DOWN ,[object Object],[object Object]

Active Learning Strategies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Language Arts Integration Strategies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Strategies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Brainstorming Strategies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Discussion Strategies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Deductive Reasoning Strategies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Putting it All Together ,[object Object]

Two Sites for More Stuff ,[object Object],[object Object]

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