tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572477827283856543.post5874050227666399337..comments2023-08-25T03:13:27.885-07:00Comments on Thinking about History Teaching: My Students' first Experiences with Source Work (in my class, at least)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04047142530155193530noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572477827283856543.post-8487196001177076312013-09-15T15:09:56.529-07:002013-09-15T15:09:56.529-07:00Option 2 can also create an opportunity to differ...Option 2 can also create an opportunity to differentiate based on reading level. Students can also meet in expert groups who all read the same source before reconvening in base groups where students read different sources. Option 1, otoh, allows for the teacher to lead the class through a close reading of a source.Eric Beckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14800855256252050337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572477827283856543.post-90733063638966263112013-09-15T08:24:40.587-07:002013-09-15T08:24:40.587-07:00Joe,
I usually prefer option 2 so that students ar...Joe,<br />I usually prefer option 2 so that students are then obligated (as much as teenagers are obligated in an academic sense!) to become experts on their respective sources. Sometimes that expertise is simply asking a lot of good questions about what they can't know within such a limitation. <br />Having said that, my lesson this week was in teaching cause and consequence of historical thinking, first with no sources, then 2 secondary (primary footage within the video clip) same for all. With no sources I first wanted them to come up with a list of possible reasons the government would ban something. What else was possibly going on in the world? What were the social conditions at the time? What were the most powerful social institutions? Then we watched a ten minute clip and an article on prohibition from the encyclopedia. They did a ranking of the causes, then wrote a paragraph supporting their top pick. I am hoping that the scaffolding of the process that first time will allow for some independence for tomorrow. I am doing a mock-up crime scene of Ferdinand's assassination with playmobile. There will be "stations" of primary and secondary sources, then I am hoping they will be able to put together the general causes, with a list of questions that should guide the rest of the week. Methinks I should have some sort of "history detective" badge of honour (these kids seem to really thrive on rewards).Colindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934778682904664696noreply@blogger.com