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A Procedure for Reading Difficult Documents
As you would not chug a hot cup of tea, you also should not speed through a primary document! You risk a burnt tongue and not fully understanding what you just read. Try reading Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal quickly! … Continue reading
Law and Order: French Revolution [The Importance of Using Evidence!]
Over the summer, it occurred to me that History class should be like the hit television show Law and Order. Law – Investigate, Corroborate, Develop Case Order – Develop Case, Create and Defend Argument So after noticing that many of my … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, History
Tagged education, History, Law and Order, Robespierre, Social Studies
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History Lab Reports: A Template
Have you ever watched TV? Particularly a television program set in a high school (or with high school-aged people)? At the beginning of scenes that take place inside a classroom, there is brief shot to establish the type of classroom … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, History, Reflection
Tagged Common Core, education, History, History Labs, US History
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Common Core State Standard Rubric for History/Social Studies 11-12
For the past few weeks, my colleague Todd Whitten and I have been sharing some work that we have done with the Common Core State Standards for History/Social Studies. During this process, we created rubrics based upon the 9-10th Grade … Continue reading
Primary Documents, Social Studies, and the Common Core: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Last week, Todd Whitten and I shared ways to hit the different Common Core Standards for Social Studies/History using technology. This week, we are launching our work on Primary Documents and the Common Core (check out Todd’s post on using … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, History
Tagged 21st Century Skills, Common Core, education, History, Social Studies
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Technology, Social Studies, and the Common Core: Part II
This summer I have been working with Todd Whitten on how we can integrate the Common Core Standards for History/Social Studies into the classroom for this upcoming year. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing what we have … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, History
Tagged 21st Century Skills, Common Core, education, History, Social Studies, Technology
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Close Reading and the Magic Eye – A quick thought
After researching close reading strategies for a lesson that I want to do sometime in the next few weeks, I had an epiphany of sorts while running past my eye doctor’s office. Last fall, I spent hours upon hours waiting … Continue reading
Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Nationalistic Travel Brochures
For the past few weeks, I have been reflecting upon my past lessons and adapting them to the Common Core Standards for History/Social Studies. It has been a great exercise and has allowed me to reexamine the purpose of my … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, History
Tagged Common Core, education, Nationalism, Social Studies, World History
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Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Star Wars Episode V.V: The Empire Strikes Endor
<Imaginary scrolling text begins> A long time ago in a galaxy far far away…. COMMON CORE Episode V.V The Empire Strikes Endor It is the end of your lesson on the the five motives behind imperialism. The students have analyzed … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, History
Tagged Common Core, education, Imperialism, Primary Documents, Star Wars
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Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Extra Extra! Primary Documents turned into News Articles!
What started off as an exercise to prepare for a department meeting has now become a bit of a hobby. For the past few weeks, I have been reflecting upon my past lessons and adapting them to the Common Core … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, History
Tagged Common Core, education, History, Primary Documents, World History
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