Welcome to week 2 of the 2012-2013 school year.
Monday, September 10, 2012
The file to the right is a PowerPoint of some of our notes for this week. You can download this file. You can print it as well. Downloading this file however does not mean you do not need to write it down in class :)
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Review Questions
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
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No questions today!
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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Review Questions - Write these in the back of your notebook.6. To be successful, democracy depends upon educated and informed ________.
7. List 2 reasons that using artifacts to study the past can be difficult. 8. Diaries, letters, and photographs are all examples of ______ sources. |
Wednesday Class Review
I will from time to time review todays class when I feel this will aid students.
Today we spent time analyzing primary sources (download handout here). Students were able to read two primary sources and were asked to analyze the source using a practice handout. I have included that document below below. One area that could use more review is the topic of bias. Bias can be explained in the following manner: A personal tendency, point of view or belief that prevents a person from considering a question in an unprejudiced way. In other words, bias may cause a person to state something in a certain way that is different than the complete truth.
It should be noted that simply because a person has a bias does not necessarily mean that their view of something is wrong. Example: Mr. Chalmers, who is a Vikings fan, states that Christian Ponder "had a good game". If Christain Ponder threw for 455 yards, 4 touchdowns and no interceptions and led the Vikings to a 45-36 victory, we could probably agree that Mr. Chalmers' statement would be correct whether Mr. Chalmers is a Vikings fan or not.
When analyzing a source, remember to ask the following questions
When was this written?
How close to the event was this written?
Who wrote this Document?
Who was this written for?
What evidence of the author's opinion or biasses are present?
and the big question: What clues does this document give about the past?
When analyzing sources, it is expected that the reader will put the information they have just read together with the information they knew about the event together to gain a better understanding of the event. It is also likely that you could read analyze a source and then have many more questions than before they read it.
Download the Primary Source Analysis Activity here.
Today we spent time analyzing primary sources (download handout here). Students were able to read two primary sources and were asked to analyze the source using a practice handout. I have included that document below below. One area that could use more review is the topic of bias. Bias can be explained in the following manner: A personal tendency, point of view or belief that prevents a person from considering a question in an unprejudiced way. In other words, bias may cause a person to state something in a certain way that is different than the complete truth.
It should be noted that simply because a person has a bias does not necessarily mean that their view of something is wrong. Example: Mr. Chalmers, who is a Vikings fan, states that Christian Ponder "had a good game". If Christain Ponder threw for 455 yards, 4 touchdowns and no interceptions and led the Vikings to a 45-36 victory, we could probably agree that Mr. Chalmers' statement would be correct whether Mr. Chalmers is a Vikings fan or not.
When analyzing a source, remember to ask the following questions
When was this written?
How close to the event was this written?
Who wrote this Document?
Who was this written for?
What evidence of the author's opinion or biasses are present?
and the big question: What clues does this document give about the past?
When analyzing sources, it is expected that the reader will put the information they have just read together with the information they knew about the event together to gain a better understanding of the event. It is also likely that you could read analyze a source and then have many more questions than before they read it.
Download the Primary Source Analysis Activity here.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
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9. _____________ sources are made by people that did not witness an event.
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Friday, September 14, 2012Quiz
Continue introducing the Time Line Activity Work time for Time Line Activity Monday we will go to the Media Center to print pictures Have a great Weekend! |
Week 2 in ReviewAnother week has come and gone. Students this week began evaluating primary sources including written documents and using the quadrant method to evaluate historical photographs.
We took our first quiz today and students did very well. I will be adding assignments to the grade book soon. Next week we will continue working on our classroom time line and also watch our first video of the year (America: The Story of Us) Remember that many of the documents for class are downloadable from the website. Looks like a really nice weekend (weather wise) ahead of us. Have a great one! |