What We Did Today
We continued talking about how historians create historical accounts.
Homework
None.
Discussion Starters
Primary sources; secondary sources.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Thursday - 09/27/2018
What We Did Today
We continued discussing how historians create historical accounts. We focused some on sources (primary and secondary).
Homework
None.
Discussion Starters
Primary sources; secondary sources.
We continued discussing how historians create historical accounts. We focused some on sources (primary and secondary).
Homework
None.
Discussion Starters
Primary sources; secondary sources.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Wednesday - 09/26/2018
What We Did Today
We watched some episodes of Crash Course World History.
Homework
None, though some still need to bring in their event homework.
Discussion Starters
Crash Course.
We watched some episodes of Crash Course World History.
Homework
None, though some still need to bring in their event homework.
Discussion Starters
Crash Course.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Tuesday - 09/25/2018
What We Did TodayWe began discussing how historians create accounts of the past.
Homework
Investigate an event of your choice. You can download the sheet by clicking on this link to the Investigating an Event homework sheet, or by downloading it from the 7 files link in the margin. The homework is due tomorrow, Wednesday, September 26th.
Discussion Starters
How do people know an event happened after it's over?
Monday, September 24, 2018
Monday - 09/24/2018
What We Did Today
We finished our investigation into the question, "What is history?"
Homework
Investigate another event of your choice. You can download the sheet by clicking on this link to the Investigating an Event homework sheet, or by downloading it from the 7 files link in the margin. The homework is due on Wednesday, September 26th.
Discussion Starters
What is the difference between an event and an account?
We finished our investigation into the question, "What is history?"
Homework
Investigate another event of your choice. You can download the sheet by clicking on this link to the Investigating an Event homework sheet, or by downloading it from the 7 files link in the margin. The homework is due on Wednesday, September 26th.
Discussion Starters
What is the difference between an event and an account?
Friday, September 21, 2018
Friday - 09/21/2018
What We Did Today
We worked with a partner to analyze our histories of the first day of school; we noticed many differences based upon perspective, experience, detail, and more.
Homework
None.
Discussion Starters
How was your historical account similar to your partners? How was it different?
We worked with a partner to analyze our histories of the first day of school; we noticed many differences based upon perspective, experience, detail, and more.
Homework
None.
Discussion Starters
How was your historical account similar to your partners? How was it different?
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Thursday - 09/20/2018
What We Did TodayWe continued our exploration into history and historical thinking. We discussed the various ways people use the word "history," and wrote a short history of our first day of school this year. We started comparing our short history with our classmates' work.
Homework
None.
Discussion Starters
Why were everyone's histories of the first day of school different, even though they were writing about the exact same day and the exact same place?
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