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Teaching the Skill of Historical Thinking
This blog post came about as a result of a question from a reader through my Instagram. She was wondering how I actually go about teaching the skill of historical thinking that is so embedded throughout my curriculum. I realized that this lesson has become so embedded in my teaching that I really didn’t think about it as a teachable skill. Therefore, I decided to lay out my process for explaining historical thinking to students.
Modern and Current Books for Students About the American Revolution
When asked for suggestions regarding middle-grade fiction about the American Revolution, teachers are often provided with titles that were published long ago. Today I'm sharing a book list that includes more recent options and that widens the list of perspectives.
25 Ways to Assess Student Understanding in a Digital Lesson
As teachers, we're constantly assessing student understanding through questions. However, the question/ answer process can get a bit stale sometimes.
Therefore, I've devised a list of 25 prompt ideas to assess formative understanding in a digital lesson that go beyond the simple question and answer process.
Therefore, I've devised a list of 25 prompt ideas to assess formative understanding in a digital lesson that go beyond the simple question and answer process.
10 Cooperative Learning Idea for a Socially Distanced Classroom
One of my greatest frustrations this year has been the difficulty associated with cooperative learning in a social distanced classroom. Therefore, I decided to brainstorm 10 different lesson ideas that allow for cooperative learning, even in a socially distanced classroom.
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Black Birds in the Sky
(YA reading level - graphic depictions of violence and use of the "n" word is historical documents)
Written by Brandy Colbert, Black Birds in thy Sky recounts the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Colbert writes with plain and clear text to recount the details surrounding the event - a necessary tactic given the immensity of sadness surrounding the history.
Really though, the book is about much more than the massacre. Colbert weaves in events that proceeded the event - including the founding of Oklahoma, the pattern of violence against Black men in the years before the massacre, WWI, the work of Ida B. Wells, Reconstruction, and much more. Colbert also takes time at the end to connect the massacre to current events discussing how the story had been hidden for many years, how it was gradually exposed by Black historians, and how the echoes of that story are reflected in the events of 2020. It's a great example of how historical context connects events throughout U.S. History.
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