Today is Thursday, December 8, 2011. If you are reading this by now you realize there is a guest teacher in my stead. I am at a grammar workshop with the other middle school literacy teachers within the district. Below is a link to a video of some of the things we are discussing. (Between you and me kiddies, I think I would rather be in my tooth extraction surgery instead of a workshop about grammar... Ugh!)
http://youtu.be/TwFCZSd7Fvo
"You're rhyming 'BADLY'" Hahaha
"You're rhyming 'BADLY'" Hahaha
Today you will complete your learning modules. We took a break yesterday to COLLABORATE and create our bumper sticker messages. They turned our great and show how much you all know about this point in history. Well done. Remember, your learning modules can be found in EXPLORATION, COLONIZATION, AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - IMMERSE - (Chapter 3 or Chapter 2) Here is the plan for the day in Historical Literacy...
- Attendance
- Students are working on 4 different Learning modules. (LEARNING MODULES ARE LISTED ON THE WHITE BOARD)
- Students are within the process of one of these 4 modules: The Arrival of the Spanish, Chapter 2 reading test, Chapter 3 reading test, and finally Our Founding Colonies.
- Students on task will be typing up blog posts, taking online tests, viewing videos, reading in the textbooks, and may be having conversations together.
- Students have been going to other learning spaces with in the school, but I DO NOT want them to leave the room today. If they really want to, the hallway is a reasonable alternative.
- If students finish the modules early there is a Primary Source Lesson under the investigate tab of Exploration, Colonization, and the American Revolution.
- Please have the students wrap up their work, save, submit, and clean up at around 8:35 so that they may move on to CORE 2.
- As students are working, walk around the room and see if any need help with historical contexts or reading the text.
A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. Some types of primary sources include:
- ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records
- CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art
- RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings
- Diary of Anne Frank - Experiences of a Jewish family during WWII
- The Constitution of Canada - Canadian History
- A journal article reporting NEW research or findings
- Weavings and pottery - Native American history
- Plato's Republic - Women in Ancient Greece
A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. Some types of seconday sources include:
- PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias
- A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings
- A history textbook
- A book about the effects of WWI
You can search the Main Catalog to find direct references to primary source material. Perform a keyword search for your topic and add one of the words below:
(these are several examples of words that would identify a source as primary)
- charters
- correspondence
- diaries
- early works
- interviews
- manuscripts
- oratory
- pamphlets
- personal narratives
- sources
- speeches
- letters
- documents
C
P.S. I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I so and I understand.
Do your best and forget the rest!
From the cluttered mind of C, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy
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