Happy Monday Y'all,
Doing history is not the same thing as learning about history. TLH brings history to life in a way that goes deeper than rote memorization of dates and facts. Or, as Emily Rhodes put it, "dates and dead people".
As your teacher I would like to let you in on what my vision and goal is for TLH and Project WICR. I want to teach you how to DO HISTORY. EXPERIENCE HISTORY. FEEL & SENSE HISTORY. I do not want you to just learn about history so that one day when you are older you look back and say, "Oh yeah, I think my 8th grade teacher told us about that once."
I was thinking this weekend about what we are doing here during our CORES and STEaM time when I had a thought. I asked the question, What's more important, that the kids are taught or that the kids learn? The answer I came up with is this... You're here to learn, not just necessarily to be taught!! This thought completely shifted my WORLDVIEW. You will learn and remember by DOING HISTORY not just hearing me tell you about it.
Read. Write. Think. Remember. Question. Synthesize.
Tim & Moby: Slavery
Tim & Moby: Underground Railroad
Media in History
I can identify main ideas, analyze supporting details, and evaluate inferences within discipline specific readings
Content in History
I can apply content in order to evaluate relationships of people and ideas and draw conclusions.
Sincerely,
C
P.S. I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I DO AND I UNDERSTAND.
Do your best and forget the rest!
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