The Five E's: Academic Investigation...

What up peeps,

      We have been studying(reading, writing, thinking, talking, and investigating) both the Holocaust (1933-1945) and the American Indian Story (1600-2012).  Now is the time to take our understanding to the next level. We will be doing that today by engaging in a Tribes activity called The Five E's.

The Five E's: These are the 5 phases of our academic investigation.  

Engage (Teacher Leadership): What do we know about the American Indian Story?  What do we know about the Holocaust?  What similarities can we find that link the two together?  What differences can we find that separate the two?

Explore (Student Leadership):  Tasks:  Interact with 12 different pieces of text within groups of 4 or 5 by using SQ3R.

Study Group Roles:

-Scribe for Group notes

-Scribe for Carousel Brainstorming notes

-Paraphraser ("Reciter")

-Readers

      SQ3R 

       1. Survey(Skim, Scan, Read through)

       2. Question(Think about how to attack the text. 

                 What will you be searching for as you interact with text?)

       3. Read

       4. Recite(Paraphrase out loud)

       5. Review 

Explain (Student Leadership): Academic Investigation: Compare and Contrast what we know about The American Indian Story and what we are reading about the Holocaust.  What evidence from the text sets support your findings?  Conduct an academic conversation that presents your discoveries.  

Elaborate (Student Leadership): OPEN UP YOUR FINDINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THE WHOLE CLASS.  Involve other study groups in the class to expand on concepts, connect to real-world issues and think of questions for further exploration.  What is the BIGGER PICTURE on the social or historical level?  

Evaluate (Student Leadership):  Narrow down and generate 15 questions based on new information presented while interacting with texts.

From the cluttered minds of C & Dubbs, Teacher
School District of Waukesha
Waukesha STEM Academy