Historical Scene Investigation into the Dinner between Booker T. Washington and Roosevelt

1. Historical Scene
Investigation By: Erin Weiss
Dining With Washington

2. How do historians use primary
sources to reconstruct the
past, analyze cause and effect, and
determine significance?
SOL: VUS.1a,b,c,d,e,h,j;
VUS.8c

3.  #1 Construct a chronology of black history
in America including significant
events, people, organizations, etc.
 #2 Evaluate primary sources of an event in
history using the SCIM-C method.
 #3 Reconstruct the event both visually and
orally to demonstrate understanding of the
political scene, social culture, and
historical significance.

4.  Think/Pair/Share
 Instructions:Construct a timeline of black
history in America including significant
events, people, organizations, etc.
1850 2010

5.  Investigate
each document using the
SCIM-C method

6. Question: ?
Monitoring/Questioning: What else would I like to find out?
Monitoring/Questioning: What else would I like to find out?
What questions do I now need to ask?
Inferencing: What does the source suggest?
Inferencing: What does this source suggest?
Contextualizing: When, Why, source produced? produced?
Contextualizing: When, why and how was the How source
Summarizing: What does the source tell us?
Summarizing: What does the source
tell us?
Source Source Description
Description: Morale Poster

7.  Use SCIM-C worksheet to analyze and
synthesize documents and begin to piece
together as a historical event.
 Significance Storyline: Write a paragraph
or create a storyboard of Dining with
Washington