3. WHAT’S MY JOB?
• Involve the students,
• Relay history subject content,
• Relate subject content to the philosophy of history,
• Make clear that the past, not unlike the present, was a messy, contested place—therefore
history is created by quarrels and conflicts among the people who lived it,
• Use primary documents to capture the voices of the past, and
• Reinforce my stories and interpretations with multimedia.
4. MY STUDENTS WILL HAVE A BASIC
UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOLLOWING:
• How individuals are shaped by their past and by the past of their society and institutions
• The role of people in bringing about change in society and institutions
• The function of large-scale forces responsible for causing change over time, such as
politics, economics, and religion
• The role of diversity and difference in shaping the human experience
• The nature of cause-and-effect relationships in human affairs as they have played out
over history.
• ROUTE MEMORIZATION AND REPITION WORK TO COMPROMISE OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY.
5. MY STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE FOLLOWING
ABILITIES
• the ability to read and understand a variety of literary forms, including primary sources as
well as peer reviewed, and secondary sources written in academic prose
• the ability to analyze information effectively and to form cause-and-effect relationships
from unrelated data sources
• the ability to write persuasively and communicate effectively
• the ability to work independently and to conduct independent research.
6. PODCASTS & MICROLECTURES
• provided by yours truly, for the student & parent
• used to explain or reinforce a difficult concept
• they can be used as review of material that should have been mastered in previous
courses
• they can be used for providing additional examples of working out a problem, or for
sharing the answers to a test
• students can replay them multiple times if they don’t understand something the first time
• they can be used as a component of class flipping
• they can be reused for several years and/or several classes.
• they can be utilized by parents looing for insight into what their children is learning
7. H.S.I
Historical Scene Investigation Lesson Plans
• for example, assassination of Lincoln.
• engages students and helps them think beyond dates and times.
• students become stakeholders in the learning process without having to dress up like
Benjamin Franklin.
• truly, the digital age is good.
