Students will explore Gwinnett County history by forming small groups to read articles and view photographs about different topics. Each group will discuss their topic and come up with three things they thought about, questions they had, and things they wanted to learn more about. The groups will then rotate topics and repeat the process. Finally, the entire class will come together to share what they discussed.

1. Think,
Puzzle, Explore
A Springboard to Exploring Gwinnett
History

2. Think
ExplorePuzzle

3. Today’s Goals
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4. Picking and
committing to a
topic today

5. We’ll form small groups of
4-5; each table has articles,
photographs, and/or video
about a particular aspect of
Gwinnett history

6. Each student will read the
articles/look at photos
quietly (a set is provided
for you); we encourage you
to annotate and mark up the
articles

7. Your group should then
collaboratively try to come
up with at least 3 responses
for each category:
think, puzzle, explore

13. Databases Search engines YouTube
Adult expert Public library Books
Nonprofit or
educational groups
on Twitter, the
web, FB
Physical spaces
and buildings

15. We will rotate topics/tables
after approximately 8-10
minutes (we’ll be your
timekeepers!) and repeat
the process.

16. Small Group Process and
Large Group Share