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10.Cloudy with a

Chance of Primary Sources

9.The Time Capsule

8.Spectrum of Sources

Most Importan

tLeast

Important

7.Interview with a Primary Source

How do you see the communist

threat for Europe?

Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade,

Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in

one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in some

cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow.

(Famous Iron Curtain Speech – 1946)

6.Detective Analogy

SessionObjectives:•Participants will

learn techniques to increase student interaction during spiral questions.

•What do you see in this image? (Use the “magic” paper to show the rest of the class) – LEVEL 1•How would you classify the types of people in this image? (Think/Pair/Share) – LEVEL 1•What facts would you select to show the presence of a forced march? (Write a response) – LEVEL 2•How does the artist’s use of dark clouds suggest a theme? (Group Share) – LEVEL 2•What would happen if person NUMBER 1 refused to continue? (Draw the next slide) – LEVEL 3•Create facial expressions with thought bubble for how person NUMBER 2 feels and thinks (Individual) – LEVEL 3

5.Primary Source Speed Dating

4.Caption Contest

3.#PSrcs in 140 chrs

The writers of The Daily Show managed to condense Abraham Lincoln’s ~271 word Gettysburg Address down to 140 characters as part of a segment called “America’s Tweetheart“, that mocks the news media’s fascination with a former presidential candidate’s tweets.

2.Primary Source

Drama

Who was the artist who painted the iconic image this group is bringing to life?

1.Exhibits &

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