got history? effective practices
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Got History? Effective Practices. A Workshop for teachers in grades 2-8. Purpose. Engage in effective history teaching strategies using Civil Rights as a model unit A ffirm B elieve C reate D iscover E xplore F un. Session Outcomes. Explore Discuss Analyze - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Got History? Effective Practices
A Workshop for teachers in grades 2-8
Kevin Simpson, 2007
Purpose
• Engage in effective history teaching strategies using Civil Rights as a model unit
• Affirm Believe
Create Discover Explore
Fun
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Session Outcomes
• Explore• Discuss• Analyze
effective history practices
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Warm Up Activity
On a note card, record your most memorable event in history?
Share at your tables and introduce yourself.
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Relevant Research
http://www.nche.net/docs/BAHC.pdf
Used with permission
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The Bradley Commission on History in Schools, 1987-88
The first national group created to focus on concerns in the teaching of history in classrooms.
Two main goals: explore K-12 history teaching and make recommendations to all stakeholders.
(Retrieved November 13, 2006 from http://www.nche.net/docs/BAHC.pdf)
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Research and experts in the field say history education should…
• demonstrate the interdependence of history and the social sciences, by teaching the concepts of the latter in dramatic historical context.
• offer many chances for active learning, inquiry and the development of critical, historical habits of the mind.
• be taught by a wide diversity of pedagogical methods, of the teacher's own choice and design.
(Retrieved September 5, 2005 from http://www.nche.net/docs/about.html)
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Historytelling: Who am I?
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Thurgood Marshall
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Why Storytelling?
• Gaining Verbal Skills• Imagination• Passing on Wisdom
(Retrieved September 18, 2005 from http://www.storyarts.org/classroom/index.html)
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Socratic Seminar
“In a Socratic Seminar, participants seek deeper understanding of complex ideas in the text through rigorously thoughtful dialogue, rather than by memorizing bits of information.”
(as cited by Murphy, Jeanne. “Professional Development: Socratic Seminars.” Retrieved September 4, 2005 from http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/wjhs/depts/socialst/ams/Skill)
• Getting started• A seminar of our own
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(Retrieved September 24, 2006 from http://www.howardcc.edu/diversity/images/bvboe.jpg)
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Benefits of Socratic Seminar
• Enhances students’ knowledge and research base• Creates a community of inquiry• Develops strategies for critical thinking• Quality time to engage in in-depth discussions
(Retrieved September 18, 2005 from http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/SocraticSeminars/
faqsabout.htm)
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Civil Rights Fact
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal.
August 10, 1965
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Photo Reenactment Reenact a historic photo from the Civil Rights Era
“The chance to learn from primary sources catches students’ interest, they
experience the excitement of participating in detective
work, and they discover that they already have the
skills and knowledge to learn from these items.”
(Retrieved October 1, 2006 http://www.indiana.edu/~mathers/edu/top2_text.pdf)
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Visual aids have been found to improve learning by up to 400%
The Power of Using Visual Aids
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With out With
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(Retrieved September 24, 2006 from http://www.howardcc.edu/diversity/images/bvboe.jpg)
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Teacher Share Give one, Take three
• Record the idea you brought to this session on how you make history come alive for your students.
• Share your idea and record three ideas from colleagues.
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Civil Rights Fact
Supreme Court prohibits segregation of recreation facilities like playgrounds.
1955
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What makes history hard for students?
VocabularyMaking Connections and Word Sorts
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“The single most important factor in reading comprehension is vocabulary
meaning.”Davis, F.B. 1968. (as cited in Turner, Thomas N. 1999. Essentials of elementary social studies.
Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 81.
“Vocabulary is also very important to reading comprehension. Readers cannot understand what they are
reading without knowing what most of the words mean.”
(Retrieved September 20, 2005 from www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/explore/vocabulary.htm)
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Civil RightsMaking Connections
integration segregation
protest
busing schools
Supreme Court
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Word SortsBrown v. Board
of Educationintegration schools
busing Supreme Court protest
Thurgood Marshall
NAACP Massive Resistance
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Personal Data – Woodlawn ESGrade 4
Virginia History Assessment Data2002-2003 Academic Year
• 55 students tested• 3 (or 5.5 %) students
passed advanced• 21 (or 38.2%) students
passed proficient• 31 (or 56.4%) students
failed
2003-2004 Academic Year
• 55 students tested• 31 (or 56.4 %) students
passed advanced• 20 (or 36.4%) students
passed proficient• 4 (or 7.3%) students
failed
What happened?
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Personal Data – Woodlawn ESGrade 4 Virginia
History Assessment DataDuring year two teachers met each month for sustained, ongoing professional development inhistory with curriculum expert.
In addition to analyzing the previous year’s data andmodel lessons the following practices were explored: Storytelling Using
images
Teaching vocabulary
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Civil Rights Fact
U.S. Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination in public places, schools, lodging, federal programs and employment.
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Mind Map
“Mind maps were developed …. as a way of helping students make notes that used only key words and images. Mind maps ….are much quicker to make, and because of their visual quality much easier to remember and review.”(Retrieved September 4, 2005 from http:petersussell.com/mindmaps/mindmap.html)
• Student examples
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Table Talk
At your table discuss the information presented. Use the starters below….
– I’ll try....– I think....– I wonder....– In my classroom....– My colleagues….
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“History is the memory of things said and done.”
(as cited by Szasz, Ferenc. Quotes About History. Retrieved April 4, 2005 from
http://hnn.us/articles/1328.html)
• Questions• Comments• Reflections
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Kevin SimpsonFairfax County Public Schools