https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l Ways to Actively Learn, Practice, Read, and Write in a History Classroom en-us 2021-11-17 04:44:31 UTC 2023-10-23 00:58:18 UTC hello@padlet.com flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896005159 After reading, students will be given a question prompt. To answer that question, they will make TEE. They answer with a Topic sentence (giving their position), support that sentence with textual Evidence (pull from the reading), then Explain why the evidence supports their position.]]> 2021-11-17 04:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896005159 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896007774 Students will write a short "highlight reel", like a recap of football game, of what they just read. They will need to be able to pick out the important bits and summarize the information. They will be asking: what is this about?]]> 2021-11-17 04:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896007774 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896018882 This is a game I have played with my students before. The premise goes off the joke or stereotype that "nerds" love correcting people. In a Jeopardy style gameshow, questions are written as statements, but they have a detail factually wrong with them. Students buzz in and answer what is factually incorrect by correcting it. Instead of saying "what is..." they will begin with "Um, actually..." followed by the correction. It forces students to pick out issues from statements and look for things that they do not believe to be true in their readings. They need to look for details.

For example: Question: In 1846, President Polk declared war on Mexico after Mexican forces fired on U.S. Captain Thornton's Patrol.

Answer: Um, actually President Polk did not declare war as he cannot declare war. Congress declares war, not the President.]]> 2021-11-17 05:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896018882 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896022982 While reading students identify the Five W's (Who, What, When, Where, Why) and How. In history, students need to take these all into account. There are biases in sources and who is writing it affects the message. This not only allows students to pick out the message, but understand why it is written that way and set them up to be able to make connections between period writing and historical events and times.]]> 2021-11-17 05:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896022982 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896032049 Roleplaying games (similar to Dungeons and Dragons [DnD]) have been used before to immerse students into history. They are not only fun, but open students up to experiencing other perspectives. Viewing history from the perspectives of others helps us empathize. Reacting to History has numerous books that can be used to organize these kinds of games. I have included the link to a preview to one about WWI which has students as monarchs, journalists, politicians, etc.
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469659862/europe-on-the-brink-1914/]]> 2021-11-17 05:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896032049 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896036338 When lecturing, students can be kept involved by asking them critical thinking questions. To help students view history as a process, where one thing leads to another, ask them what happens next. Students can try and predict how people react to events or how an event would cause a course to change or have impacts across the world. Understanding cause and effect relationships is necessary for understanding history. So, being able to infer, shows understanding of cause and effect relationships.]]> 2021-11-17 05:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896036338 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896041568 This strategy is, on the surface, a simple question. However, it requires students to empathize. One of the best ways to immerse students and have them understand the times is to put them in the shoes of people in history. How would you react? Is this fair to you? Do you understand why they think this way? All of this needs to be considered. It asks students to both put themselves in the times, but also infer how people react to history.]]> 2021-11-17 05:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896041568 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896047993 Students will be given time to practice a speech from history. They will then give that speech to the class. Students will then discuss how the people who heard it would feel, how they feel, and how it likely impacted those who heard it. Speeches were the ways for politicians tried to win over the people. We see what tactics they use and see how well they stick to those ideals.]]> 2021-11-17 05:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896047993 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896054402 The class will be organized as a courtroom. Students will prepare a case/argument. There will be a jury as well and the students predicting the case will try and persuade the jury of their argument. Examples may include: who is at fault for the WWI? Students will be accusing a country (Germany, Serbia, Russia, etc.) of starting the conflict or maybe accuse it of escalating it.
https://www.19thcircuitcourt.state.il.us/1610/Guide-to-Conducting-Mock-Trials]]> 2021-11-17 05:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896054402 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896057634 Students will be asked an question and then they will move to a corner that aligns with their beliefs. Students from every corner will need to support why they think that way.]]> 2021-11-17 05:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1896057634 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1897798782 Kahoot is an online game that allows students to answer questions individually. There scores are also placed on the board so fuels competition. It only shows the student when they get a question incorrect, so no one is shamed for missing anything. There are premade Kahoots for a variety of topics, but you can make your own.]]> 2021-11-17 19:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1897798782 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1897802944 Students summarize events and their possible impacts by writing a newspaper article. They try to write in a way that is objective, free of "loaded language". This exercise helps students summarize history and include the "highlights" while being creative.]]> 2021-11-17 19:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1897802944 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1897805280 Students write from the perspective of someone experiencing history. Writing this way asks them to empathize with people in the times and understand how people from various backgrounds would react to history.]]> 2021-11-17 19:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1897805280 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1897808212 This is a reading strategy that has students read the source with questions for the author in mind, like "why did you write this?" "What did you want to say?" "Who was this intended for?"]]> 2021-11-17 19:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1897808212 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1897816267 This is a reading strategy that emphasizes connecting to prior knowledge, perfect for history. Students read, analyzying what the purpose of the writing was, what important ideas are conveyed, and then they connect it to what they know about history. What does this prove? What is the and effect of? What effects did it later cause?]]> 2021-11-17 19:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1897816267 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898664118 AIDE guides are guides for students to analyze images, something done often in history. The image may be a photograph, a propaganda poster, political cartoon, etc. The AIDE guide gives students a template for understanding images and getting them to "think like a historian". Students look at the ACTION of the image. Think on the main IDEA. Look for DETAILS to clue us in on the message and what it tells us, and create a final EXPLANATION of the image.]]> 2021-11-18 04:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898664118 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898666640 Students are organized into small groups to read over passages, interpret images, or other sources. They will read it and analyze it together coming to their own conclusions. After a time, circles are asked to intermingle and provide incites that each "circle" may not have thought of.]]> 2021-11-18 04:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898666640 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898670440 Students may do this exercise in a small group, pair, or individually before sharing with a class. The student will be asked to pick a specific quote from a reading that they complete that is "most important". What is most important is, typically, subjective, so will create for interesting discussion when students share the "most important quote" and explain why it sums up the source the best.]]> 2021-11-18 04:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898670440 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898675372 Students will be asked to write to an official, depending on the class and topic the official will differ (president for US history, the Kaiser, emperor, king or queen for world history). The report will be to brief the official on a situation. The situation will be about topics read about or talked about in class. Students will need to summarize events and present them in an official capacity. The report should also contain advice on how the official should proceed, asking the student understand the impacts that the events have.]]> 2021-11-18 04:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898675372 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898699244 This activity would be used to help associate figures with their contribution to history and help them understand what they did. Students create playlists that fit with historical figures.
For example:
Explorer Marco Polo: "Come Sail Away" by Styx, "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", by U2. 

Vladimir Lenin: "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M., "Revolution", by The Score]]> 2021-11-18 04:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898699244 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898702592 Batter Up! This game sees the class divided into teams. Students answer questions to get on base. If they get the question incorrect, they are out. Harder questions can be answered to go for a double. Questions like vocabulary words will only be a single.]]> 2021-11-18 05:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1898702592 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900183696 Students are given a term, either an event or person and have to draw on the board clues to help the class guess what or who it is. Once they guess who it is, they have to give the historical significance of that event or person.]]> 2021-11-18 17:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900183696 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900191598 Students will be broken into groups and given an event to research. They will design a script and have to reenact the event for the class. Each group will present their reenactment as a way to teach their classmates how history went down.]]> 2021-11-18 17:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900191598 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900390460 Students may listen to music from the time period. They will be immersed into the Zeitgeist and be asked to infer what the period was like based on the music. They may be asked to write their inferences or discuss in class or a group.]]> 2021-11-18 19:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900390460 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900404756 In this game, students try and make connections between events, art, people, anything from the times. They will be given a card with a name or event on it. Someone will start by saying what is on their card and explain what it was. When a student finds a connection to what is on their card, they will say "Connection" and explain how it is connected. Other students will look to see how theirs are connected. This will bounce around the room as we connect everyone's historical figure or event.]]> 2021-11-18 19:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900404756 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900412891 Just like the app game, students will be paired up or put in small groups with cards of historical events or figures. Someone will have a card on their head and the other students try to give clues on how to guess the event or figure. There will be a pile of cards for the students to use and we will rotate around the group so everyone has a chance to guess and give hints. It can be made a competition by adding a timer and seeing how many the group can go through in a certain amount of time.]]> 2021-11-18 19:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900412891 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900420837 This can either be as a short discussion or a writing assignment. This is much like the "What if" series. If a certain event went differently or did not happen, how would history change? What if the Texas Revolution failed? What if the printing press had not been invented? Being able to see how history could change means students need to understand how the events that DID happen affected history and so how their absence would have an impact on the course of history.]]> 2021-11-18 19:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900420837 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900426472 Movement can help students keep their attention focused on the class. They cannot do the same thing for too long. Learning stations can have students acquire information through diverse means and keep their attention on task (even though the task will change). They may have a station for interpreting maps, one for discussing a memoir quote, one where a film clip is watched. Activities will be diverse and require students to be active.]]> 2021-11-18 19:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900426472 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900430531 Much like learning stations, students will be on the move. At each point they will receive an article, a question, or historical source and clues to take them to the next point. ]]> 2021-11-18 19:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1900430531 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1901096340 In this strategy, students will create their own political cartoons. A lot of historical sources we will analyze are political cartoons. Political cartoonists have to convey a lot of wording into a single image. Students will have to find a way to summarize creatively, while being limited to a single image.]]> 2021-11-19 02:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1901096340 flatbread00 https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1901102589 Students will create a comic strip of historical events. History can seem complicated, so it can be beneficial to put it into simpler terms. Also associating humor with history can make it easier to remember and more exciting to learn.]]> 2021-11-19 02:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/flatbread00/obs1xv98e9ni5e3l/wish/1901102589