Today we continued with our lesson yesterday about why we study history and prepped to start practicing historical thinking.
We first began by sharing stories that we wrote on our "Snapshot Autobiography" pamphlets. After students shared, we had a group discussion that students took notes on for their participation points today. In the group discussion we asked these questions about our pamphlets:
1. Why did you (students) choose certain events to write about and not others? What made some events more important/memorable than others?
2. Was it difficult to remember? Why or why not? Do you think you got all the details included in your story? How come?
3. What types of evidence would be necessary to prove your event actually happened?
4. What happened when you asked someone about the event? Did they agree with your version? Did they remember something different?
5. How does this activity relate to history? How does understanding this activity help you study history?
HW:
1. Read pages that you picked up on the front table about "Reading Like a Historian". You only have to read these pages. Do not answer the questions yet.
2. Get Disclosure Document signed if you haven't already
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
Monday, August 26
Welcome back everyone! I hope that you all enjoyed your weekend and are feeling refreshed. :)
Today we focused on discovering why history is important to study, explored the nature of history, and prepared to practice historical thinking.
We first began with a quiz that related to our discussion on the "Lunchroom Fight" Activity from Friday.
We then looked at different viewpoints of stories and how they get passed down by writing and sharing the stories from when we were born. Students then used their stories as one of their portions in their "Snapshot Autobiography" Pamphlets that they started to work on in class.
HW:
1. Finish pamphlet that you started in class
2. Interview someone else about one of your 3 events (not your birth story) and fill out the interview sheet.
3. Disclosure Document signature
Today we focused on discovering why history is important to study, explored the nature of history, and prepared to practice historical thinking.
We first began with a quiz that related to our discussion on the "Lunchroom Fight" Activity from Friday.
We then looked at different viewpoints of stories and how they get passed down by writing and sharing the stories from when we were born. Students then used their stories as one of their portions in their "Snapshot Autobiography" Pamphlets that they started to work on in class.
HW:
1. Finish pamphlet that you started in class
2. Interview someone else about one of your 3 events (not your birth story) and fill out the interview sheet.
3. Disclosure Document signature
Friday, August 23
Today we studied biases and how they affect history.
We started with a Quiz over information that was given in the disclosure document on Thursday about the policies and procedures for this class.
We also talked more about the current event assignment and what I am looking for. We discussed how the evidences section is like finding specific details from the article that help give more information and adds to the summary. We also discussed how an analysis relates to our thoughts/opinions regarding the articles and how we need to explain why and justify those in an analysis.
Our main activity for the day was our "Lunchroom Fight" activity. Various students volunteered to be a character in our scenario in which we listened to many stories and accounts of one lunchroom fight and discussed how stories can differ from each other in history.
Homework:
1. Finish Lunchroom Fight worksheet from class
2. Get Disclosure Document signed
We started with a Quiz over information that was given in the disclosure document on Thursday about the policies and procedures for this class.
We also talked more about the current event assignment and what I am looking for. We discussed how the evidences section is like finding specific details from the article that help give more information and adds to the summary. We also discussed how an analysis relates to our thoughts/opinions regarding the articles and how we need to explain why and justify those in an analysis.
Our main activity for the day was our "Lunchroom Fight" activity. Various students volunteered to be a character in our scenario in which we listened to many stories and accounts of one lunchroom fight and discussed how stories can differ from each other in history.
Homework:
1. Finish Lunchroom Fight worksheet from class
2. Get Disclosure Document signed
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Day One!
Hello students (and perhaps some parents who are logging on),
Today could be summed up as "Welcome Day". First, all students filled out a "get to know you" sheet which is mostly for my benefit since I have 194 students' names to learn in the next couple days! Wish me luck!
I then introduced myself. We did this by becoming detectives and using clues, much like a historian does, to answer the "get to know you" questions about Mrs. Shepherd. Remember what you did that helped you be successful as well as the things that you did that maybe were not so helpful. You will be using these detective-like techniques throughout the year!
This is when we had to get down to the less fun stuff. We went over the disclosure document and discussed the different procedures and policies that I have for my classroom. Remember, the last page of this document must be signed by both the you (the student) as well as your parent or guardian and returned to me by Friday, August 30th!
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1. Read the Disclosure Document
2. Sign the disclosure document and have your parent/guardian sign it as well. These are not due until Friday, August 30th but it will be easier to get it done now rather than later :)
3. Current Event
Today could be summed up as "Welcome Day". First, all students filled out a "get to know you" sheet which is mostly for my benefit since I have 194 students' names to learn in the next couple days! Wish me luck!
I then introduced myself. We did this by becoming detectives and using clues, much like a historian does, to answer the "get to know you" questions about Mrs. Shepherd. Remember what you did that helped you be successful as well as the things that you did that maybe were not so helpful. You will be using these detective-like techniques throughout the year!
This is when we had to get down to the less fun stuff. We went over the disclosure document and discussed the different procedures and policies that I have for my classroom. Remember, the last page of this document must be signed by both the you (the student) as well as your parent or guardian and returned to me by Friday, August 30th!
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1. Read the Disclosure Document
2. Sign the disclosure document and have your parent/guardian sign it as well. These are not due until Friday, August 30th but it will be easier to get it done now rather than later :)
3. Current Event
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Welcome to Room 83!
Welcome students to Mrs. Shepherd's Utah Studies class. I am very excited for this upcoming year and hope that you feel the same way. I absolutely love history, especially American history, and am hoping that you will all learn to love the subject as well.
The purpose of this blog is for it to be a resource for all of you. I will post on here assignments and their due dates as well as what we did in class each day. If you ever forget a homework assignment, you can always find it here. Other important papers that I have passed out to you can also be found here if you ever were to lose them. (Which of course will never be the case because you will keep them in your Utah Studies binder or folder.)
If you ever have any questions or concerns with anything throughout the year I hope that you will feel comfortable to come and talk with me about it. If I don't know the problem, then it is very hard for me to try and help.
Let's have a great year!
Mrs. Shepherd
The purpose of this blog is for it to be a resource for all of you. I will post on here assignments and their due dates as well as what we did in class each day. If you ever forget a homework assignment, you can always find it here. Other important papers that I have passed out to you can also be found here if you ever were to lose them. (Which of course will never be the case because you will keep them in your Utah Studies binder or folder.)
If you ever have any questions or concerns with anything throughout the year I hope that you will feel comfortable to come and talk with me about it. If I don't know the problem, then it is very hard for me to try and help.
Let's have a great year!
Mrs. Shepherd
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