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History Seminar
Please see attached Skill/Curriculum Outline:
Click here for the History Seminar Preview Video:
Class Description:
History Seminar is designed as an intensive research, writing, presentation, and project-based class that will introduce students to the practice of conducting research in history, orienting their research into written work, and orally presenting that same research to an audience. In addition, students will have the opportunity to critique other students’ work while also receiving feedback from the teacher. Ultimately, the class will guide students through the various steps of research such as picking a topic, creating a thesis, using primary and secondary sources, writing drafts, self-critique and critiquing others, revising, historiography, interpreting data, creating data graphs, and working closely with the teacher at every step. In sum, our class will be a quasi-hybrid of social studies and technology.
Goals and Objectives:
In general, the objective is for students to learn and think historically as they develop a critical approach to looking at the past. This involves critical thinking, writing, and communication skills that provide and support a broader perspective on local, national, and international issues. In the process, students will also develop a broader cultural understanding of their own historic interests. Through the research, writing, and presentation process-students will demonstrate their in-depth knowledge of their concentrated historic topics. They will practice effectively communicating their research in written and oral form. Last, they will learn to meet deadlines and work with peers on constructive feedback.Skills:
- Read effectively, finding the main ideas in a text (or movie,etc.)
- Read critically, assessing whether those ideas are supported by evidence and placing a source in context with other sources and other knowledge
- Think critically, chronologically, use historic significance, apply causation, and use perspective-taking.
- Understand the difference between primary and secondary sources, realizing the importance and role of each and author’s purpose. Also, learn the differences between facts and opinions.
- Apply the principles of historiography to a source, locating the speaker and audience in social structure and time, and assessing the impact of that time and location upon the questions raised and the answers supplied
- Write a coherent essay, creating an effective introduction, organizing a “storyline”, creating a thesis, justifying assertions with evidence, coming to a conclusion, and referencing sources correctly.
- Write effectively in other formats, such as drafting a letter to the public, composing poll/survey data, writing a newspaper article, or creating a website.
- Speak effectively, perhaps including debate or mock-court formats
- Understand, critique, and create tables of data.
- Create “Do History” projects such as videos, infographics, and even vodcasts.
- Learn research skills by analyzing primary and secondary sources, while determining what are credible and reliable sources. Also, formulate questions about the past/present, locate credible/reliable sources, detect bias/censorship, take and organize information, and accurately cite sources.
*Much of the list is taken from James Loewen’s “Teaching What Really Happened”, p33
Helpful Resources:
- https://www.oah.org/
- https://www.socialstudies.org/
- https://www.historians.org/
- http://historicalthinking.ca/historical-thinking-concepts
- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
- https://www.loc.gov/programs/teachers/about-this-program/
- https://www.archives.gov/
- https://www.etymonline.com/
- https://www.procon.org/
- https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/chicago_manual_of_style_17th_edition.html
- https://www.citefast.com/?s=APA
Online Project Software/Resources:
- Word Documents - docs.google.com
- Powerpoints - presentation.google.com
- Website Builder - sites.google.com
- Surveys/Forms - forms.google.com
- Screen Recorder - screencastify.com
- Screen Recorder - screencast-o-matic.com
- Video Creator - spark.adobe.com/sp/
- Teleprompter - https://cueprompter.com/
- Video Footage - https://archive.org/details/movies
- Stock Video Footage - https://www.videvo.net/free-stock-footage/
- Presentations - https://prezi.com/
- Infographics & more - https://www.canva.com/
- Infographics & more - https://piktochart.com/
- Poster Creator - https://www.postermywall.com/
- Book builder - http://bookbuilder.cast.org/
- Timeline Creator - https://www.tiki-toki.com/
History Seminar Portfolios:
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/nathan-longs-portfolio?pli=1&authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/view/micaelahistory/home?authuser=0
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/kolinredd/home?pli=1&authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/kamatohistory/home?authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/view/cassiedrumheiser/home?authuser=0
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/antoinesportfolio/home
- https://sites.google.com/view/mckeenportfolioco/home?authuser=2
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/sarah-vazquez/home?authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/benjamincohoon/home?authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/owen-amatos-history-portfolio/home?pli=1&authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/martman/home?authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/aydenmikulakportfolio/home?pli=1&authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/grybos-2nd-period/home?authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/beavernews/home
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/dewitt-history-portfolio/home?pli=1&authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/view/christianw/home?authuser=0
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/history-portfolio/home?authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/history-seminar/home?authuser=0
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/history-seminar-airiana-s/home?authuser=0
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/adell-munson/home?authuser=0
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/your-mom/home?authuser=1
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/grybos-fan-club/home?authuser=1&pli=1
- https://sites.google.com/indians.k12.pa.us/sammysportfolio/home?authuser=1
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