Question stems and prompts you can use to draw out the historical …
Question stems and prompts you can use to draw out the historical thinker in all your students To begin a unit or lesson focused on cause and consequence: • What were the short- and long-term causes of X (an historical event)? • What were the consequences of X (an historical event)? • Was it really X (a person) who gave birth to Y (a development)? • What kind of a difference did X make to Y (a community)? • What lay behind X (an historical event)? • How did X (a cause or an historical event) make a difference? • Was X a success? In what ways? • Whose lives changed because of X (an historical event)? ...
Question stems and prompts you can use to draw out the historical …
Question stems and prompts you can use to draw out the historical thinker in all your students To consider the perspectives of people in their historical context: • If this action doesn’t seem to make sense, isn’t what you might expect, or is surprising, why did X (a person) take this course of action? • If this action appears to have been the best response, why did X (a person) not take this course of action? • What did X (a group or individual) feel was most important in their life at this particular time? ...
Question stems and prompts you can use to draw out the historical …
Question stems and prompts you can use to draw out the historical thinker in all your students To think about ethical positions in a textbook: • How do textbooks convey ethical positions? • Whose ethical positions do they represent? • What ethical positions does our textbook take? • What evidence do you see of these positions? (e.g., particular words or phrases) • Which ethical positions in this textbook do you agree with (if any); which do you disagree with (if any)? • How can it be useful to be aware of the ethical dimension in a textbook? ...
Sun West Character High School 10-12 Guidebook - please use the table …
Sun West Character High School 10-12 Guidebook - please use the table of contents to navigate this guidebook. Also, we invite you to share resources you think would be suitable for this guidebook with any of the author's of this guidebook.
Sun West Character Middle Years Grade 6-9 Guidebook - please use the …
Sun West Character Middle Years Grade 6-9 Guidebook - please use the table of contents to navigate this guidebook. Also, we invite you to share resources you think would be suitable for this guidebook with any of the author's of this guidebook.
Sun West Character Elementary K-5 Guidebook - please use the table of …
Sun West Character Elementary K-5 Guidebook - please use the table of contents to navigate this guidebook. Also, we invite you to share resources you think would be suitable for this guidebook with any of the author's of this guidebook.
Nature has the power to make children healthier, happier and smarter. But …
Nature has the power to make children healthier, happier and smarter. But over the last few generations, childhood has moved indoors, leaving kids disconnected from the natural world. This worldwide trend has profound implications for children’s healthy development—and the future of our planet.
The authors of this unit define the characteristics of "civilization" and present …
The authors of this unit define the characteristics of "civilization" and present Chinese culture and history in light of these characteristics. The original eight-week unit is available in the Primary Source library; four lessons are presented here: an introduction to the elements of civilization, Chinese dynasties, Chinese philosophy and the importance of silk to China's economic history.
A Curriculum Unit Developed to Support the Grade 4 Gifted and Talented …
A Curriculum Unit Developed to Support the Grade 4 Gifted and Talented Program. This web unit includes several lessons, classroom activities, a slide show, as well as web and bibliographic links. It uses the motif of the dragon in Chinese folklore to discuss aspects of Chinese literature, mythology and political history. This unit was designed by a librarian to be used by classroom teachers in cooperation with library-media specialists.
This unit of social history examines Traditional Chinese Family Values, Revolutionary Chinese …
This unit of social history examines Traditional Chinese Family Values, Revolutionary Chinese Family Values (1950-1980) and Modern Chinese Family Values (1980-present).Length: The entire unit can fill seven weeks (35 days) if every activity is completed, but teachers can easily omit or add activities.Target grades: 11th /12th (many activities appropriate for 9th/10th grades)Teaching activities utilize Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory (linguistic, logical, spatial, kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal).Topics: Confucianism, Cultural Revolution, Tian'anmen Square Demonstrations, one-child policy, economic reforms
Choice boards are a great way to provide voice and choice to …
Choice boards are a great way to provide voice and choice to your students in their PeBL learning journey. Please see the PowerPoint presentation attached for more information.
Choice boards are a great way to provide voice and choice to …
Choice boards are a great way to provide voice and choice to your students in their PeBL learning journey. Please see the PowerPoint presentation attached for more information.
The Circle of Courage is a program based on the Medicine Wheel …
The Circle of Courage is a program based on the Medicine Wheel that integrates traditional Aboriginal ways of knowing, community values, and development. It teaches the importance of four needs for healthy growth and development: Spirit of belonging, Spirit of Mastery, Spirit of Independence and Spirit of Generosity. One example can be found at the government of Manitoba's site.
Spend sometime exploring the basic foundations of parent engagment and then learn about …
Spend sometime exploring the basic foundations of parent engagment and then learn about a variety of classroom strategies you can use to engage parents in student learning.
Suney Park wants her students to know that what they learn in …
Suney Park wants her students to know that what they learn in class is relevant to their lives and the world. In this introduction, she shows us how her students come up with a plan to recreate the Earth and its atmosphere and test their own hypotheses about rising CO2 levels.
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