"Here's the lesson plan. It could take anywhere from 4 days to two weeks depending on how in-depth you want to go with the cases.Koester-FirstAmendment.doc"
"These two articles were great. They made me stop and think about how I viewed “historical thinking’ and if that was what I was actually teaching. I loved the article What Does it mean to Think Historically? by Andrews and Burke. The break down of…"
"My purpose for taking this class was to explore new ways of incorporating primary sources into the curriculum. I feel it is important for students to analyze, evaluate, and interpret history through documents created by the people who actually lived…"
"Have you integrated Inquiry Method into your teaching? Yes, but not as much as I’d like to. With the level I teach, inquiry takes a good deal of front loading and I found the Stripling Model a bit cumbersome. I also struggle with finding usable…"
"Hello,
my name is Sara Koester and I teach 8th grade at Wendler Middle School. Teaching the Constitution is one of my favorite units of the year and with this being a presidential election year, I wanted to find new ways of looking at and teaching…"
"Hello,
My name is Sara Koester and I teach 8th grade at Wendler Middle School. We focus on early American history from contact to the events leading to the Civil War... along with Government/ Civics and Constitution. I like using primary sources,…"
This is actually quite good. I still have problems with the word "know" as it is essentially impossible to define what "know" means. You could ask 7 different experts and get7 different responses to what students who "know" would do to…"
I reworked some of the lessons. My lesson plans tend to be on the basic open ended side as I tend to grow on the move. I'm still struggling with "did I hit the goal I was aiming at". Any suggestions would be…
I think part of the trick is to consider that essential question have to be both debatable--they are questions for which they may not be a CORRECT single answer AND they have to cut across time and place AND they should be engaging for…"
"The theme of Human - Enviro interaction is what we call a "big idea" theme that we look at all year. It ties in so well with the overall curr. of 8th grade."
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