One of my sources for great history links, and other subjects as well, is
Clickschooling! This
fabulous website came through today as Thursdays are Social Science day at Clickschooling. I wish Blogger would let me do an actual trackback; however, I will settle for a link - be sure to check out Clickschooling if you haven't done so before!
The Historical Scene Investigation project was designed to help teachers bring
primary sources into the classroom. Many primary sources are being uploaded to the internet and are becoming freely available. Studying history with access to primary sources makes for an interactive critical thinking exercise that goes far beyond reading small regurgitated bits of history in a textbook.
The HSI model consists of
four steps:
- Becoming a Detective
- Investigating the Evidence
- Searching for Clues
- Cracking the Case
Currently there are
13 cases on file. Each case has a Student View and a Teacher View. The Student View follows the four steps above and includes the primary sources. The Teacher View includes an expanded form of the four steps plus lesson plans and information about standards. Although it is set up for classroom, homeschool teachers can make good use of the information and the sources to take it as far as they want to go with their children.
4 comments:
For anyone studying WWII, I wanted to share this link for primary source reference material from the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ussr/6722.shtml
Truly fascinating. We especially liked the audio of two surviving fragments from the BBC's 1943 program, “In Honour of Russia.” One describes life in Moscow during WWII and the other describes the hospitals set up near the Soviet/German front. The innovation and valiant efforts of the Russian civilians and medical personnal was admirable as they fought off the German invasion. The site contains many primary sources, including Nazi propaganda.
I am absolutely in awe of your blog. I love it and plan to visit it daily with my 9 year old. Thanks so much for sharing.
Bonnie, as always your contributions are interesting and relevant.
Kenya, thank you so much for your compliment, it hit on one of those days I needed to be reminded that every little thing does count. My youngest is nearly 9, such a fun age!
From a reader:
I am currently a senior in a teacher education program. I just wanted to say how much I love the H.S.I. I hope to use these during my student teaching and hopefully find time to create some on my own.
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