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Most Students Think History Is Boring. Here's How We Change That.

ED Surge

government. I often weave these historical narratives into content through primary sources. I love using primary sources and personal narratives to make history more relevant for my students, but that takes second place to tangible pieces of history like my family artifacts, such as my great-grandfather's World War I uniform.

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Striking the right chord: How does it feel to write your first inquiry?

C3 Teachers

government abroad, while people living in the U.S. What do artifacts tell us about immigrant experience? When I ran into this unexpected barrier, I decided to work backwards; I was going to let the sources guide me instead of the supporting questions determining my research. were using music as a form of protest.

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Striking the right chord: How does it feel to write your first inquiry?

C3 Teachers

government abroad, while people living in the U.S. What do artifacts tell us about immigrant experience? When I ran into this unexpected barrier, I decided to work backwards; I was going to let the sources guide me instead of the supporting questions determining my research. were using music as a form of protest.

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4QM & Civics: Question Two Helps Civic Discourse

4QM Teaching

When we do a full Question Two inquiry lab in the classroom we usually work from primary source documents, especially in the upper grades. But we can also interpret artifacts, images, or patterns of behavior, which is more typical in the lower grades. Whatever the source, the 4QM interpretation process has three steps.

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