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The Power of Claim-Evidence-Question

Catlin Tucker

This phase underscores the significance of critical evaluation, research skills, and reasoning. Artistic Interpretation: Students make claims about the meaning of a piece of artwork, provide evidence drawing from the visual elements and techniques, and ask questions about artistic techniques and/or cultural context.

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Genealogy course takes high schoolers deep into their family histories

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Reagan said she has done long-term projects before, but never something so important to her personally and never as the centerpiece of an entire class. “It Especially where our school is not culturally diverse, within our genealogies, we are,” Brunelle said. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

History 137
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Defending the liberal arts: How my students took the higher-learning plunge, from the banks of the St. Lawrence

The Hechinger Report

Reading, writing assignments, presentations and discussions covered history, cultural difference, environmental manipulation and what was technically possible. My students were starting to figure things out, using their critical thinking skills. Related: College completion failures must be tackled in tandem with costs, report says.