Near the end of class yesterday, students wrote down as many events, developments, and people as they could remember from Texas History. Today students:
Juxtaposed their lists:
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- Compared & contrasted
- Hypothesized as to why they each included the Alamo
- Identified categories of events and people found in the various lists
- Related their lists to their areas of historical interest as indicated on Day 1 of class
- Classified each item in their list according to SMERFCAPS (social history, military history, economic history, etc.)
Chronology Challenge
They then cut their lists into strips, mixed them up and, working collaboratively, put them in chronological order. The students worked well as a team, with one or two doing online research, using books, etc., while others also did online research and put the slips in order. Students did the activity themselves, with almost no assistance from the teacher (apart from a few procedural suggestions, mostly treated as optional). Here's what they came up with.
Perhaps it shouldn't have, but the chronology kind of reminded me of this and this (kind of thing).
Time was attenuated, as this was a chapel/Eucharist day. Students continued to discuss the activity as class ended and had good ideas for developing it further.
No Assignments Due Tomorrow
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