Contrast multiple perspectives of historical events or time periods through the use of primary sources.
Reflect on how one's own understanding and perception of a historical event or time period has changed by examining multiple perspectives.
Big Ideas: Historical Context Perspective on Events
Ask Essential Questions: How has social disagreement and collaboration been beneficial to American society? What role do multiple causations play in describing a historic event?
Research: Students must go to research library websites for major universities and historical societies located near where the event took place.
Introduce key words or key ideas before reading. Have students focus on these terms when reading a section.
Have students skim a passage to locate specific words or ideas.
Guide students to use context clues when defining unfamiliar terms or phrases.
Promote Students' Inquiry: Inquiry into primary sources encourages students to wrestle with contradictions and compare multiple sources that represent differing points of view, confronting the complexity of the past.
