Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Historical Method
The historical thinking method that I think would be one of the more practical to implement at the 5th grade level given the time constraints that I am faced with would be Seeing the Larger View of History. I think that when the emphasis of history instruction is on disconnected events and dates, students do not get the relevance of why they need to learn about history. Eventhough our textbooks don't really do a good job of helping students see the larger view of history, it would be possible to use the textbooks we have and emphasize the big picture rather than the details. As for establishing time, scope, and sequence in which the events of an era take place, this could be done with a large classroom timeline, and important events could be placed on the line as covered. It would also be interesting to have a parallel timeline and place important events in world history on that timeline.
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Karen, I love your idea of having a class timeline containing different events that we have covered in class. What a great reference for students to use throughout the year, especially as new content is being presented. Perhaps to help them make connections to the past, students could put some of their own family history on the timeline such as when their family came to the United States or California.
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