How I Teach: History
1️⃣ With Variety
We use a plethora of resources upon a wide spectrum of type, function, and form.
2️⃣ In Streams
Streams allow for history to unfold slowly over time, several times throughout a child’s time in school.
Our Streams Are:
1. World
2. American
3. Supplemental (this is always fun and usually topical)
3️⃣ With Integrity
We are courageous enough to look at people honestly and we seek to hear from the voices that have previously been silenced.
We’re willing to reckon with what is difficult, we desire to be challenged, and we’re permitted to feel disgusted and outraged and brokenhearted and to sometimes feel a bunch of things at once.
We value nuance and perspective.
4️⃣ Not Dependent Upon Spines
I am consistently searching for good resources, but I also consider many factors at once.
Sometimes what a resource has to offer is worth its other imperfections, but I am not dependent solely upon the material within it to fashion our historical experience.
We combine many resources, we discuss where resources are falling short or have gone wrong, we search for answers where resources have provoked questions, and we act as HISTORIANS not just readers of a particular book.
Here’s What History Looks Like This Year:
(9th & 5th)
⏳ Stream 1: World
We’re at the beginning of my 9th grader’s last full history cycle, so that means we’re in Ancient Civilizations and Egypt this year.
We’re using a combination of spines along with a PLETHORA of readers gathered from multiple sources.
⏳ Stream 2: American
This year we’re using the free Reading Like an Historian Curriculum from Stanford, so rather than a full study of early American History we’re focused on the skills of reading and comparing sources, etc.
⏳ Stream 3: Supplemental
This year’s “Fun” stream is a Science/History mashup as we study Nutritional Science and Culinary History.
Each is done 1x per week with an extra lesson for extra activities from any stream.
Corresponding Mapping is done during our Mapping Lesson (refer to my Geography post for more)
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