- On your blogs, write a post that responds to the article that you read for today. Work to integrate specifics from the article into your post. Consider the following guiding questions in your post:
- What was your reaction to the article? How much of this information did you know before? What surprised you?
- What does Zinn suggest about what it means to be an American? About how history is traditionally taught? About whose history is valued and why? Do you agree with him? Disagree? Both?
- If you could write to him (he passed away four years ago), what would you say?
- How does this correspond to what you’ve been reading so far in class during this unit?
- Then read this article. Continue your post-What is your opinion about what Seattle has decided to do?
- When finished with your post, click on the blog that is listed below yours in the blog list on the right. Read what they wrote in their post and then write a comment to the post that responds to what they wrote.
2) Prepping for the Preamble Essay and using "entry level sources" (30-40 minutes).
- The purpose of entry level resources is to give you a deeper foundation in the topic. Think of this as one step beyond the textbook, a jumping off point for research. When using entry level sources, you should cite specific information, but should rarely need to use quotations from it. The entry level sources we will be using are found in the subscription databases on the DHS library website. You should be familiar with these databases from prior social studies classes.
- The subscription databases that contain good entry level sources to use are the ABC-CLIO American History Database, the GALE Virtual Reference Library, Salem History, and for biographical information-American National Biography.
- Choose an term from the list on the bottom of your assignment sheet (preferably one that you already have some knowledge about/that you have begun to think about connecting to the Preamble) and do a search for that term in one of the databases listed above.
- Identify a REFERENCE article (not a primary source, image, etc) that resulted from your search.
- Read the article and take notes using this FORM
- Select a different database and repeat the process for a different term or example.
3) Clarifications and Updates
- Several people have asked if I will be collecting the Preamble charts (both the first one with terms and the blank ones that you will be using as the unit progresses). I will be checking them for completion but not collecting them for a grade. As you do the assigned readings during the unit, you should continue to add terms to the charts and making notes about the connections that exist.
- I have extended the date for the draft and final version of the essay to be due. The draft is now due on 10/27 and the final essay is due to turnitin on 10/30. Updates have been made to the calendar.
- Have a great weekend.
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