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Using the Inquiry Method with Primary Sources

Using the Inquiry Method with Primary Sources. 21 st Centruy Skills. Critical Thinking/Reasoning Information Literacy Collaboration Self Direction Invention. Reach into your pocket and pull out some money…. How did that person get to be on the currency you are looking at?. Leadership

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Using the Inquiry Method with Primary Sources

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  1. Using the Inquiry Method with Primary Sources Carla Frenzel, Denver Public Schools Teachers and Librarians Conference, TPS, 2011

  2. 21st Centruy Skills • Critical Thinking/Reasoning • Information Literacy • Collaboration • Self Direction • Invention Carla Frenzel, Denver Public SchoolsTeachers and Librarians Conference, TPS, 2011

  3. Reach into your pocket and pull out some money…

  4. How did that person get to be on the currency you are looking at? • Leadership • Honor • Influence • Title/Position • President of the United States • White Man • Other? Click to Play Carla Frenzel, Denver Public SchoolsTeachers and Librarians Conference, TPS, 2011

  5. Essential Question: Should Andrew Jackson be on the $20 bill? Carla Frenzel, Denver Public SchoolsTeachers and Librarians Conference, TPS, 2011

  6. Documents to Consider • Andrew Jackson’s Message to Congress, December 7, 1829 • Andrew Jackson’s Second Message to Congress, December 6, 1830 • Letter to William Blount, June 5, 1812 • Letters to His Wife, 1813 and 1823 • Memorial of the Cherokee Nation • MapㄧIndian Removal, 1831–1840s Carla Frenzel, Denver Public SchoolsTeachers and Librarians Conference, TPS, 2011

  7. DOCUMENT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET Name/Period: Type of Document (Check one.) ___ Government Report ___ Newspaper ___ Diary ___ Debate Transcription ___ Political Cartoon ___ Interview ___ Letter ___ Legal Document ___ Index ___ Memoir ___ Other Date(s) of document: Author (or creator) of document: What do you know about the background of the author(s)? Who do you think this document was written for? What is the topic or issue of the document? Document Information (These questions have many possible answers.) List three things the author said that you think are important. Why do you think this document was written? What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? (Give an example.) Does the document conflict or agree with other things you have read about the topic? Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the document. Adapted from Document Analysis Worksheet, Wisconsin Historical Society Carla Frenzel, Denver Public SchoolsTeachers and Librarians Conference, TPS, 2011

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  10. Resources • The DBQ Project • History Alive! published by TCI • The National Archives • DPS Eighth Grade U.S. History Design Team • Craig Dehning and his students at Skinner Middle School • Wisconsin Historical Society Carla Frenzel, Denver Public SchoolsTeachers and Librarians Conference, TPS, 2011

  11. It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential. Brad Henry Carla Frenzel, Denver Public SchoolsTeachers and Librarians Conference, TPS, 2011

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