Wednesday, November 3, 2010
What did you learn about teaching history?
During today's class, we discussed several reasons why we teach history, how we do it, and specific examples. Furthermore, you investigated a little nugget of American History. Based on the theoretical foundation and new content knowledge you gained, describe how you would use narratives/storytelling and mystery to teach history. This is an individual response - so please identify your answer.
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I think you need to adapt your lesson to fit the elements of a story so that it becomes interesting to the students. You need to make sure that there are characters, a setting, a plot, a conflict, a climax, and a resolution. Stories are more relatable to students so it is important to adapt your lesson plans accordingly.
ReplyDeleteMysteries can be used in a way similar to the Sam Smiley lesson. You can have students create a timeline, research and analyze evidence, and create or analyze a map to figure out what happened in a specific situation, just as they would when trying to figure out what happened in history.
I would present lots of information and historical happenings as mystereries and have students talk about and discover what happened. They can come up with their own inferences and then compare that with what really happened or is said to have happened.
ReplyDeleteLessons like today are what engages students and makes them want to learn about history. Allowing history to come alive and become 'real people' & 'real events' to our students is an essential part in having them fully understand & remember all of the historical people and events that have made our country and world the way it is today.
ReplyDeleteI think that you can use narratives, storytelling, and mystery in history to show that there are many open interpretations of history and that by breaking down what you are reading and using critical thinking you can allow your students to explore history in a new light that is more exciting and relevant.
ReplyDeleteIt's important to be active when teaching history to make it come alive. All history has a story. Using narratives/storytelling to teach history allows students to develop a deep understanding of characters, plot, conflict, climax.. etc. Furthermore, incorporating a mystery allows students to use different process skills like making observations and inferences to come up with an answer of their own. Overall, it's important that students get involved in history so they can get excited about the history that they are learning.
ReplyDeleteI would use this along with other methods. Maybe combining actual picture and documents (to provide multiple perspectives) and create a mystery for the students to solve that is based off an authentic historical event.
ReplyDeleteI learned that is is important to teach the students that history does not fit perfectly into a little box. There are many different aspects to what has happened. It is also to explain the meaning of the things as well as the importance of those things you talk about.
ReplyDeleteI will use narratives/storytelling to teach history in my classroom by putting it into words that my students will understand. It will also help them to better understand the parts of a story. It makes things more fun and exciting for them and have them want to learn social studies.
ReplyDeleteI would like to use mystery to teach historical perspective. This way, students get to really jump into the material and investigate. It motivates them to learn the content rather than just sitting there getting fed information.
ReplyDeleteThis method allows students to be active participants in historical moments. The lesson can be planned so that the elements of the story are included. Since stories can be created or investigated by the students, this allows students to participate in historical learning rather than reading about it in a text.
ReplyDeleteI think that social studies being told as a story lends itself well to reading/language arts. It allows you to review with your students what make up a story, such as characters, conflict, resolution, etc. Also, by creating a mystery scenario it gives students the opportunity to search and discover history. It develops critical thinking skills and builds on the knowledge that they already have.
ReplyDeleteI would present students with knowledge for multiple learning styles. For example acting out plays or singing songs. I would use narratives for students who maybe do better with just reading a story. Mysteries as a play can really get students more involved and help with predictions and importence.
ReplyDeleteTeaching history is much like telling a story. As teachers we need to get students active and involved. We need to teach social studies in the same way we teach language arts, in requiring students to know the plot, setting, conflict,setting and resolution. Teaching mysteries and storytelling can be done in the same way. You can do this by engaging the students and making characters for students to become and learn from.
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I would love to try the mystery lesson with my class because it would work on communication, teamwork, critical thinking and many other skills that the students can use in life and other classes. I like that there is not a "right" answer to this project because it will help students to become more autonomous and less dependent on me as the facilitator.
ReplyDeleteI believe that you must be able to engage the students prior to examining the historical content. We have to give "purpose" and "meaning" to history in order for students to become interested. I would use narratives and storytelling to put emphasis on key people and events and bringing dramatic play or role playing into it. Mystery to teach history seems very fun and allows students to be detectives and play out scenes and roles allowing them to see that things can be viewed in multiple perspectives (just like HISTORY).
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ReplyDeleteI could use narratives/story telling and mystery to teach history by getting students involved. Just like any story a teacher reads, students can make predictions of what they think will happen next during the historical event. They can also use role playing like we did in class to make the characters come alive and make the lesson more relatable to students. They can also use the Y strategy to help identify the cause and effect of the story to help students identify information in the story.
I would use narratives/story telling and mystery to incorporate my students in the learning process that way learning history can be creative and engaging, and the students can relate to the topic they're learning and I think the students would remember the information a lot better.
ReplyDeleteI would use narratives and story telling in history to engage students in a lesson as well as to relate information to students. Students can write their own narratives about their history or describe themselves after reading about other people's lives in history. Students will be able to relate to the context of the time period through stories and writing instead of just reading the factual information about events and people.
ReplyDeleteStorytelling and mystery is a fun interactive way to teach history in the classroom. Students are more likely to participate and learn something when this style of teaching is incorporated into the lesson.
ReplyDeleteProps for history story telling makes the stories of history come to life. I will use the mysteries for added process skill development and entertainment. These things make history fun instead of boring.
ReplyDeleteI would use narratives and story telling in history in order to get students active and engaged. With narratives, students can create their own personal narrative and can tell their own personal stories.
ReplyDeleteErin says: I would teach story telling with history by role playing. Students really enjoy being involved and really get into the story if they think it has to do with them. Connecting it to students is the main idea.
ReplyDeleteI would present history lessons as stories because they seem to be more interesting to kids than lectures. Adding elements of mystery to the lessons (leaving out some parts of the history story)can also help students figure out the history while learning it.
ReplyDeleteI would use these strategies to help my students relate to history which I think is a hard task for students. This helps give history a personal feel with story telling. Then I would ask students to tell their own history by writing a narrative so they can understand history is more than important people and dates.
ReplyDeleteSimilar to today, I would like to use role playing when incorporating narratives, storytelling, and mystery within social studies lessons in teaching history! Using stories and mysteries that connect to students life experiences is a great way to incorporate history while making it engaging and interesting for students of all learning abilities. The more students can read to comprehend and pull important information out of stories and narratives, the more equip they will be in using process skills such as making inferences and predictions when reading historical documents especially in social studies!
ReplyDeleteI would use narrative and story telling in history to get the students involved to learn about history. I will have the students do role-playing, sing songs, making different products etc... This way the students are doing more than just reading out of a textbook, they are acting out history in a fun way!
ReplyDeleteI would use a narrative and story telling activity during a lesson by introducing role-play for students to act out myterious events and occurances throughout history. I will provide students with materials and a graphic organizer containing an outline and critical thinking questions in which the students will follow and answer about their character they are portraying. This will allow them to broaden their thinking skills by allowing them to emerge themselves into a historical event.
ReplyDeleteI would use a narrative and storytelling activity during a lesson in which the students are put in a situation and asked to deliberate on their response to the situation. For example I might begin by giving the students the background information of an actual conflict that the students may not be familiar with. The students as a class will then use use deliberation to reach a response to the conflict (such as to fight the war or surrender). After the students have made their decision the students could either be given the end result of the story or research the actual ending themselves.
ReplyDeleteI would use narratives/storytelling and mystery to teach history by having students become more involved in the lessons. I think that storytelling and mysteries can help engage students and help them have a more invested interest in the learning of history. I think that story telling and mysteries can also help students develop important process skills.
ReplyDeleteClarissa Wilson
ReplyDeleteI would use narratives and storytelling to teach history by having the students actively engaged. I think having them act out historical events will help them have a better understanding of what is being taught.
I think that students would really enjoy activities like we did today in class because they can relate to them. I would use the mystery lesson idea to teach students that history has multiple perspectives. I think its really important for students to learn about the past in a way that allows them to come to their own conclusions about its significance. I will use songs or narratives to help students to gain a better understanding of the people who were alive during the time period we are studying and help them relate to what we are learning.
ReplyDeleteI like treating History as stories. Some of the best History classes I have had involved the professors telling stories that included little known facts. I always enjoyed hearing a new perspective on an old story. I would use narratives to set up a mystery in which the students research little known facts about a well known story.
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