Student Engagement Strategies
PRESENTATION STRATEGIES
STORYBOARD
Students create a storyboard where they summarize a passage through writing and also illustrate their summary. Students create a visual and written storyboard, depicting all the major events/themes/ideas conveyed in the reading. Students demonstrate their understanding of the reading through written and visual means.
INTERPRETING POLITICAL CARTOONS
Students are given a political cartoon and asked to analyze the meaning of the cartoon as well what this cartoon says about popular opinion of the the time. Students are given the opportunity to examine important topics of an era, and analyze the various public opinions surrounding issues.
TEACHING WITH PODCASTS
Students record an audio podcast, individually or in groups. Students use the podcast to demonstrate their comprehension of content through the discussion of historical event, sources, or ideas. Students can use the podcast to debate political or social issues, or tell a historical narrative. The audio podcast allows students the freedom to be creative with their audio recording, while demonstrating their comprehension of content in a discussion format.
STORYBOARD
Students create a storyboard where they summarize a passage through writing and also illustrate their summary. Students create a visual and written storyboard, depicting all the major events/themes/ideas conveyed in the reading. Students demonstrate their understanding of the reading through written and visual means.
INTERPRETING POLITICAL CARTOONS
Students are given a political cartoon and asked to analyze the meaning of the cartoon as well what this cartoon says about popular opinion of the the time. Students are given the opportunity to examine important topics of an era, and analyze the various public opinions surrounding issues.
TEACHING WITH PODCASTS
Students record an audio podcast, individually or in groups. Students use the podcast to demonstrate their comprehension of content through the discussion of historical event, sources, or ideas. Students can use the podcast to debate political or social issues, or tell a historical narrative. The audio podcast allows students the freedom to be creative with their audio recording, while demonstrating their comprehension of content in a discussion format.
COLLECTION STRATEGIES
LIVING IMAGES
Students are given a set of photographs/images from which they analyze and develop a historical narrative. Students work with primary sources, such as artwork/paintings/photographs from a specific era. Students must also exercise their analytical skills, comparing sources against other sources to develop a historical narrative or perspective.
DOCUMENT ANALYSIS TEMPLATES
Students are given a graphic organizer, or template from which to organize their thoughts and aid in the analysis of historical documents. The graphic organize/templates offers students a way to support their analysis of documents, guiding their reading, allowing students to focus on important ideas in the documents.
LIVING IMAGES
Students are given a set of photographs/images from which they analyze and develop a historical narrative. Students work with primary sources, such as artwork/paintings/photographs from a specific era. Students must also exercise their analytical skills, comparing sources against other sources to develop a historical narrative or perspective.
DOCUMENT ANALYSIS TEMPLATES
Students are given a graphic organizer, or template from which to organize their thoughts and aid in the analysis of historical documents. The graphic organize/templates offers students a way to support their analysis of documents, guiding their reading, allowing students to focus on important ideas in the documents.
ORGANIZATION STRATEGIES
FOLDABLE
Students create a foldable, which is a graphic organizer. Students create study guides of material, outlining and organizing content. The foldable can be creative, through the use of illustrations. Students can outline chapters, write journal entries, or create charts and graphs. Students demonstrate their knowledge through a multitude of ways with the foldable graphic organizer.
RANKING
Students create a rankings list, where they must prioritize information, categorize it, to develop a historical narrative. Students must assess various sources, ideas, causes, themes, and rank the sources based on their own historical perspective. Students must analyze sources, and establish a ranking list, prioritizing sources based on their level of importance.
TIMELINE
Students create a timeline of events, detailing the link and connection between events, and the cause and effect between historical events. The timeline is another way for students to graphically organize content, organizing events into a historical narrative. Students analyze content, creating a timeline to show how one event was caused by another event, and the effect those events had on the larger historical narrative. The timeline is a great strategy for social studies because students can organize events, detailing the progression, and cause and effect.
FOLDABLE
Students create a foldable, which is a graphic organizer. Students create study guides of material, outlining and organizing content. The foldable can be creative, through the use of illustrations. Students can outline chapters, write journal entries, or create charts and graphs. Students demonstrate their knowledge through a multitude of ways with the foldable graphic organizer.
RANKING
Students create a rankings list, where they must prioritize information, categorize it, to develop a historical narrative. Students must assess various sources, ideas, causes, themes, and rank the sources based on their own historical perspective. Students must analyze sources, and establish a ranking list, prioritizing sources based on their level of importance.
TIMELINE
Students create a timeline of events, detailing the link and connection between events, and the cause and effect between historical events. The timeline is another way for students to graphically organize content, organizing events into a historical narrative. Students analyze content, creating a timeline to show how one event was caused by another event, and the effect those events had on the larger historical narrative. The timeline is a great strategy for social studies because students can organize events, detailing the progression, and cause and effect.