The guest speaker at the event was David Staley, who spoke with the teachers about the need to teach historical thinking to students. He compared historical thinking activities and skills to students working in a chemistry lab in science. We would never think of separating learning the concepts of chemistry from actual practice in a lab. The same goes for History. Students should learn the skills that historians use everyday (inference, analysis, identification, research,...) and students need practice with these skills. Historical thinking helps students learn to ask question, seek answers and evaluate evidence. The presentation gave us a lot to think about and then a great activity to use with students. Check out this website for other historical thinking activities: http://hti.osu.edu/byrd.
The teachers also participated in a discussion about the theme and brainstormed a list of possible topics for the theme: Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History. Here's just a sample of what they came up with ! (Check back next week for a separate post on the theme)
Russian Revolution
Red Scare
Great Awakening
Enlightenment
Constitution (convention and amendments)
Apple (technology) revolution
“Just Say No” campaign
Great Depression
Child Labor
Democracy in Athens
Magna Carta
Vaccines in medical field
Women in the Workplace
Juvenile Correction System
Sports- free agency, Jackie Robinson, safety equipment
Ohio’s reaction to slavery/Civil War
Mental Health refoms/ Dorthea Dix
Music- Elvis, Beatles, Motown, Madonna, Jazz, war protest
songs
Agricultural Reforms- machinery, technology, animal
treatments, regulations
Educational Reforms- inclusion, deaf/blind schools, busing,
desegregation
Thank you to all of the teachers who participated in the workshop!
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