Assignments

** Casebook **
==== Student will ask and then answer an essential question about either a historical event or a person in history. To answer the essential question in a comprehensive way, the student will examine the event or person from multiple perspectives (or angles). To demonstrate learning, the student will construct a casebook based on contextualized analyses of primary historical evidence and secondary historical sources. Performance includes demonstration of content knowledge, research skills, reflectivity, and criticality. ====

** In tegrated Social Studies Curriculum Unit **
==== The student will connect their casebook topic to relevant aspects of the social studies (history, geography, archeology, etc.) and to other subject areas (math, literacy, writing, art, music, science, etc.) to answer the essential question. Historical resources from casebook are employed and assembled through lesson plans to enable diverse learners to explore casebook topic. Each individual will create 3 lessons, fully developed for submission with group unit project. ====

** Presentations **
==== Performance includes demonstration of effective communication skills; sound pedagogy; effective methodology; application of technology tools; etc. Focus is on dissemination of social studies content knowledge. Each student will present his/her casebook for the class. This presentation must include the use of the Smartboard and will help classmates understand the content of your study (not your unit, but the "essential question" that you answered through your case book). ====

** Literature/Journal/Internet review **
==== Students will summarize, critique and reflect on an article relevant to their casebook. The article must be scholarly work from a peer-reviewed journal (not an opinion piece or promo from a company about their product - best to find your article from the list of journals noted in the syllabus). ====

** Exams and Quizzes **
==== All exams and quizzes may consist of multiple measures, including multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions. Questions will be derived from lecture, assigned readings, discussions, and student-generated ideas. ====