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Historical Thinking in the Classroom

A s a teacher, I want my students to… × Not hate history × Understand how history is constructed, and participate in the construction × Engage in thoughtful dialogue as citizens about issues that matter to them 2

In Google Drive: Collishaw - Student Transcripts Interview as Exam To o ponde onder and nd di discus uss: × What might be challenges in doing this type of assessment? × What might be the advantages? × What historical thinking are these students demonstrating? × How is it similar to, or different from a traditional assessment? × How might it change your planning and assessment? 3

Students Construct History Is Canada a country Is Canada a better place How is Canada’s story, now than it was before? you can be proud of? my story? Blue = Pink = Beige = Neutral but Orange = related shame/worse Pride/better still significant to MY story 4

Rank -2 = Most Shame Rank +2 = Most Pride Unit Review: Building to the Essential Question My Goals: Big concept • Citizens able to discuss issues that matter to them • Participate in the construction of history • Not hate history = Bring the attention of your audience over a key concept using icons or illustrations involvement! 5

Resul ults i in C n Cha hang nge Rev evea eals the P e Past My 4 Rs of Significance Relevant nt to a o a Q Que uestion on Resona onant nt 6

Co-constructing the criteria for our question How do we know if we can be proud? What makes a “better place?” What’s our criteria? 7

Evidence in the Sandbox Probably the Second Battle of Ypres? 8 St. Eloi Craters, 1916

Writing our stories Writing our storystory 9

Writing our stories David Powell by Sarah Schmidt 10

I am a great-grandnephew of WWII solider Peter Adams. Most of Peter A dams this information is accurate and excellent. I have more knowledge of his life. His father was Socrates Adamakis who emigrated from Sparta and his mother was Stamatiki He was the son of Socrates Adams. [...] Peter spoke Apostolopoulos. My name is Randy English and Greek at home which leads me to believe Adamakis of New York State. he is Greek. His dad also had a Greek name; Socrates. It was very common for immigrants to change their name into some more Canadian like Adams, but sometimes the sign up agent could not Socrates be able to spell their last name and just make one up. Adamakis and Stamatiki Training Apostolopoulos Adams continued to move around in British Columbia in different training camps and continued his behavior, getting drunk and more offenses, which probably was caused by stress. 11

HMCS Iroquois - Clifton Coughlin Groesbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands - CWGC. Peter Anderson Amphibious landing, Battle of the Scheldt, 1944, Harold Fisher Robert Stuart Butterworth, Junior Football EOSSA champions. Glebe Yearbook 1936 Air Gunner - Bomber Command Museum - 12 James Blain Anderson

Course Overview × Explicit practicing of HTCs × Content & skills anchor for the course Prohibition: Cause and Consequence Task: Paragraph – most important cause 13

Course Overview October Crisis: Significance 14 Task: Design a museum exhibit

Course Overview Oka: Evidence, Ethical Dimension Task: Design a memorial 15

“But Miss, I thought Canada was a nice e country!” 16

Course Overview Japanese Internment: Historical Perspectives Task: Write a bio-poem 17

Course Overview Cold War: Continuity and Change Task: Timeline with Attitude – Identify turning points, start, end 18

Thanks! Any questions? You can find me at: @rcollishaw rachel.collishaw@gmail.com Collishaw.pbworks.com www.reweavinghistory.ca 19

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