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What You Need to Know
What You Need to Know
Heplful Habits and Routines
Heplful Habits and Routines
Things to count on for your weekly at-home learning:
Picture studies are almost always assigned on Tuesdays, to be turned in on Thursdays. Plan on doing on every Wednesday!
Research scavenger hunts are almost always assigned on Thursdays, to be turned in on Tuesdays.
If you wait until the night before to look at the assignment, you might not be able to get an answer to any questions in time for the due date! Plan ahead.
As you're doing scaavenger hunts, start bookmarking interesting and credible websites. This will save you a lot of time in the weeks ahead!
How to Help Your Student at Home
How to Help Your Student at Home
Picture Studies
Picture Studies
Picture studies are designed to foster skills of observation. stimulate inquiry, and provide background knowledge for upcoming class topics. Parents can remind students of the following:
Spend a few minutes thoughtfully studying the image before writing your questions or observations.
Use complete, grammatically correct sentences.
Questions should be specific and thoughtful. (Example: What is in the mirror on the wall? Why are the man's shoes off? NOT: What is this about?)
Observations should be specific and relevant. (Example: I noticed that the mirror reflects the man, woman, and the artist! NOT: This is a weird painting.)
Research Scavenger Hunts
Research Scavenger Hunts
Research Scavenger hunts are designed to encourage active student learning, while also developing information literacy skills. Students may be given the articles to use, or they may be asked to find creddible sources for information. This strengthens ownership of learning and elevates their cognition above simply, reading, remembering, and recording information.
Connections with the Classroom
Connections with the Classroom
We review picture studies to launch class discussion about observations, connections, and questions students have with prior content and new information.
Research scavenger hunts also help students gather more information about topics we've covered, or to research information that we'll be covering in the next class period. The objective of these is to have them develop the mindset of historians. They are also gaining important information literacy skills.
These are typically based on the scope and sequence of the BJU text that is being discussed in class. On that note...where's the textbook?? Textbooks are available for students to check out if desired. However, an important goal of these classes in middle school is to help students learn how to see history, culture, and geography as ongoing concepts with authentic applications. A textbook is just one resource - it is not the sole source of information, and it should not be used to tell students how to think. Activities in class and for at-home learning are designed to teach students to use a variety of resources, with discernment, to learn about the past and the present.
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