April 2025

April 2025

Primary Sources

• Oracle of Bacon

  • Six Degrees of Sir Francis Bacon

  • Historical and Social Connection Exploration

  • Connect Barack Obama with Patrick Mahomes

• Hexagonal Thinking

Tools

• Classtools.net hexagon creator tool

• HookED hexagon tool

Templates and Ideas

• Apple Keynote hexagon template from Jamie Clark

• Google Slides version (Can also download as PPT file)

• Scan and Sort (WWI Posters)

• Diamond 9

Dignity Index

Jigsaw review

• https://character.org/how-can-schools-create-a-culture-of-dignity/

• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dignity/201304/what-is-the-real-meaning-dignity-0

• https://www.dignity.us/s/2024-1114-DI-Scoring-Guide-v21.pdf 

Compass Points

• N - what do we Need to know?

• S - what is one Suggestion for using this?

• E - what Excites you about what you read?

• W - Who would benefit from this?

Are there resources here that we can use or integrate?

• https://globaldignity.org/teaching-dignity/teaching-tools/ 

Product Creation

Rachel and Patti: graphic novel unit design

• What do you need from us?

Glenn and Troy: Secondary syllabus

• Google folder

• Alignment with RJ practices?

• Units

  • LOC materials research

  • Book list review

    • List of fiction, non-fiction, graphic

  • Georgia Historical Society template

  • How might Dignity Index be applied to primary source analysis and integration?

    • Create an evidence analysis worksheet focused on Dignity Index

Carmen and Carrie work on Toolkit

• Fill in  with Dignity Index

• What might be appropriate for the secondary course?

Lunch

• How can using AI help us?

• Continue Product work

• Product review / Likes and Wonders

• Next Steps?