Thursday, July 18 [Day 4]

How do we create a culture of inquiry in the classroom?


9:00 - 9:10

Reaction sheets from day 3


9:10 - 9:25

Primary and Secondary Source Sort


9:25 - 10:15

Thinking Like a Historian with Primary and Secondary Sources: Constructing Community Monuments


10:15 - 11:00

Considerations for Selecting Primary Sources


11:00 - 12:00

Journal Groups


12:00 - 1:00

Lunch


1:00 - 3:00

Sarah Beverly and Donna Sharer: Primary Sources, Inquiries, and Taking Informed Action


3:00 - 3:30

Reflections and Wrap-up

  1. Complete reflection Delpit (2006)-inspired framework
  2. Consider posting reflections to TPS Teachers Network
  3. Teaching autobiography due on Monday
  4. Prepare for neighborhood walk: Shoes, sunscreen, and water
  5. Readings for Day 5
    • McGrew, Ortega, Breakstone, & Wineburg (2017)
    • Wineburg & Martin (2009)
    • Teaching for Black Lives: Select a chapter from Section 3 on Gentrification, Displacement, and Anti-Blackness

Goals

  • Justify conclusions about whether a source is primary or secondary depending upon the time or topic under study—and discuss why this matters
  • Analyze primary sources in different formats
  • Consider goals for teaching with a range of texts (including primary sources)
  • Consider range of inquiry questions students might pursue using primary and secondary sources available from the West Philadelphia Collaborative History site
  • Identify key considerations for selecting primary sources for instructional use (for example, student needs and interests, teaching goals, etc.)
  • Brainstorm ideas for a primary source-based activity that helps students engage in learning, develop critical thinking skills and construct knowledge

Readings

  • Janks, H. (2010). Orientations to literacy. In Literacy and Power, (pp. 21-33). New York: Routledge.
  • Shanahan, T., & Shanahan, C. (2008). Teaching disciplinary literacy to adolescents: Rethinking content-area literacy. Harvard Educational Review, 78(1), 40-59.
  • Wineburg, S. (1999). Historical thinking and other unnatural acts. Phi Delta Kappan, 80(7), 488-499.