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Whispers from the Past:

LookListen

LearnCreate

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http://www.archives.gov/

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Why Use DocsTeach?Why Use DocsTeach?When students work

with and learn from primary sources, we transform them into historians.

Use DocsTeach activities for classroom demonstration, small group and full-class activities, individual in-class or homework assignments.

Activities are categorized according to the National History Standards.

Activities vary according to their placement on Bloom’s Taxonomy — from Remembering and Understanding through Evaluating and Creating. 04/21/23 6Kline & Mason

How to use DocsTeachHow to use DocsTeachRegister for a free account Locate activities and primary

documents Save activities and documents by

“starring” favoritesCreate online activities that focus

on a variety of historical thinking skills

Share the URL with studentsFacilitate flash-activities

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Use BROWSE Button to find eras and tools!

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Focusing on Focusing on detailsdetails

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Finding a Sequence

Finding a SequenceFinding a Sequence

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Finding a Sequence – Look, Finding a Sequence – Look, LearnLearn

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OneTwo

Three

Finding a SequenceFinding a Sequence

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Finding a Sequence – Final Finding a Sequence – Final TaskTask

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Interpreting DataInterpreting Data

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Making ConnectionsMaking Connections

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Seeing the Big PictureSeeing the Big Picture

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Weighing the EvidenceWeighing the Evidence

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Mapping HistoryMapping History

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Registered users can save activities in an account or publish their activities to be used in DocsTeach Classrooms.

Published activities are available to all logged-in users of the site. Authors of excellent examples may be contacted and their activities could become featured and available to the general public. Published activities without unique titles or author names may be unpublished but will remain saved in the user's account.

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Create an Activity!Create an Activity!

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TipsTipsPlan the activity: what do you want

your students to learn?Identify historical eraDecide on historical thinking skillWhat level on Bloom’s taxonomy

will be reached?Write synopsisWrite learning objectivesConsider other instructions

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Stephanie “Stevie” Kline Intermediate Unit 1One Intermediate Unit DriveCoal Center, PA 15423klines@iu1.k12.pa.us

Joyce MasonCanon-McMillan High School 314 Elm Street ExtensionCanonsburg, PA 1537masonj@cmsd.k12.pa.us

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