2. This comprehensive selection of hundreds of lessons provides teachers with a wide variety of strategies to give every type of student access to core content and skill building activities.

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4. PowerPoint ® Google Earth ImageXaminer Video Printable activity sheets

5. Students have different learning styles Teachers have different teaching styles and: Interests Comfort with technology Organizational skills Strategies for differentiating instruction Ways of making connections for the students

6. Our modular approach offers choices of sequenced lessons using a wide variety of strategies We provide more content than you can cover to give you more options Each lesson is ready-to-teach or be easily adapted to your specific requirements

7. Inquiry-based Evidence-based Develops key skills Reading, writing, critical thinking, etc. Collaborative Authentic assessments

8. The lessons on this DVD are sequenced (as described on the following slides) to methodically develop student mastery of the content. However, the lessons are easily modifiable and may be taught in the order that you feel would provide the greatest benefit for you and your students.

9. Decision Making in U.S. History Backwards Planning PowerPoint ® U.S. History Readers History Unfolding Analyzing Visual Primary Sources Document-Based Activities Debating the Documents Historian’s Apprentice Interact simulations Digital Atlas Google Earth

10. Begin with engaging pre-knowledge activities using real historical problems to develop student skills in decision making, critical thinking, and understanding multiple perspectives. Use as a 20–30 minute “quick motivator” or an in-depth two class period activity.

11. Solidly set the context with 50–100 PowerPoint ® Introduce key points guided by “Enduring understandings” and “Essential questions” Use one of several authentic assessments or the multiple-choice quiz

12. Go in depth on topics introduced by Backwards Planning with these thought-provoking articles Use graphic organizers and vocabulary lists to increase student reading comprehension Challenge students with optional debates and simulations

13. Students expand on core content knowledge by interpreting primary sources and answering document based questions (DBQs) using clear guidelines for writing.

14. PowerPoint ® slides place each visual source in historical context, and break down each source into its constituent parts Guided discussion questions get students to consider things like point of view, intended audience, and historical impact and relevance.

15. Students move on to analysis of textual primary sources found online (written, visual, audio/video, charts, statistics). Students interpret, make inferences, form opinions, and shape arguments into narrative form.

16. Bring together students’ primary source analysis skills developed in Analyzing Visual Primary Sources and Document Based Activities lessons as they prepare for a debate on a DBQ

17. Deepen historical understanding by doing what historians do: sourcing, weighing evidence, comparing secondary and primary sources to support their own conclusions.

18. Use these active learning projects to engage and energize students to expand and deepen their understanding of a topic while building academic skills

19. Reinforce and expand on core content knowledge by adding geographic critical thinking skills

20. Combine geography skills with core content in U.S. history using Google Earth's dynamic satellite imagery software. Students use tools within the software to draw routes, highlight specific areas, and measure distances.

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