1. N ATIONAL C OUNCIL FOR H ISTORY E DUCATION Kansas City, MO March 22-24, 2012

2. C REATING A L IVING N EWSPAPER Select related primary source documents Preferably 4 short documents Have the students silently read each document and pull their favorite/ most important quote Place the students in groups and have them discuss the problem or conflict within the documents

3. C REATING A L IVING N EWSPAPER The students will then bring the documents to life by… Creating the characters Play setting Acting out the conflict and resolution

4. D IALECTICAL J OURNALING Can be used as a stand alone or an introduction to a larger project I.e. essay or other significant task Students will pull out important quotes or passages from the text and then provide their response. When using larger texts, page and line numbers will help if this is a precursor to an essay

5. F ACT OR F ICTION ? U SING HISTORICAL FICTION IN THE CLASSROOM. Have the students break the book into manageable sections I.e. immigration, working conditions Students will pull out information from the text that references each theme Page numbers should be included Students will then provide research that supports or refutes the information in the text. Students will then report their findings in an essay or other method.