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Think Like a Historian!
April Legg, School and Teacher Programs History Colorado Center [email protected]
Colorado Academic Standards
History 1: Develop an understanding of how people view, construct, and interpret history
History 2: Analyze key historical periods and patterns of change over time within and across nations and cultures
History 1: Develop an understanding of how people view, construct, and interpret history
Fifth Grade: Analyze historical sources from multiple points of view to develop an understanding of historical context
Fourth Grade: Organize a sequence of events to understand the concepts of chronology and cause and effect in the history of Colorado
Third Grade: Use a variety of sources to distinguish historical fact from fiction
Second Grade: Identify historical sources and utilize the tools of a historian. First Grade: Describe patterns and chronological order of events of the recent past.
Fifth Grade: The historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas and themes in North America from 1491 through the founding of the United States government
Fourth Grade: The historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas and themes in Colorado history and their relationships to key events in the United States
Third Grade: People in the past influence the development and interaction of different communities or regions
Second Grade: People in the past influenced the history of neighborhoods and communities
First Grade: Family and cultural traditions in the United States in the past
History 2: Analyze key historical periods and patterns of change over time within and across nations and cultures
History 2: Analyze key historical periods and patterns of change over time within and across nations and cultures
United States
Colorado
Region
Neighborhoods
Family
What is history?
"History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.“
Attrib. to Mark Twain
Tools of the trade…
Timelines
Cause and Effect
Chronology
Change Over Time
Chronology
This happened… Then this… And then
this
Change Over Time
Cause and Effect
Historical Context
Present Day
Local/Regional
Colorado Events
U.S. Events
1876
Tools of the trade…
Historical Sources
Compare and
Contrast
Points of View
Fact from Fiction
Points of View
Event
Person 1
Person 2
Person 3
Person 4
Historical Fact from Fiction
Primary Sources Secondary SourcesVS
Historical Evidence
Primary and Secondary Sources
• Photographs • Artifacts/Objects • Historic Sites • Diaries/Journals• Documents (maps, papers)• Autobiographies • Oral Histories • Speeches• Newspapers and Magazines• Rock Art and Cave Drawings
• Text Books • Biographies• Movies/Documentaries • Encyclopedia • Websites• Paintings
Are these artifacts?
Compare and Contrast
Mystery Photo Activity
OBSERVE
REFLECT
QUESTION
A Case Study:
The Colorado Constitution
Top 5 HC Resources
Online Exhibits & Digital BadgesBiographiesArtifact Kits Field Trips
Colorado Experience Documentaries
Online Exhibits & Digital Badges
Artifact Kits
Biographies
Field Trips
Colorado Experience Documentaries