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Different Perspectives Outline
Outlines are a very typical graphic organizer to help students dissect text or to begin the writing process. This particular strategy is helpful because it accomplishes both tasks. In this strategy, a student is assigned a particular topic (ex.The Great Depression). They then have a defined role (ex. business owner). Students define needs and concerns of their role in that topic. They then, find text evidence of relevance to their perspective and begin to formulate a reaction from that perspective. Finally, students summarize a position on the event from their perspective. This activity could be the starting point to a detailed unit in several types of social studies classes. Once the outline has been started, more detailed writing activity could be done to research the position and create point/counterpoint arguments with other students representing other perspectives on the same event. After the writing elements are completed a speaking activity like a Mock Trial could be used to also integrate a speaking component. |
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Inquiry Charts
In the discipline of social studies, it can be difficult for students to start the process of writing their own independent thoughts and reactions. It can be easy for students to fall into the trap of simply "paraphrasing" facts and dates from text resources, Inquiry charts can help students to avoid that tendency by helping to guide them to questions about a given topic. When beginning a reading process, the teacher works with students to brainstorm "what else" questions with the students to determine the questions that will form the top row of the I-Chart. Students then use their text and other supplementary resources to complete the chart and develop a much more complete understanding of the topic. Once complete, the I-Chart can very easily become the starting point for short summary responses or longer research papers on the topic. |