Class

1. Presentation
Title
Discovering
the Past
Through
the Eyes
of Those

2. Why Study History?

3. Class Grading Policy
• 40% - Summative Assessments
• 35% - Formative Assessments
• 5% - Scholarly Skills
• 20% - Practice/Homework
* 25% - Mid-term and Final Research
Paper
* All late assignment must be repeated if
not quality work
.

4. Day 1: Background
readings, notes, not
Day 2-3: Primary
es packet review. source workshop.
Examination of
primary source and
Day 3-4: developing historical
Secondary context.
source
workshop.
Examination of
interpretations
of the period by Day 4-5:
noted Formative/Summative
historians. assessment

5. Using Technology to Study U.S. History
Evernote.com:
Storing and
archiving
research
sources
Wikispaces.com:
Mixed Ink.com:
Collaborative
Collaborative
projects and display
writing and
of final assessment
review of class
products
essays