How does history help define who we

are?
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Engage
To engage students at the beginning of a lesson, insert video,
image, quote, or another inspirational hook in this box.
The Goal: Reveal Pre-existing ideas, Beliefs, Preconceptions.
Pose questions that students will begin to answer in “Explore”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rn8lHEXW8

Explore
Curate a collection of resources (articles, videos, infographics,
text excerpts, etc.) for students to explore the topic.
The Goal: Students may be gathering data, sharing ideas,
looking for patterns, making conjectures, and developing
further questions and problem solving considerations with the
use of the information/activity provided
https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/the-stonewall-riots
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-
movement#:~:text=The%20civil%20rights%20movement
%20was,law%20in%20the%20United%20States.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/expulsions
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/us/confederate-statues-
removed-george-floyd-trnd/index.html

Explain
Use this section to allow students to explain their thinking and
move towards demonstrating mastery of the lesson’s objective.
The Goal: Provide opportunity for students to compare ideas,
construct explanations, justify in terms of observations and/or
data collected in a collaborative large group environment.
The articles above will have students divide into groups for
each article. They will read and collaborate with one another to
come up with a 1-2 sentence summary of the article they had.
Each group will share their summary for the class.

Apply/Elaborate

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Use this section for students to apply information from the
previous sections to new circumstances or elaborate on a
particular aspect at a deeper level usually coming in the form
of “What if” questions.
The Goal: Allowing students the opportunity to discuss how
their thinking has changed or been solidified.
What if we all came from the same place?
What if Hitler had succeeded?
What if Stonewall never happened?
What if Civil Rights never happened?
What is the importance of community?
How do we energize a community?

Reflect/Evaluate
Include an opportunity for face-to-face or digital reflection to
guide students along their learning progression, evaluating
progress and setting new goals for continued exploration.
The Goal: Refine initial answer to the “driving question” and
reflect on ideas, goals and beliefs concerning their progress.
Write a 2-5 sentence reflection on the importance of
individuality. How does history factor?

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