Questions And Correct Answers
Literature Circles
Well-Organized, Cooperative Learning Structures Where Students Analyze Text, Both
Informational And Literacy. Can Be Used Effectively For Students Learning About The
Language In The Declaration Of Independence
Debates
Allows Students To Have The Opportunity To Use Critical Thinking And Presentation
Skills. Can Help Students Cultivate Abstract Thinking And Build Skills Like Citizenship,
Etiquette, Organization, Persuasion, Public Speaking, Research, And Teamwork
Role-Play
Can Be Used To Enhance Students' Understanding Of A Situation In Time. Most
Effectively Used When Demonstrating A Cast Of Characters In A Certain Event. Ex. Living
History Museum
Primary Source
Original, First-Hand Account Of An Event Or Time Period. Usually Written Or Made
During Or Close To The Event Or Time Period. Original, Creative Writing Or Works Of
Act. Factual, Not Interpretive
,Ex. Diaries, Journals, And Letters
Secondary Sources
Analyzes And Interprets Primary Sources, Second-Hand Account Of A Historical Event.
Interprets Creative Words
Ex. Biographies, Histories, Newspaper Articles
Political Cartoons
Vivid Primary Source That Offer Insight To The Publics Moods, Underlying Cultural
Assumptions Of Age, And Attitudes Toward Key Events Or Trends Of The Times. Since
18th Century They Have Offered Lots Of Insight Into The Past
First In The US Was Written By Benjamin Franklin. Showed The Importance Of Colonial
Unity
1910s
WWI Ends And Everyone Is Happy
1920s
Lots Of Expendable Income. People Living High On The Hog. Great Gatsby Time
1930s
, Crash; No One Has Money. Great Depression
1940s
WWII. Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor, FDR New Deal, Factories. 1945- Atomic Bomb, End Of
WWII, Cold War Begins When Russia Turns USSR
1950s
22nd Amendment Limiting Presidency To Two Terms Of Four Years Each. 1957- Russians
Launch Sputnik -> Impacted Our Scientific Exploration
1960s
US Enters Vietnam To Combat Communism. 1969- Moon Walk, US Wins The Space Race
1970s
Gasoline Crisis
1980s
Reagan Is The President. US And USSR Been A Truce