Trying to learn about the history of the world is a lot. A LOT. In this video, we’ll learn about how frames can help us narrow our focus so we can understand and create historical accounts in a more manageable way. This course has three frames, communities, networks, and production and distribution. This video discusses frames generally, and the communities frame more specifically.
Driving Question: How can we use frames to make sense of history, without trying to memorize every little detail?
Word of the Day: Frame
- A particular lens or perspective that information is perceived through
Lesson
- Go to Lesson 1.2 and watch the “Frame Concept Introduction” video. This will give you a bit of an idea of how we use frames to analyze the past.
- Optional but strongly suggested: Watch the “Communities Frame Introduction” video. This video explains how the frame of communities can be used to help us think about an analyze the history of the world.
Historian’s Journal Prompt
- Write about your own community, and the ways in which it is responding to Covid-19. What has changed in your community as a response to COVID? What has stayed the same? Be sure to use specific examples and evidence when possible.
