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How have you changed your roll out of "Draw Your History"?

Adam Esrig

Doing the "Draw Your HIstory" is one of my favorite activities to start the year. For the most part it's just great to kick things off with kids drawing and reflecting on what they include as part of their history. 

That said, I really want kids to take to the big reveal a bit more - what do you mean you didn't include your grandparents?!? Or the history of your country? Or the origins of your species? I think students "get it" but I'm not sure it exactly gets hyped about whatever's coming next. 

I'd like to open this discussion back up to the community a bit by opening a new thread - how did you freshen up or improve this activity this year? What do you transition to after doing this activity? Did any one question or approach yield a better classroom performance for you?

Would love to hear from anyone and everyone but will also tag: 

    

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    Hey Origins rockstars!  I wonder sometimes why I am left out of this group but I think it could be because I not only don't use this video I had never heard of it.  Its so cool.  I am not sure I put it into the first scale conversation.  I think it might be good at the beginning of Era 2.  Also.  I wonder if the Earth since class could show the Universe part and I show the human part in world.  I am so excited about this I am going down to the science wing to share it right now.  

    As for the drawing thing I really have drift away from that.  I do my poems for a lot of the intro. stuff you mention and I even use those scale questions with that.  Then I do a matching activity that someone made here to introduce the frames.  

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    Hey Origins rockstars!  I wonder sometimes why I am left out of this group but I think it could be because I not only don't use this video I had never heard of it.  Its so cool.  I am not sure I put it into the first scale conversation.  I think it might be good at the beginning of Era 2.  Also.  I wonder if the Earth since class could show the Universe part and I show the human part in world.  I am so excited about this I am going down to the science wing to share it right now.  

    As for the drawing thing I really have drift away from that.  I do my poems for a lot of the intro. stuff you mention and I even use those scale questions with that.  Then I do a matching activity that someone made here to introduce the frames.  

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