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If I didn’t have ___________, I would never make it as a history teacher.

Becca Horowitz

Every history teacher has that thing—the tool, resource, routine, or strategy that keeps lessons moving and sanity intact.

Fill in the blank and tell us why it matters to you. Is it a routine? A tool? A go-to lesson structure? A resource you return to again and again?

Let’s crowdsource the essentials we couldn’t teach without.

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  • As Laura said, coffee helps, but the 4QM method helps me and my students track the event, the characters, and their motivations. With all of the details out there, this helps us trace all of the "ripples" emanating from the event.

  • in reply to Jim Jaeger

    How have you integrated that with OER? I feel like I am trying to break out of the overreliance on reading, but I find it much more difficult to find adequate primary sources in WH compared to my US classes.

  • in reply to Haden Griggs

      I know you question is about finding WH primary sources, but it gets me thinking about the struggles with a gen ed class' wide range of reading levels.  I use AI text readers a lot now (11 Labs is my fav) and I give the kids a sheet with the facts and sequence of events, then cut to the "what do you think" which drives the 4QM method anyway.  Sure, Im not doing much to teach reading, but I only get 12 weeks with a class, so the inquiry and critical thinking is my real target.  This strategy works when I use pictures or paintings as primary sources.  Sometimes even maps make good primary sources.  When I give them a fact sheet to go with the source, it speeds up the discussions. The link below is an example.  Imagine listening to the source while looking at something like this and maybe taking notes. I dont require notes while listening usually, but a strong exit ticket after the discussions always. 

    docs.google.com/.../edit

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  • in reply to Haden Griggs

      I know you question is about finding WH primary sources, but it gets me thinking about the struggles with a gen ed class' wide range of reading levels.  I use AI text readers a lot now (11 Labs is my fav) and I give the kids a sheet with the facts and sequence of events, then cut to the "what do you think" which drives the 4QM method anyway.  Sure, Im not doing much to teach reading, but I only get 12 weeks with a class, so the inquiry and critical thinking is my real target.  This strategy works when I use pictures or paintings as primary sources.  Sometimes even maps make good primary sources.  When I give them a fact sheet to go with the source, it speeds up the discussions. The link below is an example.  Imagine listening to the source while looking at something like this and maybe taking notes. I dont require notes while listening usually, but a strong exit ticket after the discussions always. 

    docs.google.com/.../edit

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