Quick Sourcing – First Person Accounts of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

My students just did this lesson today, so I thought I would circle back to the thread and share my modification. I made some slight edits to the quick sourcing tool and came up with this handout. Each group got one handout and five index cards (one for each document in the collection). Overall, I was impressed with the quality of their discussion and the resulting claims. Most importantly, the activity gave students an opportunity to explore authentic voices surrounding this important topic. 

Tyrone Shaw 

Love this handout Anne Koschmider I really like how it facilitates group work. Definitely adding it to my toolbox.

Questions: What do you/they do with the index cards after? Do you display them? Do students have a place to keep them? Do you have students revisit them later? Asking because I have students do the summary and HAPPY in an MS word document, because I want them to revisit them later for review. But I feel something missing when I don't do the index cards. 

Thank you so much for looping back. 

Love this handout Anne Koschmider I really like how it facilitates group work. Definitely adding it to my toolbox.

Questions: What do you/they do with the index cards after? Do you display them? Do students have a place to keep them? Do you have students revisit them later? Asking because I have students do the summary and HAPPY in an MS word document, because I want them to revisit them later for review. But I feel something missing when I don't do the index cards. 

Thank you so much for looping back. 

Great question, Tyrone Shaw ! I was a little uncertain about the index cards at first. I was concerned that they wouldn't be enough for students to really understand the content of the documents that other group members read. I decided that I need to adjust my expectations. I decided that the purpose of the notecards would be for sorting/grouping in a tangible way. I was really pleased that my students were great about explaining the sources and content of each document in their discussion (to give others context for the index cards). 

I collected the index cards along with the handout. I'll do some formative assessment - especially on HAPPY analysis - and use that to provide feedback. I'll hand the materials back to students so they can access that feedback. 

The quick sourcing protocol still feels a bit new to me, though, so I would be glad to hear how others are using the index cards!

I dont have an answer for what to do with the index cards, but thought I would share the document that I use with my students for prepare for a DBQ.  We practiced  the RxR DBQ with posters and then we are using the worksheet to support the poster activity.