Making+History+Matter

Frank McCaughery, The Bronx Lab School fmccaughey@gmail.com, [|www.outsidthecave.org] Stephen Lazar, The Academy for Young Writers (Brooklyn) Stephen.lazar@gmail.com, www.thenewlywedteacher.blogspot.com
 * __ Making History Matter: Using Projects to Entice Disengaged History Students __**

What was your most powerful learning experience? How do we bring them to our students?

Presentation available at: [] Project files at: []

- get students engaged - assesses for what is most important - solves plagiarism issue (if it doesn’t demand original thought, it’s a bad project) - History Day
 * Why projects and authentic assessments? **

- extended process of inquiry in response to a complex challenge, question, problem - create authentic high-quality products and presentations - assess to help students learn key academic content, - practice 21st century skills
 * What is Project Based Learning? **

- what do you want students t understand and be able to do? - How are they going to be able to show what they have done? - How will you create context for the demonstration and hook the students? - How will you assess the students’ understanding and skills?
 * Planning Good Projects **


 * GRASPS: Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Performance, Standards **

*Bill and Ted Travel Project* - steal the machine --> you can change one event. What is it? How would you change it? Now justify!

[|www.performanceassessment.org] --> for rubrics

- diary/blog as a historical individual or as a certain gender/race/class - History Hall of Fame/Shame (write a speech nominating candidate) - Cereal box for “famous people” - Newspaper project (newspapers created by a different social class or group) - Create an episode of the Daily Show in history - Letter to a politician - Create a politician (create a personal profile, run a campaign by creating a fakebook page, campaign poster, resume, write a cover letter explaining why you want to volunteer for a political campaign) - Create a history museum - 3 minute documentaries, Ken Burns style - create the perfect polis (government style, ruler, Greek god, temple) - What is the best ________________? (Knockout tournament) ex. comparing Golden Ages. Students must research all golden ages because they are not told who they will be debating - Create a Top 10 list of people, technology, events….etc… and debate - “Survivor” Style who is the most important, must debate each other and vote on who gets to stay on the island, who is voted off - gallery walk
 * Examples: **