Today in class, we discussed how important perspective is to understanding history. This is a photo taken at the "Four Corners" intersection between Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Photo taken in 2007.
Dear class,
We began a new mini unit on historiography (the study of history) through the lens of American Studies. Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Behavior LT 3: I can communicate and work effectively within a team or group.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Soundtrack: "History" by One Direction. Selected because of our look at what history is today in class. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 9/12/18:
News Brief - McKenzie
Revisit 9/11 and 12/7
What is History?
Homework: Read the blog. The next news brief is assigned to: Connor.
We also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Connor was selected to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Revisit 9/11 and 12/7: Because we did not have much time at the end of last class, I wanted to come back to analyzing the two speeches from US presidents about these two days: President George W. Bush on 9/11 and President FDR on 12/7. Here are the speeches:
The questions we looked at were here:
Are there common themes running through these speeches? Be specific.
• What was the reason for delivering each of these speeches?
• What effect do you think each of these speeches had on the nation and/or the rest of the world?
• What are the most important lines in each of these speeches?
I was also curious to hear any stories that students had related to 9/11 or 12/7 that they were willing to share in class. Thanks, everyone!
What is History?: Next, we started our new unit on understanding history a bit more. To begin, this is the presentation that we began in class:
The reading that we did in class from Edward Hallet Carr's book "What is History?" can be found here:
Please note the vocabulary at the bottom, which we went over as a class before reading the excerpt.
As a class, we discussed the story's question about who or what bears responsibility for the event described. This is exactly what historians do all of the time!
Due to the shortened Wednesday schedule today, this is all that we covered in class. See you on Friday!
Jackson Perez, homework completed
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