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Welcome!
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Todays Objectives

• Take part in a hands-on activity using primary
  sources
• Learn about the ABC-CLIO Model of Inquiry
• Explore the Womens Rights Movement
• Use compelling on-line resources to support
  critical thinking and enact the historical
  method

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With a partner, answer the following question in
writingWhat is history?
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Now, with your partner, answer this question in
writing What skills should a 21st-century
student gain in a history classroom?
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The Case for Teaching History
We're deluged by conflicting, fragmented
information that tries to steer us in particular
directions. We need to raise citizens who ask
themselves, 'Is this true? Who's saying so?
What's the nature of the evidence?' Taught this
way, history is a training ground for
democracy. Sam Wineburg, Professor of
Education, Stanford University
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The ABC-CLIOHistorical-InquiryProcess
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What is a Dilemma?
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What is a Dilemma?

• A dilemma is
• A historical event, the meaning of which
  historians do not have clear agreement on
• Often posed with phrases like To what extent
• An investigation into multiple historians views
  on a historical topic

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What is a Dilemma?

• Examples of dilemmas
• What role did the extension of slavery play in
  the Souths decision to secede from the Union?
• To what extent did American isolationism in the
  1930s embolden Adolph Hitler?
• Did Ronald Reagan end the Cold War or did the
  Soviet Union collapse from within?

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What is NOT a Dilemma?

• A dilemma is NOT
• An unsolved mystery like
• -Who killed Kennedy? -Did John Wilkes Booth
  act alone?
• A historical question that can be answered
  definitively
• -Did John Adams increase the size of the navy?
• A current issue dilemma such as
• -How can we get rid of poverty? -Should we
  allow prayer in schools?

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Womens Movement Timeline
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In this activity you will see five images from
womens history. Each image will appear with an
identification letter (A through E). Your
objective is to put them in chronological order
on a piece of paper. When you have it, stand and
turn away from the screen.
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A
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B
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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D
UPI-Bettmann/Corbis
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Here are all 5 at once!
A
B
C
D
E
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A-1942
B-1870
E-1912
C-1970
Correct ANSWER B E A C D
D-1977
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Write down questions that need to be answered in
order to better understand what is happening in
this image.
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Write down questions that need to be answered in
order to better understand what is happening in
this image.
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For Sheriff Miss Hangman
Rights Of Women
Title The Age of Brass or the Triumph of Womens
Rights
Susan Sharp- Tongue
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What are some possible dilemmas?
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