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History--Who Cares? Attracting and Maintaining Student Focus |
| Roundtable + Curriculum & Instruction + High School |
| A consistent challenge facing educators today is how to involve students in relevant learning. All students can use their minds well, if they identify a reason to do so. Teachers are often forced to cover the content in preparation for standardized testing, and consequently minimize the importance of encouraging the student's role as learner. This roundtable will engage participants in conversation about methods to inspire students to use their minds well in making connections between the past and present. The presenters will share and distribute proven activities, simulation games, lesson plans and actual student exhibitions. Topics for discussion will include successes and failures in developing essential questions, journal entries, Socratic Seminars, and portfolios to facilitate student understanding about the relevance of history in their lives. |
| Presenters: Cleo Carpenter, Donna Yarborough |
| Date: Friday 8:00am - 9:00am Room: Conv Ctr 558A Event #92 |
Indicating interest in attending this session:
| bernadette baskinger | thomas jefferson middle school |
| cathy bean | |
| John Beebe | Yarmouth High School |
| Carol Bonito | Westchester Elementary School |
| Lisa Brooke Crocker | Santana High School |
| Linda Fredrick | |
| Kimberly Gonzales | Foster High School |
| Benjamin Lovejoy | lovejoy(creative) |
| Rajeeve Martyn | Boston Evening Academy |
| James Pecora | Satellite Academy High School- Midtown |
| Allison Poirot | |
| Dan Rothstein | The Right Question Project, Inc. |
| Peter Small Jr. | SOuth Portland High School |
| Tammara Swindler | Clover Park High School |
| Mark Wilkerson | St. Albans School Washington, DC |