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This is a space for all participants from Connie Williams's discussion group in the Oct-Nov 2021 run of Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Primary Source Questions to submit their final lesson plans. These are plans they have developed over the course of 4 weeks. Enjoy reading the creative work that these educators have done!
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Thank you Connie!
Connie, I think I uploaded my lesson plan correctly, if not could you please let me know. Thank you.
Kenneth Anderson
Hi Kenneth,
Thank you for sharing your lesson- I remember this fabulous image from the course and I am so happy that you were able to use it in class before the end -so we could see how it went! The question that you highlighted was indeed one that proved to be truly engaging for the students and shows the power of the image you chose. I am curious about your reflection on the Q-focus you chose and why this particular image stood out for you over others you may have seen.(Box #2). To answer your question about the importance of where in the list the priority questions come... to me, what this shows is how often our best questions come after asking a whole bunch of other questions first. Very often we as teachers ask students to "write three questions you have about this topic". Our first three questions may be the exact things we wonder about, but more often than not, by asking a bunch of questions, other ideas get sparked, and what we really want to know about comes up later in our listing. In many instances when I've asked participants in the QFT to notice where in the list their priority questions emerged, it is most often towards the lower-middle or end. This is often surprising to note, but especially when working in groups, other group member ideas often build pathways to ideas that really jump out and build excitement. I look forward to hearing more about your QFT adventures - keep in touch!!
Thank you, that answers my question. Most of the students have one question from the first five they created and the other two from the last few that they create. Your response will allow me to better explain that to the teachers I help. This strategy has been great and I am getting teachers in all content areas to use it. Based on the lesson I did for social studies, the English Language Learning teacher asked me to model in his classroom, and our math teachers did the same. Thank you for hosting this, it has been a great help.
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