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Make History with Your Students
From bestselling author Paul Bambrick-Santoyo and Art Worrell, Uncommon Schools’ Director of History Instruction, comes Make History, an inspiring book on how educators can take history instruction to the next level. History teachers face unique challenges in introducing history lessons to students, and they are under increasing pressure to get it “right” in an age of social progress and social divisiveness. This book is a guide to bring the past to life while teaching students how to make sense of history.
Use the ideas and techniques to turn your history students into writers, readers, and thinkers who are ready not only to succeed in college, but also to become leaders and change agents. By showing how to teach rigorous, engaging lessons that center student thinking and voice, Make History turns history class into the most exciting part of a student’s day.
Teachers and instructional coaches in grades 5-12 will love this new, insightful approach to history—one that works for today’s classrooms.
ART WORRELL is the Director of 5-12 History Instruction at Uncommon Schools and has 20 years of experience as a teacher, instructional leader, and curriculum writer.
PAUL BAMBRICK-SANTOYO is a bestselling author and founder and Dean of the Leverage Leadership Institute, as well as Chief Schools Officer of Uncommon Schools.
Online Content
Print-Ready Materials
Videos
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Introduction: Make History
Art’s Story
Paul’s Story
Our Story
A “Practical Guide”: What You’ll Find in This Book
Turning on the Light: Making Good Teaching Visible
See It: Videos and Work Samples
Name It: Core Ideas and One-Pagers
Do It: Materials to Make it Happen
Who Should Use this Book and How?
Making History—Starting the Journey
Part 1: Define the Destination
Learn More—Enrich Your History Map
Craft Initial Questions
Seek Sources with Multiple Perspectives
Finalize the Destination
Craft a Class Prompt:
Create an Exemplar Response
Chart the Path
Choose your Sources
Identify the Historical Thinking Skills
“Source” your Sources
Put it All Together—Know & Show
Conclusion
Key Takeaways
Self-Assessment & Action Plan
Part 2: Build Knowledge
Activate Knowledge
Do Nows
Class Oral Review
Supply (or Create) a Resource:
Frontload Knowledge—Tell a Story
Hook Them
Tell The Story—Make it Memorable
Hold onto the Story—Solidify the Understanding
Conclusion
Key Takeaways
Self-Assessment & Action Plan
Build Knowledge Lesson – 1 Pager
Part 3: Grapple with Evidence
Plan For Productive Struggle
Set the Stage—Activate What they Need:
Activate Skill—Break Down the Prompt:
Activate Knowledge:
Let Them Grapple—Guide Sensemaking
Monitor Reading & Address the Trend:
Conclusion
Key Takeaways
Self-Assessment & Action Plan
Grapple with Evidence – 1 Pager
Part 4: Make Sense of It Through Discourse
Give Students Habits
Name the Desired Habits
Build and Maintain Habits
Set the Stage for Discourse
Launch the Discourse Cycle
Facilitate Large Group Discourse
Deepen Discourse
Conclusion
Key Takeaways
Self-Assessment & Action Plan
Inquiry Lesson – 1 pager
Part 5: Stamp and Measure the Learning
Stamp in Student Voice
Stamp in Writing
Stamp the Thinking (Go Meta)
Apply It—Assess:
Conclusion
Key Takeaways
Self-Assessment & Action Plan
Part 6: Put It All Together
Implementation Rubric—Make History:
AP US History – Reconstruction
Build Knowledge Lesson
Grapple with Evidence & Inquiry Lesson Plans
AP World History – Westernization vs. Southernization
Build Knowledge Lesson Plan
Grapple with Evidence & Inquiry Lesson Plans
Conclusion:
Endnotes
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