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Alan Edwards

Spark up the American Revolution with Math, Science, and More - 3 views

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lesson plan American Revolution interdisciplinary

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  • Alan Edwards on 19 Nov 09
     
    Michelle Lee, a middle school teacher in Michigan, wrote this interdisciplinary lesson plan for teaching the American Revolution. There are some great ideas for incorporating geography, math, sociology, language arts, phys ed, and music into the social studies/history classroom. -----------Once you click the link, hit the full text button on the right hand side.-----------
Nate Merrill

South Asia Institute | at Harvard University - 0 views

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    The Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) engages faculty and students through interdisciplinary programs to advance and deepen the teaching and research on global issues relevant to South Asia. With offices in Delhi, Dhaka, Karachi and Mumbai, SAI aims to be a catalyst and bridge between Harvard faculty and students and the region. The South Asia Institute's goals are to: Facilitate scholarly exchanges among Harvard faculty and students, international South Asia specialists, visiting academics, and public figures from South Asia. Sponsor lectures and conferences at Harvard and in the region by distinguished academic, governmental, and business leaders whose work contributes to a better understanding of the challenges facing South Asia. Support Harvard students with grants for language study, research, and internships in-region. Bring knowledge from South Asia to Harvard by supporting faculty and students with grants for research, study, and service learning. Build a community of stakeholders committed to building scholarship on South Asia at Harvard and in-region.
Adrea Lawrence

H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online - 0 views

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    H-Net is an interdisciplinary organization of scholars dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. The computing heart of H-Net resides at Michigan State University, but H-Net officers, editors and...
jbdrury

Integrating Film and Television into Social Studies Instruction. ERIC Digest. - 0 views

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  • Visual media also address different learning modalities, making material more accessible to visual and aural learners
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      jbdrury on 09 Oct 09
       
      Addresses diverse learners issue.
  • However, the very qualities that make film and video so popular present problems as wel
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  • It reinforces the passive viewing and unquestioning acceptance of received material that accompanies growing up in a video environment.
  • That passivity and lack of critical awareness is anathema to a democracy.
  • Thirty years ago this meant teaching students to read the newspaper critically, to identify bias there, and to distinguish between factual reporting and editorializing. Critical viewing skills must be added to this effort.
  • an excellent starting point is John E. O'Connor's IMAGE AS ARTIFACT: THE HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF FILM AND TELEVISION
  • (1) Questions about Content.
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      jbdrury on 09 Oct 09
       
      Another good source that I used in my class with Brec is called "Reading in the Dark", which is geared specifically for using film in the English classroom; however, the book provides a review of this basic terminology of film analysis mentioned here.
  • Teachers should be familiar with editing techniques, camera angles, the uses of sound, and other aspects of the presentation.
  • Beyond the cultural and social aspects of the film, what influences were at work in shaping the document?
  • (2) Questions about Production.
  • (3) Questions about Reception.
  • Did this production influence other works? social movements?
  • FOUR FRAMEWORKS FOR HISTORICAL INQUIRY
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      jbdrury on 09 Oct 09
       
      This site doesn't go quite as in depth as I would hope, however these four frameworks do manage to get one thinking about the different ways in which film might be used in the classroom
  • (1) The Moving Image as Representation of History.
  • (2) The Moving Image as Evidence for Social and Cultural History
  • While film can serve as an engaging introduction to a subject, students should be aware of the constant shading and biases, why these occur, and what they accomplish.
  • (3) Actuality Footage as Evidence for Historical Fact.
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      jbdrury on 09 Oct 09
       
      The book I mention in my sticky note below has a great section on critically analyzing documentaries, which some people have a bad habit of regarding as "fact", simply because the film is labeled as a documentary.
  • Documentary footage, however, is never wholly objective.
  • An examination of filming and editing, circumstances surrounding production and distribution, and the producer's intentions are essential for studying such material.
  • (4) The History of the Moving Image as Industry and Art Form
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      jbdrury on 09 Oct 09
       
      I have been looking online for awhile, and most of the sources that come up are actual books for purchase like these - I might cross-reference some of these titles with our university library to see which ones come up
  • "Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies" at http://h-net2.msu.edu/~filmhis/.
  • jbdrury on 09 Oct 09
     
    This is sort of a basic review of how and why we as teachers might use film in the classroom. This is my first post on this issue; I am searching for some more in-depth sites that might have models for lesson plans. Many sites have lesson plans based around a specific film; a site that provides lesson plan templates that are applicable across a wide variety of films would be more applicable/useful. However, the comments made here by Paris provide a good base from which to start thinking about the idea.
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