This resource started out as an extra credit project I was working on for a student in my U.S. History Class. The next thing I knew, I'd created ten cards (four questions on each card). I decided, rather than use the cards as an extra credit assignment, I was going to incorporate them into my History class later in the week.
Each card focuses on a topic from the 30s or 40s. I thought it would work best if I broke my class into groups of four and gave each group a card. Together, each group will watch their assigned video and answer the four Historical Thinking questions pertaining to the video.
I laminated each page so my students can write their responses on the cards. When they finish, I will wipe the cards off and use them with my next class.
Some of the topics covered in this set are: the Dust Bowl, Dorothea Lange and Migrant Mother, the CCC, Holocaust Survivors, Pearl Harbor, Japanese Internment, Hiroshima.
*Update... I used the cards with my 7th period class (my most challenging group). I used the cards as a "bell-ringer" activity at the begining of class. I had to provide very little direction. The cards are pretty self-explanatory. The activity went very well! My students got right to work. Their responses were thoughtful and thorough! I was impressed. Definitely using these with my other sections!
Historical Thinking Video Bell-ringers
Each card focuses on a topic from the 30s or 40s. I thought it would work best if I broke my class into groups of four and gave each group a card. Together, each group will watch their assigned video and answer the four Historical Thinking questions pertaining to the video.
I laminated each page so my students can write their responses on the cards. When they finish, I will wipe the cards off and use them with my next class.
Some of the topics covered in this set are: the Dust Bowl, Dorothea Lange and Migrant Mother, the CCC, Holocaust Survivors, Pearl Harbor, Japanese Internment, Hiroshima.
*Update... I used the cards with my 7th period class (my most challenging group). I used the cards as a "bell-ringer" activity at the begining of class. I had to provide very little direction. The cards are pretty self-explanatory. The activity went very well! My students got right to work. Their responses were thoughtful and thorough! I was impressed. Definitely using these with my other sections!
Historical Thinking Video Bell-ringers
