Sunday, December 20, 2009
Threading Ideas
One of the most difficult processes in the study of history may well be the process of "threading" ideas. I first learned about "threading" again, through my training of AP U.S. History and the concept intrigued me. How do we get students to understand how concepts in history are related to one another despite not obviously detectable connection. Students in my APUSH class have begun to do this rather effectively. As part of their final project for the quarter, students had to identify issues pertaining to the Progressive Era and link them to other eras in history. They did so rather effectively. If one doesn't understand the connections between events, people, themes, ideas, economic, etc. in history, one is less likely to understand how it affects them now. That is probably the main reason why, although difficult, threading should be practiced more frequently in the classroom.
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Last semester was pretty difficult i'm not going to lie. There were times when i didnt even want to do the work because i was really tired not to mention coming in on saturdays, but it was fun over all the hard work is paying off. Going in on saturdays i think helped a lot. Mostly because we actually got into the descussions plus we didnt really have the limitation of an hour and fourty minutes to make us go through topic in a flash.I really enjoy this class it's tiring but i'm sure at the end it'll be worth it.Hopefully this semester will be just as helpful as last.
ReplyDeleteI have difficulty with history. It is true what you tell me, since I consider history as my weakness and worse subject i block myself out of everything. That's a problem! Last semester was very difficult and i believe it will continue to do so. Even though I haven't been assisting much on Saturday's i believe that I've been missing out in a lot I have to learn such as threading. Not a good one for me, I'm lame at this. I am positive i will actually learn something even though I am very hard headed and lazy. I'm pretty sure everything is going to pay off at the end. You're a great teacher and you do whatever you need to get done for your students. Even though my brain burns up, I get tired and frustrated with all the work I enjoy your class.
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