2IBA - I've now posted the schedule and grading system for the next six months. YOU MUST KEEP UP WITH THE READING. We'll have two days of review and assessment to see where you are and where you're going (and more importantly, where you want to be). More debates, more review and a Jeopardy championship.
3IBA - EVERYONE must have an outline for IA by this week. We're moving out of the review period and into new material. YOU MUST KEEP UP WITH THE READING.
I will begin to push all of you to truly start thinking critically about sourcing and what you're actually writing. I've finished grading your exams and papers and frankly, most of you are not answering the question and doing analysis, just reciting facts (and some of those facts are inaccurate).
Skills for Historical Analysis Through Critical Reading
Primary Sources1. Determine and summarize the central/main ideas of the primary source.
2. Analyze the source
-SOAPStone How to use SOAPStone Analysis Method
3. Create generalizations and inferences about the primary source and/or about the historical event based on implicit and explicit information.
-Accuracy, relevance & bias
-Determine credibility
4. Cite evidence from the primary source and your own historical knowledge to support your generalizations and inferences.
5. Compare and contrast this primary source with other points of view.
Secondary Sources1. Determine and summarize the central/main ideas of the secondary source.
2. Analyze the source
-SOAPStone Analysis Method
-Historical Fact vs. Historical Interpretation
-Reliability of sources & evidence used to support the author’s claims
3. Create generalizations and inferences about the secondary source and/or about the historical event based on implicit and explicit information.
-Accuracy, relevance & bias
-Determine credibility
4. Cite evidence from the secondary source and your own historical knowledge to support your generalizations and inferences.
5. Compare and contrast this secondary source with other points of view.
