Unit 1 Historical Thinking

Unit 1 → Historical Thinking, Inquiry, & Skill Development

CENTRAL QUESTION

Does our history make us who we are?

*Honeycomb developed by M. Bauer 2014

Unit 1 is a skill-building unit where students will develop the following →

Unit 1 is also about developing the skill of answering, and more importantly, asking POWERFUL QUESTIONS →

Below are examples of POWERFUL QUESTIONS that connect directly to our HONEYCOMB →

* this material is adapted from The Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts by Dr. Seixas and Morton (Nelson 2013) and Creating Canada: A History - 1914 to the Present (McGraw-Hill Ryerson 2015).

Learning the Skills to Study History → The 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

SOURCE 1 → Reactor Roof 3 PHOTO

SOURCE 2 → Scientist Valery Legasov's Thoughts HANDOUT

SOURCE 3 → Radioactive Apples PHOTO

SOURCE 4 → The Chernobyl Disaster: What Happened and the Long-Term Impacts NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ARTICLE

SOURCE 5 → Chernobyl is Still Horrifyingly Relevant -- the Lessons Have Not Been Learned THE GUARDIAN ARTICLE

SOURCE 6 → HBO Chernobyl Trailer & Trial VIDEO CLIPS

SOURCE 7 → Love, Hate, & Propaganda The Cold War Episode 4 IN-CLASS VIDEO CLIP

SMALL GROUP DOCUMENTS BLOCK C Class

DAY 1/3 Chernobyl HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

DAY 1/3 Chernobyl CAUSE & CONSEQUENCE

DAY 1/3 Chernobyl CONTINUITY & CHANGE

DAY 1/3 Chernobyl HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

SMALL GROUP DOCUMENTS BLOCK F Class LAWS

DAY 2/4 Chernobyl HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

DAY 2/4 Chernobyl CAUSE & CONSEQUENCE

DAY 2/4 Chernobyl CONTINUITY & CHANGE

DAY 2/4 Chernobyl HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

The Big Four Historical Thinking Concepts → 4 Case Studies

STEP 1 → Complete the ladder of inference for your assigned case photo(s) → See TEMPLATE below. Use only the photo(s) and captions to complete STEP 1. FOCUS on what you SEE.