News From the Nest-Spotlight on Learning: World Conflict Inquiry
Spotlight On Learning
World Conflict Inquiry
Presented by: Daniel Mills
Subject: Social Studies 10
TEACHER DESCRIPTION and/or REFLECTION:
Final project where students had to choose a conflict or event that was discussed throughout our course and discuss it as it relates to the 6 historical thinking concepts. This final project in an inquiry project where students had to choose one conflict/event of their choice that we had covered over the entire semester and create a visual presentation. Their task was to present their chosen topic using the 6 historical thinking concepts; Establish historical significance, use primary source evidence, identify continuity and change, analyze cause and consequence, take historical perspectives, and understand the ethical dimension of historical interpretations. Students were given total creative freedom over this project, and I received work such as videos, podcasts, brochures, and slideshows.
STUDENT REFLECTIONS:
This project allowed me to have freedom as to what to write about and I got to decide what I wanted to make this project about as a whole. I was able to connect personally to this project as I wrote about Portugal, which is where I am from. It allowed me to learn about my country’s history more in depth and how they contributed to World War 1 and why. I enjoyed how there was lots of area for creativity whether it was where you wanted to make this presentation (Canva or slides for example) or what you wanted to write on (based on what we learned about this year) I feel that this was a great way of reflecting and explaining what we learned about this semester and explaining it in our own way.