2001 History Syllabus

 

Abbreviations for the Reading:

 

B.H.A. = Bring History Alive
DH = Doing History
NHS = National History Standards
SE = Social Education
S.S.Y.L. = Social Studies Standards and the Young Learner
 
Session Lesson Content Readings (to be done prior to session)
#1
8:30 - 10:00
Tuesday 6/19
Thinking Historically NHS pp. 1-13
B.H.A. - pp. 1-7
#2
10:15 - 12:00
Tuesday 6/19
Thinking Historically DH Chapter One
#3
1:15 - 2:45
Tuesday 6/19
Delaware Benchmarks: What Must Students Know and Be able to Do? Delaware Grade Level Benchmarks
General Session
3:00 4:30
Tuesday 6/19
Binko Demonstration SE April/ May 1996, pp. 203-211, pp. 216-219, and pp. 233-236
#4
8:30 - 10:00
Wednesday 6/20
Chronology and Analysis
Trade Books
NHS pp. 17-18, pp. 20-21, pp. 23-24
B.H.A. Pp. 16-20, pp. 26-30, pp. 31-34
Trade Books to be used: So Far From the Sea, Rachel's Journal, Emma's Journal, Zwaanendael, Foster's War, and Grandpa's Mountain.
#5
10:15 - 12:00
Wednesday 6/20
Delaware State Archives: Teaching with Documents (Tom Summers) SE January/ February 2001, pp. 55-58
Trade books to be used: So Far From Home, and Foster's War.
#6
3:00 - 4:30
Wednesday 6/20
Artifact Box
(Hagley, Delaware Historical Society, ...)
B.H.A. Pp. 21-25
S.S.Y.L. 1998, PP. 14-16
#7 - #8
8:15 - 12:00
Thursday 6/21
Visit to Winterthur Museum - Touch-it Room, Period Rooms, and Activity Room DH Chapter 7
Trade Books to be used: Rachel's Journal, Emma's Journal, and others.
#9
8:30 - 10:00
Friday 6/22
Interpreting History Interpretations of American History, pp. 1-4
SE April/ May 1996, pp. 212-215
Trade Books to be used: Ingenious Mr. Peale, and Poison Place.

#10
10:15 - 12:00
Friday 6/22

Children's Literature DH Chapter 9
Linking History, Literature, and Students
S.S.Y.L. 1998, pp. 23-28
Numerous Trade Books
#11
1:15 - 2:45
Friday 6/22
Using the Internet Trade Books to be used: Fever 1793, Foster's War, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, and Dear Mr. President.
Read Delaware History by Carol Hoffecker over the weekend.
#12 - #13
8:30 12:00
Monday 6/25
Delaware History
Oral History
(Dr. Carol Hoffecker)
B.H.A. PP. 183 - 185
S.S.Y.L. December 1994, pp. 8-17

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