Learning Goals
Students will be able to formulate investigable questions about local history sources and the community's past to uncover evidence-based patterns.
Students will be able to analyze primary and secondary local history sources to identify what each source reveals about community history.
Students will be able to compare and corroborate evidence from multiple local history sources to support a claim about how a place, person, or object changed over time.
Students will be able to contextualize local historical evidence in time and place to explain how community conditions shaped the story they are investigating.
Students will be able to collaborate in discussions and peer feedback sessions to refine investigation plans and strengthen evidence-based claims.
Students will be able to integrate visual and textual evidence to communicate a defensible claim about a then-and-now local story.
Products
History Hunters Research Notebook
Students compile a personal investigation record that shows how they developed a question, selected sources, collected notes, and interpreted evidence about a local history story. The notebook documents raw source observations, a timeline, a corroboration chart, and a CER claim tied to one family, neighborhood, school, place, or object story.
Then and Now Storywalk Investigation Report and Gallery Walk Presentation
Teams synthesize individual evidence into a formal report and short presentation that explains a local history claim with source-based reasoning, visuals, and a clear discussion of limitations, disagreements, or surprising findings. The product is designed for a classroom or hallway Storywalk exhibition and depends on each member contributing evidence and speaking during the presentation.
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