PROJECT LAUNCH!
History as Narrative
Research Notes
Research Synthesis
TOPIC BRAINSTORM
IN GROUPS:
1. Brainstorm by Category
Your group’s scribe should download
a copy of the handout and scribe electronically. Using all resources available to you,
brainstorm a list of US History topics. Each
group should email me an electronic version of your brainstorm. Then, add your ideas to this
Google Doc.
NOTE: Peruse
Timelines??
2. What do these look like as projects?
Brainstorm project ideas
and add them to this
Google Doc. Frame them as ideas for
narrative project, ie. “shadow puppet
show about the Great Chicago Fire” or “mural depicting the Vietnam War protests”
or “epic poem about a family moving Westward on the Oregon Trail”, etc…
3. AS INDIVIDUALS: Deeper exploration into topics of interest
Follow interesting ideas down the rabbit hole. As you go, narrow down potential topics from
broad to specific. (Think about the
stories each topic might contain.)
1. Read and/or
explore chapter titles and index of Howard Zinn’s book or another history text.
2. Watch Episodes of Crash
Course
4. Timelines
Homework: Make a list of 10 potential topics for your
project. They should be narrowed down
enough that you could do an historical inquiry on each.
WORK TIME THIS WEEK
DP work time. Add the elements of your Wounded Knee inquiry to
your DP.
1. Explanation of
Assignment
2. Links to
documents: textbook passage and
reflection, film analysis essay
3. Images? Be sure to give citation for any images you
link.
LINK PROJECT
PROPOSAL?
Continue preliminary
research into Narrative History topics.
Once you have decided on your topic, you may begin researching and
collecting sources.