Blog posting: What standard are you using as a target of focus this semester? How can you link visual learning with digital imagery & Inspiration to this standard?
I am going to be focusing on the following standard throughout the semester:
SS - Standard 1.a - Historical Thinking
Students will develop historical thinking skills, including chronological thinking and recognizing change over time; contextualizing, comprehending and analyzing historical literature; researching historical sources; understanding the concept of historical causation; understanding competing narratives and interpretation; and constructing
narratives and interpretation.
I can see many uses for visual imagery when involving my students in historical thinking. Artwork such as painting and sculpture can be an excellent way of examining cultural changes throughout a time period. Film of particular decades can reflect the attitudes of a culture. In addition, the use of political cartoons and photographs allow for interpretation by the viewer adding a stronger understanding of the eras we examine.
Inspiration can always be put to good use when surveying history; categorizing events and even showing the relationships between them . It is also very useful when seeing what events took place at the same time (e.g. Reconstruction after the Civil War, the 2nd wave of immigration, and the growth of industrialism in the U.S. all overlap greatly).
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