Introduction to
Historical Inquiry
The Virtual Curator
Think back to what Mark
and Dan discussed
yesterday...
What do we want our students to know
about American History?
What do we want our students to know
about the discipline of history?
Virtual Curator
The Primary Sources Network (PSN) research
and development team at the University of
Michigan and the Henry Ford created these
materials.
PSN received generous support from the U.S.
Department of Education in this project
Contact: Bob Bain at the University of Michigan
bbain@umich.edu
Task Definition
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Information Seeking
Strategies*
What sources of information will we
be using?
Images of the Mattox
House
4 Interviews (Oral
Histories)
*Controlled Sources
Location & Access
Images of Mattox House (3)
Interview: Dr. Leslie Long
Interview: E.J. cutler
Interview: Charles Boles
Interview: Carrie Mattox
Interview: Amos Mattox
Use of Information
17’
Build a Meal: Form Triads
10’
Combine your triad with
another triad to form a team
of 6
4’ 4”
33’ 3”
Complete the Mattox House
floor plan individually, using
one of the interviews and
the pictures.
21’ 3”
21’ 4”
Synthesis
17’
10’
4’ 4”
With your group members,
reach a consensus and
design a group floor plan.
33’ 3”
21’ 3”
Share with the class.
21’ 4”
Evaluation
What did the curators
at the Henry Ford do?
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Student Responses
“Our floor plan may not be an exact replica of the
Mattox House before it had been moved due to
limited sources.”
“We think our conclusion is better than most
because we used a lot of evidence. We were not
fully sure where a few of the rooms and other
things were… From the evidence, we sort of
pictured the locations of things, but are not
positive.”