Do Now: Collaborate in your PLCs &
Identify three ways you use primary
sources in your classroom.
Objective/Goal: To create high level
text dependent questions based off
of primary sources with the social
studies curriculum.
Uncomfortable for students
Requires supportive
evidence
Skill based: requires one to be
able to identify the main idea.
Usually two part questions.
Easy for students to
understand
Questions aren’t basic literal
questions:
Who? What ? Where? When?
Low Level
Random Questions
Open Ended
First, we identify a
sophisticated, higher
level primary source for
students to read.
Examples from World
Cultures: The Apology,
by Plato. The Prince
Machiavelli, The Magna
Carta
Next, we find a specific part of the text, the teachers
collaborate by reading the text and writing the text dependent
questions.
Readability Website: www.Readability-score.com
Determine Content: what's the subject/unit you are studying
Topic: Ancient Greece:
Reading: Plato’s Apology
Reading Level: 14.3
Topic: American Revolution
Reading: Declaration of Independence
Reading Level: 18.4
Topic: World War II
Reading: Oppenheimer Letter to the President
Reading Level: 11.3
Determine: Do you want have one source for the whole class?
OR Multiple texts for class?
Sources can include:
Primary & Secondary Sources
Reading Excerpts
Photography
Art
Audio Clips*
Video Clips*
What is the meaning of the term, “acquitted” as it is used in paragraph 1?
Identify and copy the sentence from paragraph 1 that helps you determine the
meaning of that term.
For what reason does…?
What is the meaning of the term, “acquitted” as it is used in paragraph 1?
According to paragraph 2, for what reason does Socrates argue he is being
punished?
a) Because he did not leave Athens after being exiled.
b) Because he attempted to help other Athenians identify the correct ways to live
their lives.
c) Because he caused damage to the Prytaneum in Athens.
d) Because he failed to provide any guidance to his fellow citizens.
The text is short enough to read once, perhaps twice in class
Use technology, to help &
engage all learners. Example,
audiobooks via Edmodo,
YouTube excerpts.
Allow students working within
their learning communities to
read & re-read in class. Students
should actively highlight phrases
they don’t know/understand,
unfamiliar words
Teacher(s) identifies a group(s) and
sits and works with the students.
The teacher models good reading
comprehension strategies with
students.
Work within your PLCs. And attempt to write five/six
PARCC type of questions.
Use the examples provided to you
Set and date and actually implement your lesson!