Part III: Inquiring Minds: How Primary Sources can Help Students. (15 minutes)

Now that you know where to look for/locate primary source material ñ what do you do with it?Ý Through a pedagogy called the Inquiry Process ñ you can teach your students to reach higher levels of complex thought.Ý

ìMoments after we say our first word, we begin asking questions. Inquiry- and design-based teaching and learning reinforces this natural process by providing students with learning environments and educational tools through which they can ask questions of interest and relevance to themselves, gather information, make discoveries and share what they know with classmates, teachers and parents.î ñ EDC

How can finding and gathering sources that they can relate to ñ that speak to them on a cognitive and emotional level help students to learn?

Resources:

http://www2.edc.org/CCT/research_inquiry.asp

http://www2.edc.org/CCT/topic.asp?numTopicId=7

Part IV: Adapting Media/Visual literacy in the classroom

Spend 5-10 minutes writing down your project ideas, coming up with a solidified plan for using this project in their classrooms.

Summary: (5 minutes)

Next meeting will be a working period, where you can collaborate with the facilitator and each other to create their projects.

Homework

Continue work on your project. Next week, bring in example of the media you will use. If you are creating a Blog for the students to use, or are teaching the students to create or modify their own – have an account signed up on one of the provided blog communities. If you are using magazines, bring in your examples. If you are teaching primary sources, bring a list of primary sources that you plan to use.