A ELA colleague and I (a history teacher) are piloting a new course next year: American Studies (history + literature, a humanities course). We would love to know if any of you in the NWP community are teaching this kind of course and if you would share your expertise. I already use writing a lot in history, but we want to integrate reading, writing, speaking and listening about history content daily in both our classes. Any advice?
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Could you clarify the grade level of the course?
Yes, of course; thanks for the reminder!
The students are high school juniors, heterogenously groups (all social classes, home languages and academic backgrounds, although AP students take a different course and aren't in this mix).
Hi Debra, I recently blogged about this project. Here's the link to the Reading Like A Historian website: http://sheg.stanford.edu/?q=node/45