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Thinking Like A Historian: Part One: Posing Questions Using Artifacts
Thinking Like A Historian: Part One: Posing Questions Using Artifacts
What is its size and shape? What does this artifact tell us
What is its color and texture? about the time period?
How much does it weigh? What does it tell about the
Describe any special markings technology of the time period?
What do you wonder when you look at What new questions do you have that
this artifact? you would like to research?
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Analyze the artifact found
on the next slide.
Think about the questions
found on the artifact
analysis sheet.
Use with a variety
of artifacts from the
same time period to
draw conclusions.
Try It –Study the next photo of a general store in California in the 1800’s and
read the sample questions. Think about the following questions. What level of
Bloom’s Taxonomy is each question? How do these questions promote critical
thinking? What questions would you change or add?