Historical Scene

InvestigationBy: Erin Weiss

Dining With Washington

How do historians use primary

sources to reconstruct the

past, analyze cause and effect, and

determine significance?

SOL: VUS.1a,b,c,d,e,h,j;

VUS.8c

#1 Construct a chronology of black history

in America including significant

events, people, organizations, etc.

#2 Evaluate primary sources of an event in

history using the SCIM-C method.

#3 Reconstruct the event both visually and

orally to demonstrate understanding of the

political scene, social culture, and

historical significance.

Think/Pair/Share

Instructions: Construct a timeline of black

history in America including significant

events, people, organizations, etc.

1850 2010

Investigate each document using the

SCIM-C method

Monitoring/Questioning: What else would I like to find out?

What questions do I now need to ask?

Inferencing: What does the source suggest?

Contextualizing: When, why and how was the source produced?

Summarizing: What does the source tell us?

Question: ?

Source Description: Morale PosterSource Description

Monitoring/Questioning: What else would I like to find out?

Inferencing: What does this source suggest?

Contextualizing: When, Why, How source produced?

Summarizing: What does the source

tell us?

Use SCIM-C worksheet to analyze and

synthesize documents and begin to piece

together as a historical event.

Significance Storyline: Write a paragraph

or create a storyboard of Dining with

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