Thursday, July 10, 2014

Making the Declaration of Independence Come Alive for Our Students

In supporting GCISD's Lead 2021 and promoting a learning platform, this video provides teachers with a structure example that guides students to their own understanding.  Rather than having a teacher lecture and tell the students everything they need to know about the Declaration of Independence (or any other concepts), we need to provide our students with the avenue in which to discover and create their own meaning.  This video has been added to our district curriculum (5th grade, 8th grade, and 11th grade) to serve as an example of how teachers might structure their lesson on the Declaration of Independence and as a model for other lessons as well.