What do historians do? That is the question that was posed to students today. "Study history" was the most popular response so the follow-up question was, "So, what does study history mean?". That one was met with some quizzical looks. This year, the main Social Studies goal for us will be unpacking the strategies that historian use to "study" history and demonstrating our abilities to employ these strategies.
The work we do in this area will be guided by the work done by the Historical Thinking Project headed up by some researchers from a collection of schools including the University of British Columbia and Alberta. Their goal was to help students and teachers learn how to study history by implementing SIX distinctive thinking strategies dubbed "The Big Six". In Grade 7, students study the history of Canada, and the emphasis on the Big Six helps guide this inquiry and equip students with more than just historical knowledge of events, people and places. This work will support and challenge them think like historians and approach the events of the past with confidence and capability. The end result will be students who can intelligently communicate their understanding of history through a variety of historical lenses.
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