A-08 Making Thinking Visible in History Education: May 4, 2012 – Middle School Subject Council, Fredericton - Cynthia Wallace-Casey (UNB)

by Cynthia Wallace-Casey,
PhD Candidate
University of New Brunswick (Fredericton)

Agenda for the day 

Introduction – What is making thinking visible?

What is Thinking?

What is Understanding?

The Big Picture (Historic Space Mapping)

What is Historical thinking?

The Little Picture (Heritage Fair projects)

Historical inquiry – working with sources

Memory cases

                St Croix – 1604

                School Culture – 1900

                Governance – J Leonard O’Brien – 1960

                WWI – 1918

                York Street, Fredericton - 1882

Wrap-up – Tying it back to the history map

How did you organize your data? What stories are told?