Lesson 4: Build-A-Project - Student Control

Your Task -

Now that you have gone through this mini course, you can lose some control. What I mean by that is create a lesson that is centered on the students. Put the task in their hands.

All you need to do at this point in time is supply the materials. This may be a task in itself, but the rewards and are endless.

'Here is how to start and plan it out:'

1. What is your topic of time of study?

2. What are the final pieces of information you need the students to walk away with?

3. Think of a question within your topic that is debatable.

Usually they are arguments, or literally something that involves opinions. As Chris Rock once said "There is Math, and then everything else is debatable."

4. Gather materials, speeches, and analysis sheets (Who, What, When, Where, Why, How).

5. Allow students time to investigate and formulate their own findings.

6. Share and discuss.

The beauty of all this is that you are not using pure textbooks. Students gain control of their own knowledge, creating their own opinions from true and real materials of the past. Primary Sources such as speeches are a magnificent gateway into inquiry learning/teaching.