Historical Thinking and TTTC

Starter 7:

Paul Revere, 1770

Chappel, 1815

1. List 3 similarities between these images of the Boston Massacre and 3 differences.
2. Which do you think is the truer history, and why?
3. What other information would you need to better make up your mind about the previous question?

Historical Thinking Skills

1. Review handout that is linked above
2. Pair/Share: Which of these were used in our starter discussion today?
3. Students will be using these skills to sort through conflicting historical sources, and to come to a conclusion about the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

Document 1: NY Times Tonkin Resolution Article

Lori does a think-aloud to demonstrate the process of using these historical thinking skills.  Students follow along on their copy of the document linked above, and annotate as we go.

The Things They Carried

Read the first story in the book (pages 1-25)

Do a character sketch for one of the following characters:

1. Jimmy Cross
2. Henry Dobbins
3. Dave Jensen
4. Ted Lavender
5. Norman Bowker
6. Kiowa
7. Rat Kiley
8. Henry Dobbins
9. Mitchell Sanders
10. Lee Strunk

Your character sketch must include the following:

1. Image of the character as you imagine them.  Look closely at the descriptions the author provides.
2. Drawing of at least three of the things that soldier carries, with a written explanation for each object of why that soldier carries it, and what that object represents to them (think symbolically!)
3. Line from the book that represents that character with a page number

HOMEWORK

Finish reading if you didn't finish in class, get started on your character sketch.  You will have some time to finish it tomorrow in class.