Practices & Protocols

Core Challenges for Connected Classrooms invite students to think, question, and communicate like historians.

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Inquiry Pathways explore the past through compelling questions that spark curiosity and critical thinking.

 

Engagement Strategies use hands-on, minds-engaged learning experiences to bring history to life.

 

Analysis Activities ask students to critically examine primary sources through the RISE method.

 

Interpretation Exercises challenge to compare shifting historical narratives, and consider how context and values shape the stories we tell.

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Current Connections begin with a contemporary issue or problem and work backward through time to uncover its origins.