Teacher Commentary
The purpose of this metacognitive conversation is to surface the thinking necessary to evaluate historical sources and make it accessible to all students in the room. By naming and recording the strategies, you are creating a tool kit that students can use in other contexts. Earlier in the year, I consolidate the ideas and create a cardstock handout that students keep in their binders and can add to as the year progresses. Students use that list as a reference. In this module, record strategies on the wall chart and remind students to record on their “Strategies we use to make sense of text” list on p.23.