A Guided Inquiry Approach to Teaching the Humanities Research Project

A Guided Inquiry Approach to Teaching the Humanities Research Project
Author: Randell K. Schmidt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2015-08-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440834393

Aligned with the Common Core, this book enables teachers and librarians to develop lessons and workshops as well as to teach high school students how to research and write a humanities paper using a guided inquiry approach. Being able to use the inquiry process to successfully research, write, and prepare papers and others types of presentations is not only necessary for a student's preparation for collegiate work, but is truly a requisite life skill. This book provides a solid guided inquiry curriculum for cultivating the skills needed to properly investigate a subject in the humanities, interrogate both textual and non-textual sources, interpret the information, develop an understanding of the topic, and effectively communicate one's findings. It is a powerful and practical guide for high school humanities teachers, school librarians, community college humanities teachers and librarians, and early college-level humanities instructors as well as for high school and college students who want to learn how to conduct and write up humanities research. Part one comprises a teacher's practicum that explains the power of guided inquiry. Part two contains student's workshops with instructions and materials to conduct a guided humanities project and paper on the high school level. The third part provides materials for a professional development session for this assignment as well as assessment tools and other supplementary materials such as student handouts. Based on the authors' 15 years' experience in teaching guided inquiry, the 20 workshops in the book use a step-by-step, constructivist strategy for teaching a sophisticated humanities project that enables college readiness.

Perspectives on the Restoration of the Mississippi Delta

Perspectives on the Restoration of the Mississippi Delta
Author: John W. Day
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2014-05-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9401787336

Human impacts and emerging mega-trends such as climate change and energy scarcity will impact natural resource management in this century. This is especially true for deltas because of their ecological and economic importance and their sensitivity to climate change. The Mississippi delta is one of the largest in the world and has been strongly impacted by human activities. Currently there is an ambitious plan for restoration of the delta. This book, by a renown group of delta experts, provides an overview of the challenges facing the delta and charts - a way forward to sustainable management.

Saint Bernards from the Stoan Perspective

Saint Bernards from the Stoan Perspective
Author: Stan Zielinski
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-09
Genre: Saint Bernard dog
ISBN: 9781577790136

This enjoyable read addresses the concerns of judges, breeders and exhibitors, and provides a solid foundation for those new to the breed. Zielinski discusses puppies, the Saint Bernard Breed Standard, faults, movement, temperament, size, breeding and judging in a direct and often humorous manner. Every breeder or judge will want to read this thought-provoking book!

Modern Perspectives in Western Art History

Modern Perspectives in Western Art History
Author: W. Eugene Kleinbauer
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780802067081

A collection of essays that reflect the breadth of twentieth-century scholarship in art history. Kleinbauer has sought to illustrate the variety of methods scholars have developed for conveying the unfolding of the arts in the Western world. Originally published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1971.

A Guided Inquiry Approach to High School Research

A Guided Inquiry Approach to High School Research
Author: Randell K. Schmidt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2013-02-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1610692888

This book helps educators foster academic success and college readiness: it demonstrates how to instruct high school students to find, process, and think about new information, and then synthesize that knowledge. When students are able to manage topics of high interest by choosing their own subject matter, they learn how to effectively perform pre-collegiate research through a process that they find fun and rewarding. Ideal for high school-level teachers and school librarians, this book provides a unique, holistic approach to guided inquiry that guides students step-by-step through the cognitive, affective, and social processes involved, building critical study skills, time management strategies, collaboration techniques, and communication and presentation skills. A Guided Inquiry Approach to High School Research is derived from a formal research protocol and provides proven techniques and supporting materials that facilitate the process for permitting students to choose their own topic, easily grasping how to search for information, and successfully completing a seemingly daunting research assignment—a process that makes understandings deep and integrative. The included detailed project lessons, student handouts, and rubrics and assessment tools are the result of many years of classroom testing and refinement.