8th Annual IEFA -Best Practices Conference Feb 24-25- Missoula Montana Pathways to Success Theres History In Your

Backyard Ruth Ferris

Contact Info: ferrisr@billingsschools.org Library Dragon Ink http://librarydragonink.weebly.com/ Ropin the Wind http://ropinthewind.weebly.com/ Recommended Resources Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions

Content and Strategies

1. CropIt Article Crop It by Teaching History materials/teaching-guides/25697 http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-

Play CropIt http://www.tpsnva.org/students/cropit_list.php 2. Question Formulation Technique The Right Question Institute http://rightquestion.org/ QFT http://librarydragonink.weebly.com/qft-power-point--yb.html 3. Analyzing a Document using DESCRIBE Strategy http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/quarterly/accessibility/article.html Graphic Organizer http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/quarterly/accessibility/pdf/graphic_organizer.pdf Potlatch http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1905-06-20/ed-1/seq-3.pdf Evening star (Washington DC)., July 23, 1905, Page 5

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1905-07-23/ed-1/seq-49.pdf