Ron Gorr on Imagining the Great Depression: Mixing Primary Documents and Student Creativity
Use primary sources to tell stories and discover what the stories you create say about historical bias.
Use primary sources to tell stories and discover what the stories you create say about historical bias.
Anchor Socratic seminars in primary sources and watch your students work together to arrive at historical understanding.
Primary sources are crucial for historical study. AP history teacher Ron Gorr suggests ways to better incorporate them into lesson plans.
How can you bring 21st-century teaching into curriculum you’ve already developed and use? AP U.S. History teacher Ron Gorr substituted online and in-person research and discussion for a quiz and a lecture.