Assignment 1

Shift 2: Provide students with both literary and informational texts on a topic. Using evidence from texts to do a classroom debate. Using evidence from a variety of sources to analyze the causes of war or event and create a timeline of events leading up to the war or conflict. Students could write a diary entry from different community member from their perspective of a conflict (Ex. Pilgrim vs. Native American, Colonists vs King of England)

Shift 3: Students could independently read to learn about an event or topic. Using rich texts from a variety or sources to explore historical periods and events. Students read to learn about topics and time periods to make connections and build content knowledge. I would give students multiple texts to read to learn about a historical event, from different perspectives, etc and varying levels of difficulty to allow students to learn and draw conclusions.