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  By Fisher uhoustonlib at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0,   I think this week’s readings were great.   I personally made a connection with both readings with some stuff I did in a past semester through my Art Methods course.   As a class, we were able to go to the M.D. Anderson Library at the University of Houston and visit Special Collections.   Special Collections has different collections that contain art, photographs, clippings, music, invitations, and so many more things.   These collections are donated to the university, and I believe some are also bought with grant and donor money.   The coordinator for the Special Collections section held a class for us to let us know about all the things included and how they can be used in our classrooms.   For example, they had an elementary group around that time that took a trip to the library and investigated primary sources for a collection that had to do with slavery.   This inc...

I really enjoyed reading this article.   Throughout the Fall 2018 semester we were taught about inquiry but more specifically through science explorations for the 5E lesson model.   This semester we are continuing with inquiry in science but will also be applying it in math lessons.   I think using it in history makes a lot of sense.   It completely fits with allowing children to explore on their own and use critical thinking as well as making connections.   At the same time, students are using sources to get their information from.   I thought the “Recreating the Feast” idea really focused on all that instead of just saying this is what happened, and this is what they ate or rather, letting them assume that they ate the same things we eat now.   This can be used for other investigations like slavery and historical figures.   We are currently doing a unit at my elementary where students use sources to research historical figures, and they ge...