Disciplinary Literature

Disciplinary Literature

Texts

• Primary Sources Documents, Photographs, Documentaries, etc.

Text Features & Structures

• Specificity, Personality, Multiple Points of View, Elements of Persuasion and Debate, Informative & Descriptive, Letters, Political Speeches, and Narratives

Disciplinary Practices

• Text as interpretation, Not as fact
• Think like a historian
• Contextual Thinking

Teacher's Role

• Support students with class discussion and scaffolds
• Offer new ways to look at history
• Model for students

Student's Role

• Study graphs
• Use Cause/Effect and Compare/Contrast
• Read to Learn