Summary: Looking for ways to involve high school students in using historical tools to craft arguments and make personal connections to current issues? These six short NWP-produced videos spotlight Real World History, a high school course that frames history as an argument about the past and teaches students to think like historians. The video footage, focused on a study of the Great Migration of the 20th Century, could be a springboard for curriculum design or spark conversation in classes or professional development focused on disciplinary literacy with a social justice bent.
Original Date of Publication: March 2017
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Original Source: National Writing Project, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWoX6kUWzkM&index=1&list=PLj88VapN273xySK4GVCIBFt4VwPqXkw3q