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TeachIT Inquiry-Writing Workshop (Thursday Session)

TeachItct.org              Off-Site Workshop -- Directions to CT Historical Society  



LOCATION: Connecticut Historical Society, 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford

TIME:    8:30 a.m. - 3:00

WHO:   Connecticut Humanities TeachIt Staff

GRADES: K-12+

TeachIT (TeachITCT.org) is an online resource that allows educators to bring Connecticut history into the classroom through the use of inquiry-based activities that reinforce the learning principles found in the Connecticut State Social Studies Frameworks. On this off-site field trip, you will have the opportunity to see the inquiry activities TeachIt offers, and you will have a chance to create inquiries of your own! Working with the Connecticut Humanities TeachIT staff, the Connecticut Historical Society, Mystic Seaport, the New Haven Museum, the Connecticut State Libraries' Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project, and other partners, the day will be filled with hands-on inquiry opportunities using Connecticut sources. In addition, since TeachIt is a crowd-sourced project for Connecticut teachers, you have the opportunity to work with TeachIt staff to have your own inquiry activities published on TeachItCT.org.
The day will be off-site at the Connecticut Historical Society at 1 Elizabeth Street in Hartford. Our museum and historical society partners will join us there. You may wish to bring your own computer to take notes and to create your inquiry activity. Lunch will be provided. If you have questions about the day, please see Laura Krenicki during the earlier days of the summer institute, or email her at lkrenicki@cthumanities.org.

Schedule for the day:

8:30 - 9:00     Sign-in/Goals for the day/Refreshments

9:00 - 9:45      Introduction to TEACHIT

9:45 - 11:00    Partners share artifacts, documents, and objects. Participants choose objects.

11:00 - 12:00      Lunch & Tour of Center

12:00 - 3:00       Development of Inquiry Activities for the TeachITCT.org website

TeachIT Shared Folder: https://goo.gl/qDOxES


6-12 Geography Presentation: http://goo.gl/TpNFbq


Middle Grades Presentation:  https://goo.gl/D9wAtF




Elementary Geography Session: http://goo.gl/Pafcfx


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