No Trust Issues Here: Thursday, September 3, 2015

Our guiding question for class today was, "what is trust?"  We all nod understandingly when our friends say something is trustworthy, but what do we mean by that? To an historian, trust is critically important, and not something to be taken lightly.  The sources we read, the people we believe, the artifacts we examine, all these need to be handled with an eye toward this important concept.

In class today, we started by discussing "trust" and what that means.  Then you worked in round-robin partner interviews to choose trustworthy sources in a worksheet exercise. When we reconvene on Tuesday, we will talk as a class about the sources we chose and why we trust one source over another.  Eventually we will be looking at OURSELVES as sources, and deciding if we're the most trustworthy option or not!

HWK:  Today, you passed in your half of your two-part personal story (Evaluating Sources).  Your homework is to have the other person involved write out his or her part for WEDNESDAY.  If you need a copy, it's linked under yesterday's blog post.

If you and a fellow Team 12'er are talking about the same story, you do NOT need to do this again.  HOORAY!!  On Tuesday, I'll collect names of kids who need me to make copies and we'll deal with it from there.

Thanks everyone, have a great weekend, and....FREE TOM BRADY!!!