{"id":6618,"date":"2022-04-15T13:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/?post_type=chapter&p=6618"},"modified":"2022-07-12T14:51:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T14:51:57","slug":"historical-hacks-and-in-class-activities","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/chapter\/historical-hacks-and-in-class-activities\/","title":{"raw":"Historical Hacks and In-Class Activities","rendered":"Historical Hacks and In-Class Activities"},"content":{"raw":"\"icon\r\n

Historical Hacks<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nHistorical Hacks are included at the end of each module within the Study Plan. The purposes of these hacks are to help students learn the critical thinking skills that contribute to success in history courses. These hacks are broken down into understandable chunks and give students an opportunity to practice important skills, such as interpreting primary source documents, creating thesis statements, comparing perspectives, developing empathy, recognizing bias, evaluating sources, determining cause and effect, describing historical significance, understanding historical context, and learning about civil disagreement.\r\n\r\nThe Historical Hacks are included at the end of each module with their own learning outcomes. They will often use examples and primary source documents related to the module content, often from the Primary Source Readers, and encourage opportunities for the students to learn historical thinking skills by actively working with the material.\r\n

In-Class Activities<\/h3>\r\nWhen students work through the content in the study plan, they will automatically read through the historical hacks and complete any corresponding multiple-choice questions.\u00a0No additional work is required to set up or use the hacks. If time permits, you can build off of the hacks or use them as the starting point for further class discussion, or\u00a0as the basis for in-class activities.\r\n\r\nA set of optional in-class activities connected to the Historical Hacks are available to support face-to-face and hybrid classes. These can be viewed below:\r\n