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The Snapshot Autobiography Is Having Student

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The main topic of the snapshot autobiography is having student be able to think like a historian. Historians don’t include every major detail when telling a key event in time. They include what is the most important and leave certain events out without taking away from the entire story. When students are creating their own autobiography, they are learning decision making skills by having several events that make up their story, but also being able to narrow this key events down to only a few while still effective telling their story. In their inquiry lesson, the students are presented with multiple perspectives and point of views of all parties involved in the inquiry question asked. From there, they are refining their hypothesis and leaving in only the main attributes to effectively answer the inquiry question in their final thesis statement. By having an opportunity to have a master list up on the board where students are adding to their hypothesis. The class is more of a community by being able to openly share their ideas and thoughts with one another after each data set. In the seminar that the students are participating in, they are understanding the main purpose of a seminar and the attributes to have it be engaging. By giving the students the text in advanced, they are being familiar with the text and can have ideas and questions ready before the seminar begins. The goals for a snapshot autobiography, is to have students learn how to make decision making skills and

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