Saturday, September 17, 2011

Dr. Sundue

I enjoyed hearing from Dr. Sundue and feel that she is a wealth of information.   I feel that the high level content is most beneficial in making American History more meaningful for us, as professional educators.  Virtually all that she discussed with us was add-on new knowledge to my extremely limited foundational understanding of events such as the Boston Massacre, The Great Awakening, or the development of the 13 colonies.  I don't feel that much of what she shared was "ready made" for my 5th grade classroom, but that was OK.  I appreciate it and found it valuable, nonetheless.  In providing a better foundation for us as educators, it enables us to access the content at the right level, for our students.  

It is also useful to see the connection between what Dr. Sundue taught, what Anthony Fitzpatrick shared, books from Dr. Macko, and how strategies, content and student resources can all be put to use. 

1 comment:

  1. Cris-I wholeheartedly echo your feelings about Dr. Sundue. In the sessions, I felt I had returned to college as a history major! You are right that this content cannot be directly shared with our fifth graders, but it cannot help but enrich the content as I deliver it. If in fact, teaching history is a bunch of story telling, I know my stories will be much more interesting after learning from Dr. Sundue!

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