Machine generated contents note: Power of Simulations
Features of Strong Simulations
Features of Writing Instruction
Purpose-Driven Literacy
Thinking Big
Foundational Scaffolds to Complex Problems
Preparing for Success
1. Looking for Repairs in Our Daily Lives
Looking Ahead and Planning Backward
Note About Assessment
Defining the Concept of Reparations
You Be the Judge: Four Situations for You to Consider
Teacher-Modeled Discussion
Small-Group Talk
Applying the Rules to a New Case
Discussion about the Case
Written Response to the Case
Learning Outcomes for the Reparations Sequence: A Common Core "Bonanza"
2. Legislative Hearing: Inquiry into Reparations
Language of the Case
Legislative Hearing: An Inquiry into Possible Reparations for Native American Tribes
Collaborative Research
Hearing
Classroom Debriefing
Prompt for Individual Writing: The Request for Reparations
Summative Response
Learning from Active Engagement
3. Living the Colonial Experience
Simulation at a Glance
Preparing to Enter a Different Environment
Previewing the Language of the Simulation
Facilitating Extensive Talk
Moving into a Variety of Texts
Transitioning into Written Reflections
Extending the Colonial Experience
Effect of Literacy and History in Action
4. Living in Pre-Revolutionary War America: Colonial Elmtown
Note About the "Game"
Elmtown Narrative
Stages of Play
Procedures
Living and Recording Daily Life
Documenting Colonial Life
Forming the Families
Stages of Political Development in Elmtown
Preparing for the Town-Hall Meeting
Moving into the Town Hall
Written Response to Colonial Elmtown
Prompts for Writing
Be a History Sleuth: An Optional Extension
5. Reflecting on the Effects of War
Writing About the War and Reconstruction
Report on the Effects of War
Narrative Reflection on Experience
Summary Assessment of Content and Literacy Learning
6. Road from Appomattox
Playing the Game
Letters Along the Way
Sample Letters
Travel Challenges
Working with New Vocabulary
Complicating Elements: Random Problems
Resources to Support Development of Simulation Materials
Journal Writing and Formative Assessment
Extending and Expanding the Inquiry
7. Framing Inquiry in Action
Basic Principles
Guide to Constructing Simulations and Other Inquiry Activities
Dialogic Spirit of the Simulation
Effect of Simulations
Students' Reflections
Final Thoughts.