Obtain, interpret, evaluate, organize, and use information from observing, investigating, listening, and reading. Analyze situations to determine what group action is required and demonstrate skills needed to move a group to action. Activity 6 Student Materials Peoples of the Nation and World Skills and Processes Examine contributions resulting from interactions among individuals and groups from various ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds. Define and classify problems drawn from history and the social sciences, judge information related to the problems, propose solutions, and draw conclusions based on available data. Working alone or in pairs, students examine an object and analyze its characteristics, then draw conclusions about its use and the people who use or used it.
Students present their findings to the class.
They then make decisions about different ways the objects might be grouped, analyze those decisions, and reflect on the results. Materials Required This sample list of objects centers on the colonial period. Objects from any historical era or place could be used, depending upon the unit of study. The Maryland Historical Society Outreach Kits are one source of such objects. Local historical societies also sometimes lend groups of objects to teachers.