Snapshot Autobiography
Overview
In this project, students will think about the meaning of history by describing and illustrating several events from their own life, finding a witness to provide another description of one of those events, and thinking about the similarities and differences between the two descriptions.
Attachments
The attachment for this resource is an autobiography assignment where students reflect on how their life experiences influence the ways in which they view historical and current events and likewise how historians determine what happened in the past.
About This Resource
The sample assignment was submitted by a participant in a one-day workshop entitled “New Approaches to Frontier History” for world history teachers hosted by the Alliance for Learning in World History.
This resource was contributed by Patrick Sprinkle.