Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Have students work in groups to examine their histories.

Objective: Students analyze similarities and differences in perspective.

Activity: Have students work in groups to examine their histories.
1. Each student should read her/his history.
2. On a large sheet of paper the recorder should list the similarities noted.
3. On the same chart paper list the differences.
4. Discuss the reasons for the similarities and differences and list those on the back of the chart paper.
5. Class discussion –
The point of this is to help the students see how much of what they think is “history” is shaped by the perspective they bring to the study. Point out that even kids who went to the same school and had the same teachers wrote different histories, or chose different formats.

Assessment: The ability of each student to be able to articulate what perspective is and how it shapes what we believe to be important.