Focus+Questions


 * How do I learn about history in general? Where do I get my information?
 * What do I know about this particular historical event, crisis, figure, war or time period?
 * How did I learn this information or come to these understandings on this topic? eg. text books, videos, lectures, images, interviews, primary sources, word of mouth
 * Do students in other countries learn about the same event, crisis, figure, war or time period?
 * What do these students know or what have they learned about the same historical topic?
 * Do students' perspectives on a historical topic differ depending on a where those students live?
 * What are the differences, if any? What are the similarities, if any?
 * Do these differences and similarities matter? Why or why not?
 * What do I now think about this particular historical event, crisis, figure, war or time period after having learned the perspective(s) of my collaborative school(s)?
 * What do I think about how and by whom history is created and determined?