{"id":791,"date":"2022-09-19T15:04:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/tpswesternregion\/?p=791"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:12:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:12:21","slug":"brain-movers-plug-and-play-primary-source-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/tpswesternregion\/brain-movers-plug-and-play-primary-source-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Movers – Plug and Play Primary Source Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tl;dr: <\/span>Brain Movers<\/span><\/i> is another teaching tool you can put in your toolbox that works synchronously or asynchronously, and online or offline. Forty-seven <\/span>Brain Movers<\/span><\/i><\/a> explained in detail below can be freely accessed and used to build visual literacy skills through quick, repetitious primary source analysis. We encourage you to copy and adapt them for your own classroom goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>Brain Movers<\/span><\/i> is an idea adapted from the amazing <\/span>Two Geeky Teachers<\/span><\/a>, Michelle Pearson and Laura Israelsen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea here is to utilize primary sources to help fill in down-time in your classroom with short analyses to prep students\u2019 thinking and get their brains moving. <\/span>Brain Movers<\/span><\/i> can help introduce students to new topics, encourage them to share their own background knowledge with other classmates, and practice the skill of analyzing visual media on a daily basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Down-time in the classroom, you say? Not for you, of course, but how about your students? For example, when you\u2019re taking attendance, throw a <\/span>Brain Mover <\/span><\/i>up on the projector for students to complete in a journal or random piece of paper. The key to building up analysis skills is continuous practice, not necessarily correctness. So, no need to grade students on their work, making the effort on the teacher’s part minimal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Easily Primary Source Integration<\/b><\/p>\n

These <\/span>Brain Movers<\/span><\/i> aren\u2019t meant to be the end-all be-all, but they can provide an easy way to integrate primary sources into your class. Since they are Google Docs, they are easily adaptable for your own classroom and shareable with your students. See below for instructions on how to make your own.<\/span><\/p>\n

The analysis for each is modeled after the <\/span>Library of Congress primary source analysis tool <\/span><\/a>that focuses on foundational analysis: Observe, Reflection, and Question. On the first page of each document you\u2019ll find a primary source, and suggested questions to help students with their analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you use a <\/span>Brain Mover<\/span><\/i>, you will only need to project the first page for the students to see. It will look best when viewed in full screen. If you are having trouble fitting the full page on one screen, click on View at the top, and then click on Zoom to adjust the size.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the second page you will find the citation information. Included are:<\/span><\/p>\n