Jigsaw Teaching in History Class

Assignment - Part One

We presented our assignments from last week, those class comparisons in Hong Kong; and it provided yet another opportunity for our class to see class distinctions in history for which we drew the following conclusions - class exists; classes are unequal; more people are on the bottom than on the top.

We've become experts on class after making so many comparisons of it in different periods of history. Now, we want to take our comparing, contrasting and concluding skills and apply them to a different concept. To best learn, in a pluralistic, constructivist manner, about the history of Hong Kong, you have chosen a concept that will study in Hong Kong's history which you will compare to another period in history:

The Middle Ages
The Renaissance and Enlightenment
Colonial America
Revolutionary France
The Industrial Revolution

You chose for a loose method of developing expertise, forsaking a report a la the Yau Ma Tei project. Consequently, you have an A4 paper on which your knowledge, your expertise should be evident, whether it be represented in words or pictures. Be reponsible for knowing your concept well, for next week we will form groups to share our expertise.

Finally, you can choose a specific period in Hong Kong's colonial period to compare, whether it be the 19th century or the early 20th century in Hong Kong.

Assignment - Part Two

Today we will share our expertise on our chosen topics; those who studied the same topic shall be grouped together; and after sharing their findings, each group will begin working on a presentation, utilizing Powerpoint, to share with the rest of the class, for next week, their discoveries in comparing and contrasting Hong Kong's development with the development in different periods in history. These are the criteria, so far: 1. You only have five to ten minutes to present your Powerpoint
2. You can include as many, or as few different periods of time as you like
3. Include examples of development and their effects
4. Includes names (of people; of organizations; of other bodies) and graphics, especially from Hong Kong's history
5. Draw conclusions!

All presentations must use factual information gleaned from the textbook, particularly from the chapter on Hong Kong's history. Other sources, too, are encouraged for referencing.

The powerpoint presentations will be uploaded to the Internet - Scribd - and we can share these Powerpoint presentations, using them as study guides for the examination.

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[colie577]

I thought you were going to go all "Saw" on their ass. Thought you meant Jigsaw . . . from saw.

[chusnu71]

i am an English teacher abd interested to share ideas with the teacher in this video. does anybody want to help me? it is very good example for me