Podcasting the Paxton Boys
- Step One: Write the script. Submit your script using Dropbox.
- Step Two: Record a three- to five-minute podcast. Submit your podcast using Dropbox.
Step One
Using information from the textbook, lectures, and primary sources available in Digital Paxton, write a script in which a host interviews members of the Paxton Boys. Envision the setting as a radio or television talk show in which the interviewees want to convey their demands, what led to their demands, and their reactions to the outcomes. The host wants the guest to convey their opinions, but s/he may want, in the tradition of hard-hitting journalism, to expose flaws in their reasoning or to make connections to larger events.
Step Two
Edit your script and record a podcast using Spreaker. You may consult my Spreaker walkthrough for assistance.
| Skill Type | Historical Thinking Skill |
| I. Chronological Reasoning | 1. Historical Causation |
| 2. Patterns of Continuity and Change over Time | |
| 3. Periodization | |
| II. Comparison and Contextualization | 4. Comparison |
| 5. Contextualization | |
| III. Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence | 6. Historical Argumentation |
| 7. Appropriate Use of Relevant Historical Evidence | |
| IV. Historical Interpretation and Synthesis | 8. Interpretation |
| 9. Synthesis |
