Strategie

s 1.Discrepant Event Inquiry

(DEI)

2.Document Analysis:
Observations, reflections,
and questions-
 Purpose
Discrepant Event
Inquiry-
Activates schema
Previews content
Students ask
historical questions
 Purpose
Document Analysis-
Takes the DEI one step further

Promotes student inquiry

Students make connections to source

and context, and begin thinking
about other documents that may
corroborate this document.
 1. Record questions and
LETs answer on a T-chart

try- DEI 2. Questions must be

yes/no.

Rules Example: Did this take

place in Ancient times?
What happened to the Boccaccio family?
Boccaccio is the manager of a dock
in a port city. One day when he is
gone, his workers unload a ship that
is later seen drifting aimlessly at
sea. After being told about this ship,
Boccaccio and his family
mysteriously disappear and are
never seen again.
What happened to the Boccaccio
Family?

Boccaccio is the manager of a dock

Hint:
in a port city. One day when he is
gone, his workers unload a ship
that is later seen drifting
1300s
aimlessly at sea. After being told
about this ship, Boccaccio and his
family mysteriously disappear and
are never seen again.
Solution

Boccaccio was a dock manager and

noticed that many of the crew
members on the ship he was
unloading died because of the
plague. He assumed that he and his
family would suffer the same fate,
so they fled.
Works Cited
Wiebe, G (2009). Tip of the Week Visual Discrepant Event Inquiry.
History Tech. https://historytech.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/tip-of-the-
week-visual-discrepant-event-inquiry/

Yell, M (2013). Exploring the Black Death: The Medieval View and
Response. Social Education 77(6), pp 346349 2013 National Council
for the Social Studies.
http://www.socialstudies.org/publications/socialeducation/november-
december2013/exploring_black_death