Historical Bias: History Skills (Bias) with the Simpsons
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Historical Bias: History Skills (Bias) with the Simpsons

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Subject Social Studies — Civics and Government
Grade Level Grades 6-8
Resource Type Activity
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About This Lesson

Fun lesson learning about historical bias that works well developing source analysis skills with history rookies!

Historical Bias Lesson Objectives

To use bias sources to suggest what really happened.

Historical Bias Learning Ladder

L5: Use observations to develop an account of what might have actually happened.

L4: Explain why their accounts differed.

L3: Describe what each character said about the incident.

For more history lessons like this one, visit the Social_Studies_Team partner page.

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Reviews

5.0
33 Reviews
SML Member
SML Member March 20, 2012

Really excellent lesson , looking forward to trying it out! Thank you!

SML Member
SML Member March 20, 2012

What a fantastic lesson! thanks for sharing

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SML Member March 21, 2012

thanks very much what a creative resource

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SML Member March 21, 2012

What a fantastic resource; thank you!

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SML Member April 16, 2012

Fantastic. I am a geography specialist so this has made an intro to sources much fun for the pupils! Thank you

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SML Member June 21, 2012

You are 'briiliant'; History needs you!! Thank you for your generosity!

mgilf
mgilf December 01, 2013

Used with 2 classes they absolutely loved it - I was also fed up looking at this concept through football - so very refreshing for me thanks so much

BrightonBengal
BrightonBengal November 05, 2014

Hi!

This looks like a great lesson. I wasn't able to download the videos. Anyone know where I can get them?

Thanks!

esilk90
esilk90 December 04, 2014

Thank you for a brilliant lesson! My two classes adored it.

sbairdreed
sbairdreed February 04, 2015

What a GREAT lesson! 5 stars and so fun!

jfshay
jfshay February 27, 2015

Well-done. Great use of two competing versions and then the objective event.

willisl
willisl April 02, 2015

Love the lesson, have used it many times in both Humanities and English lessons (on perspective) thanks for sharing!

Igray_1724963
Igray_1724963 June 17, 2016
For some reason, I couldn't

For some reason, I couldn't get the movies to open on my macbook.

pfarney_1770614
pfarney_1770614 September 24, 2016
Great Lesson. If you are

Great Lesson. If you are having trouble using the videos (maybe Mac users) simply download the wmv. files to your computer and you can hyperlink them to the video slides in the presentation by right clicking and selecting hyperlink and just drop and drag them in.

conkey.h_1758691
conkey.h_1758691 October 29, 2016
Can't wait to share this with

Can't wait to share this with my class on Monday. Thanks

Christina Bailey
Christina Bailey January 25, 2017
This is amazing! I think we

This is amazing! I think we are going to have a lot of fun with this!

Kristine Gear
Kristine Gear October 16, 2017
This is so engaging and

This is so engaging and interesting! I really enjoyed using this as an interactive thought starter to get my kids thinking about bias in different historical sources. They had a great time and were very engaged.

Dorostewart
Dorostewart August 20, 2018
Very nice and fun to use for

Very nice and fun to use for the first days of school.

walkfaustk
walkfaustk December 20, 2018
This was a great

This was a great reinforcement lesson after covering the 5th, 6th, and 7th Amendments with my students.

Luv2teach1229
Luv2teach1229 October 15, 2019
Very engaging for students

Very engaging for students and they can relate to it.

Eric Lipps
Eric Lipps March 18, 2020
Great lesson, well thought

Great lesson, well thought out and with the use of The Simpsons; really makes it an easy lesson for kids to jump into

Jon Shay
Jon Shay August 17, 2020
I'm sorry to hear that. They

I'm sorry to hear that. They should download as Windows Media files, which are playable through VLC media player.

Jon Shay
Jon Shay August 17, 2020
I'm sorry to hear that. They

I'm sorry to hear that. They should download as Windows Media files, which are playable through VLC media player.

Jennifer Graham
Jennifer Graham August 17, 2020
Could the problem be that I

Could the problem be that I am using a Chromebook? Probably don't have windows Media files.

Jennifer Graham
Jennifer Graham August 17, 2020
Thanks, thanks, thanks!

Thanks, thanks, thanks!
Great! I think my 7-12 graders will like this.
Yay!

Dtuppeny33_3825242
Dtuppeny33_3825242 November 15, 2020
This link is not active, can

This link is not active, can you repost

Tanner Logsdon
Tanner Logsdon August 21, 2021
Love the relation to the kids

Love the relation to the kids and the fun and interactive lesson!

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