{"data":{"ID":601,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1446437964,"CreatorID":4735,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Back(ground) to Front","Handle":"back-ground-to_front","ShortDescription":"Inquiry requires students to consult sources, but those sources often assume that audiences have background knowledge that not all students possess. This session will help educators be conscious of the tools that they use to fill in background knowledge and plan strategies to help students build those tools for themselves.","Description":"Participants will begin in small groups reading articles about subjects that they are likely to be unfamiliar with. (Examples: articles from the Guardian about a Test cricket match or a British parliamentary procedure.) They will identify phrases or references that they are unfamiliar with and share how this unfamiliarity made them feel about finishing the article. This will lead to a brief session-wide discussion of the importance of background knowledge for inquiry. \r\n\r\nIn the small groups again, participants will brainstorm a list of the types of sources that they might expect their students to consult during an inquiry process, and the background knowledge that these sources might expect from their audience. The groups will then share out their results.\r\n\r\nThe presenter will describe a couple of techniques for providing students with background knowledge, including prepared vocabulary lists and the use of \u201cexplainer\u201d sources. Them the small groups will brainstorm additional techniques and resources and share those results with the group.","Link":["http:\/\/www.notnews.org"],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"Throughout each round of brainstorming and sharing, the presenter and participants will work on creating a shared Google doc that will serve as a reference guide and record of the proceedings.","Presenter":["Dave Thomer"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Parkway Center City"],"PresenterEmail":["davethomer@comcast.net"],"ScheduleSlotID":64,"ScheduleLocationID":5,"SubmitterID":4735,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":5}}