Patricia Neils PhD
History & International Education
University of Hawaii-Leeward 
96-045 Ala Ike 
Pearl City, HI 96782
(808) 455-0357; neils@hawaii.edu
Summers: 
1347 Hwy 37, Libby, MT 59923; 
(406) 293-7965
http://www.Libby.org


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Selected Teaching & Learning Strategies & Assessment Activities

• Besides attending lectures and participating in discussions students in my classes are sometimes assigned or given the option of using, creating or engaging in the following educatonal activities.

• Study Guides: Outlines that list key terms and concepts related to the essential course content.

Interactive Notebooks: Student Journals that record class notes, textbook notes, personal questions, comments, charts, diagrams and illustrations related to those notes.

• Displays: Charts, diagrams, illustrations and supporting text related to course topics.

• Power Point Programs: Text and graphics presenting essential content and critical thinking about course topics.

• Videos: Dialogue and dramatizations presenting essential content and critical thinking about course topics.

• Web pages: Text and graphics presenting essential content and critical thinking about course topics.

• Roving Reporters: Interviews and commentaries related to essential content and critical thinking about course topics.

Research Papers: Research, organization and expository writing reflecting in-depth knowledge and critical thinking about course topics. Students use both primary and secondary source materials as they engage in the art and skills of historiography.

• Dramatizations: Dialogue and dramatizations presenting essential content and critical thinking about course topics.

• Debates: Based on controversial issues related to course topics.

Book Reports: Based on Essential Content (Study Guide).

Primary Documents:  Based on Essential Content (Study Guide).

Video Reports:  Based on Essential Content (Study Guide)

Map Assignments:  Based on Essential Content (Study Guide)

Essays:  Based on Essential Content (Study Guide)