Frame Overview
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT / LESSON 1.3 ACTIVITY FRAMES OVERVIEW1Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Frames Overview”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/PurposeBy watching the frame videos and seeing how each frame brings different details into focus, you’ll become comfortable using the frames to think about historical events. Process1.As you watch each frame video, complete the following table. Note: WHP uses frames as a thinking tool to help you organize, analyze, and contextualize historical events andhappenings. CommunitiesNetworksProduction and distribution Definition Expansion over timePositive consequencesNegative consequencesExample of this frame
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT / LESSON 1.3 ACTIVITY FRAMES OVERVIEW2CommunitiesNetworksProduction and distribution How does this frame help me understand history?2.After you’ve watched all three videos, answer the following questions:•What communities are you a member of, and how long ago did that community emerge?•What networks do you belong to and how do they impact you?
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT / LESSON 1.3 ACTIVITY FRAMES OVERVIEW33.Each frame introduction video begins with a quote. Using what you’ve learned about the frames, explain how each quote connects to a frame.How does this quote represent the frame with which it’s associated?Communities “Alone, we can do so little. Together, we can do so much.”–Helen KellerNetworks “A person is a person through other people.” –Zulu philosophyProduction and distribution “Be the first to thefield and the last to the couch.” –Chinese saying
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT / LESSON 1.3 ACTIVITY FRAMES OVERVIEW44.The production and distribution video asks, “Are we better or worse off than our ancestors who produced their own food and goods 800 years ago?” In the space below, write a short paragraph in response. Be sure to state your claim and support it with evidence from the video.5.How does your answer to the question above change if you view it through the communities or networks frame? Pick one and write another paragraph response. Be sure to state your claim and support it with evidence from the appropriate video.