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The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) was designed for social studies teachers who need a strong pedagogical mechanism for bringing primary sources into their classroom. With the advent and accessibility of the internet, many libraries, universities and government agencies are housing their historical documents online. Simultaneously, there has been a push in K-12 history education to give students experiences that more closely resemble the work of a real.
 * **About H.S.I. ** ||


 * The H.S.I. Model **

The HSI instructional model consists of the following four steps: ‍In the “**Becoming a Detective**” stage, students are introduced to the historical scene under investigation. Here background information and context are provided for the students. Students are then presented with an Engaging Question to guide their inquiry. Finally, students are presented with a task to help them answer the question - or crack the case. ‍From this point, students move on to the “**Investigating the Evidence**” section. Students are provided links to appropriate digital primary sources to help them crack the case. These documents might include text files, images, audio, or video clips. ‍In the “**Searching for Clues**” stage, students are provided with a set of questions for their Detective's Log, guiding their analysis of the evidence. This can be very structured, or more open-ended, depending on the instructional goals. Often, these questions will be provided in the form of a printable handout for students to work from. ‍Finally, in the "**Cracking the Case**" section, students present their answer, along with a rationale rooted in the evidence, to the initial question. Additionally, students are encouraged to enter new questions that have arisen during the process for future investigation. For every case, there is a section for the teacher. This section will list particular objectives for the activity and will also provide additional contextual information and resources as well as instructional strategies that the teacher might find useful. The model is intentionally standardized so that teachers can easily browse the activities without getting bogged down in unusual terminology. Ultimately, the hope is that teachers do what they do best—that is, download an activity and either use it “as is” or cut, rearrange or extend an activity for use within their particular classroom.
 * **Becoming a Detective**
 * **Investigating the Evidence**
 * **Searching for Clues**
 * **Cracking the Case**

Segregation HSI
 * H.S.I. Activity **

Read the introduction and look at the documents listed. For each document answer the questions in the Searching for Clues section using the handout Detectives Log School Segregation. If you refer to complete it digitally you may download it here. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: medium;">These can be found in the Move the Investigation Forward section.
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