For my subject, history, vocb is very different. Its not like most students will not know words, but instead will not know places, people, and cultural terms. For my unit plan on immigration the terms that students will need to know is just certain places and organizations, for example INS and ellis island. I feel that history is good because it does not bog people down with big words that they have to understand.
If you take a newpaper or textbook, which are main sources for teaching history, they are not filled with difficult vocb because they are trying to instill events or concepts rather than vocb. I feel the vocb that history does use like places and such are clearly defined through any method of teaching because if you dont understand what is being taught like ellis island for example, means than you really do not understand immigration and this would easily be seen by a teacher through any given homework or classwork assigned.
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i agree with lauren, as a history major we have an important task when it comes to vocabulary. we have to make sure they understand the concepts and how different people or places or terms relate to dates in history. for instance if i was talking about the cotton gin, kids would probably be able to figure out that it had a role in slavery and fieldwork. but what is also important for them to know is who invented it (Eli Whitney) and when (1793). Knowing vocabulary is going to rely on understanding and relating concepts together.
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