``... thanks to an intelligent script, captivating performances and thoughtful direction (not to mention gorgeous production design), this is a film that deserves a spot on Oscar ballots this year and
social studies classrooms for years to come.»
Integrating the cultures in
the social studies classroom helps develop «ethnic literacy» in all students.
I was a founding faculty member of Mid-Pacific Institute's eXploratory Program, a core subject curriculum with project - based learning as the primary focus of student work, with 10 years of experience in
the Social Studies classroom.
END OF THE YEAR LETTER TO MY STUDENTS: Dear Students: After 33 1/2 years of teaching at HCS and having had more than 2000 students sit in
my social studies classroom over these many years ~ I have decided to retire from teaching at the end of this school year in June.
For instance, in
my Social Studies classroom, I am always harping on the students to support their ideas with evidence.
As students explore informational texts in
the social studies classroom, they can use literacy skills while learning about topics in the news.
Sometimes the broadcasting teacher will come into
the social studies classroom to help students think about framing conversations and questions for a radio audience.
In
my social studies classroom, students use spatial intelligence to read maps and graphs, to view video clips or transparencies, and in individual project assignments that include artwork such as dioramas, murals, or video presentations.
Over the last two years, Pennsylvania's Classrooms for the Future program has put 100,000 laptops on student desks in high school English, math, science, and
social studies classrooms.
In
my social studies classroom, I have implemented games with social themes, including Ayiti: The Cost of Life, a role - playing game set in Haiti, and the poverty simulation games Heifer Village and 3rd World Farmer.
Hear how Discovery Education Social Studies Techbook made teaching and learning an unforgettable experience and: • Saved teachers time in planning lessons • Helped teachers differentiate instruction • Strengthened students» literacy and critical thinking skills The Rock Hill School District will share its vision, plan, and lessons learned as it successfully increased student engagement and achievement in the digital
Social Studies classroom.
A Google for Education Certified Trainer, former Director of Technology, and high school
social studies classroom teacher, Ben has a passion for bringing creative technology integration into the classroom.
Develped by Dr. Timothy Rasinski, this book of primary sources includes speeches, poems, and letters, and provides primary sources and activities to help teach important fluency strategies in
the social studies classroom.
How do teachers use text - or web - based primary sources in the history /
social studies classroom, and why?
Here are some ideas for using Scratch in
your social studies classroom.
One of the biggest questions I have asked myself since walking into my 7th grade
social studies classroom in Washington, D.C. in 1993 is: Why?
The plan also asks for funding to put laptop computers in each ninth - and tenth - grade English and
social studies classroom in urban districts, and funding to provide technology training to teachers.
Teachers can use the slim paperbacks (under 150 pages) in
the social studies classroom because of the content and / or in the language arts classroom as a new form in the genre of memoir.
Importantly, some teachers talked about a desire to model their use of technology based on colleagues who created student - centered, technology - based projects in
their social studies classrooms.
As equally as important as training is the need for more research centering on the effects of technology in
social studies classrooms.
Some of the inquiry questions the social studies TCs explored were related to the use of social media and technology in
social studies classrooms, such as the following:
[Reprint] Standards, firewalls and general classroom mayhem: Implementing student centered research projects in
a social studies classroom.
A review of this descriptive evidence suggests that technology can play an effective role in
the social studies classroom.
Merely because children might be familiar with technologies does not mean that they are able naturally to use digital technologies to support or facilitate learning within
the social studies classroom.
Bringing the cybersecurity challenge to
the social studies classroom.
E-publishing's impact on learning in an inclusive sixth grade
social studies classroom.
Because of available interactive technologies such as the Internet,
the social studies classroom has the potential to revitalize the traditional notions of citizenship education that focus on «the documents and procedures of republican government, the accomplishments of our country and typically adopts an assimilationist rather than multicultural view of history» (Cogan, Grossman, & Lei, 2000, p. 50).
Some have argued that current games such as MineCraft and Civilizations can be adopted to be used to teach social studies topics, but they were not designed specifically for
social studies classrooms.
Social studies educators Ron Peck and Greg Kulowiec were early #edchat participants who believed a subject - area social studies chat could help them apply their learning to
their social studies classrooms.
Fayette County's Kelly Bales describes how she tried to incorporate Finnish ideas about education into
her social studies classroom.
Over the next several months, the chat remained small in numbers, discussing topics like project - based learning (PBL), critical thinking, and using maps in
the social studies classroom.
Providing such examples of what is possible when teachers within
their social studies classrooms utilize emerging technologies is a vital first step in preparing teachers to fulfill the mission of the social studies.
At a minimum, social studies teachers must be familiar with the practicalities of universal access and the range of assistive technologies that can be used to appropriately foster learning opportunities within
the social studies classroom for all.
Although at first glance participants» lack of use of DocSouth may appear bleak, the interviews reveal that there is great potential for digital historical resources to enhance
the social studies classroom.
We identified Virginia Center for Digital History (VCDH) as a model of a digital archive that also offered instructional materials for
social studies classrooms.
As Cogan et al., (2000) noted, teaching the personal dimension of citizenship in terms of developing a «coherent moral dialogue between ourselves and the world» is a difficult task in
any social studies classroom (p. 50).
Such a plan could then support students» ongoing action projects within
the social studies classroom against local polluters identified through Scorecard.
The assumption undergirding the original principle was a belief that increased Internet access to online sources through digital libraries would promote learning through inquiry in
social studies classrooms.
Minimal research exists relating specifically to the use of Web - based or digital primary sources in
the social studies classroom.
The Internet in
social studies classrooms: Lost opportunities or unexplored frontier?
The Historical Scene Investigation (HSI) project: Examining the use of case based historical instruction in the fifth grade
social studies classroom.
Digital simulation games for
social studies classrooms.
Through regularly accessing such sites, social studies teachers have the opportunity to bring their students into many projects that go well beyond the confines of the traditional
social studies classroom.
Leveraging constructivist learning in
the social studies classroom.
And action: Directing documentaries in
the social studies classroom.
She and others point to a chronic lack of theory guiding the integration of technology in
the social studies classroom and research about the integration (or lack thereof).
This book will show you how to use cooperative learning strategies to make
your social studies classroom come alive.
This study examined the specific benefits to teacher participants while also providing a more nuanced understanding of the factors that contribute to and hinder the use of technology in
the social studies classroom in general.
Perhaps evidence that the giant is still sleeping is the relative lack of computer - based tools designed for
the social studies classroom.
Teacher narratives illustrate the connections between technology, pedagogy, and content in these teachers»
social studies classrooms.