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21st Century Social Studies: one picture of the puzzle
Today I sat in awe while I watched a fifth grade teacher incorporate primary source documents into a lesson on WWII. The lesson was in progress when I entered the room. Mrs. A was giving book...
View ArticleTeaching Social Studies in the 21st Century
I am designing a pedagogy class through the College of Charleston called “Teaching and Learning History in the K-5 Classroom.” It should be an awesome mix of guest presenters on topics from using...
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Standards in a Trunk: Social Studies
I wish that this was my idea but it is not. I rarely have original ideas but back in October we was brainstorming with an awesome group of 3-5 teachers, my Teaching American History Cohort group and...
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Interactive Minatures- Charles Fraser, Artist, 1780-1860,
Charles Fraser (1782-1860) was a popular and respected artist from Charleston, SC. The leading miniaturist in Charleston prior to the Civil War, Fraser studied and practiced law until 1817 when he took...
View ArticleTeaching Social Studies in K-5- Thoughts about Guiding Principles
Social Studies is most important in the early years of an elementary child’s schooling. It is often the most neglected subject that is taught in the elementary grades. It ranks with less importance...
View ArticleTeaching Social Studies- Part Two
Historical thinking is defined, according to Wikipedia, by many education resources as a set of reasoning skills that students of history should learn as a result of studying history. Sometimes called...
View ArticleLiteracy in Social Studies (part 2)
Literacy is the key to effective social studies instruction. “Next to languge arts, social stuides is perhaps the most intensively literate of the disciplines.” (Schmoker, pg. 133) Social studies...
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Example of using a primary source to teach social studies. Inquiry starts with students’s questions.
View ArticleInquiry- Teaching with Primary Sources
The video says it all! Why use primary sources in teaching? What role does this play in 21st century literacy(ies)?
View ArticleRamblings about Literacy and Blogging
I can only write about blogging from my point of view and what I have learned about the bloggers that I follow in my Google Reader and blog post that are recommended through my Twitter feed. In some...
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