1. Session Seven
Social Studies

2. Social Studies Social studies is a broad topic; Political science
It includes many different subjects
Anthropology
Archaeology
Economics
Geography
History
Law related education
Philosophy
Political science
Psychology
Religion
sociology

3. Social Studies
National associations and governmental committees have developed ten standards or themes that they would like

4. Social Studies Standards
Culture: Social studies programs
should include experiences that provide for the study of culture and cultural diversity;

5. Social Studies Standards
2. Time, Continuity, and Change:
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the past and its legacy;

6. Social Studies Standards
3. People, Places, and Environments:
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of people, places, and environments;

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4. Individual, Development and Identity:
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity;

8. Social Studies Standards
5. Individuals, Groups, and Institutions:
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions;

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6. Power, Authority, and
Governance: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people create, interact with, and change structures of power, authority, and governance;.

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7. Production, Distribution, and
Consumption:
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people organize for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services;

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8. Science, Technology, and
Society:
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of relationships among science, technology, and society;

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9. Global Connections: Social
studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of global connections and interdependence; and

13. Social Studies Standards
10. Civic Ideals and Practices:
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship
in a democratic republic.

14. Social Studies Strategies
Social Studies is often dependent on reading, since many Diverse Learners have difficulty reading it makes it more challenging
The use of mediators such as advanced organizers, concept maps, study guides, interspersed questions can greatly help Diverse learners

15. Social Studies Strategies
These mediators serve three functions
They direct students attention to the most important ideas in the textbook
They focus the attention on the organizational structure of the texts
The require rehearsal by asking students to write down

16. Social Studies Strategies
These mediators are helpful for working with not only textbooks, but before field trips, plays and other activities.
Social studies has become very dependent on textbooks-
It is also dependent on traditional assessment- There is a push to use more authentic assessments

17. Social Studies Big Ideas
Only a few big ideas need to be taught to cover a whole years worth of work.
Big Ideas take a different approach with social studies
Rather than be concepts, they are approaches or themes for examining social studies issues or events

18. Social Studies Big Ideas
Problem-solution-Effect-
Students look at a situation and and determine the problems, the potential solutions and the effect of the solutions
It can be applied many times to different situations.
Jamestown
Colonial war
WWI

19. Social Studies Big Ideas
Problem-solution-Effect-
Problems usually take on two different types
Economic-
Human rights

20. Social Studies Big Ideas
Problem-solution-Effect-
Solutions usually take on five different types
Move
Invent
Domination
Accommodation Tolerate

21. Social Studies Big Ideas
Problem-solution-Effect-
Effects- Solutions to problems produce consequences or effects . Sometimes the effect creates a new problem
Exploration of USA
Problem- human rights- denial of religious freedom
Solution- move to the new world
Effect- created a new country that challenged authority of homelands
This approach can be applied to many aspects of history and provide a deep understanding

22. Social Studies Big Ideas
Multiple Perspective – This is another idea- it has the notion that events can be viewed from many perspectives and that these different perspectives are important to fully understand social events
The revolutionary war
Over here they were perceived as heroes
Traitors, terrorist

23. Social Studies Big Ideas
Factors of group success- this big ideas, has students look at what makes the success of a group effort such as wars or the establishment of a colony
It is based on four factors:
Motivation- members committed to a common goal
Leadership- have highly qualified knowledgeable, effective leaders
Resources- successful groups have ample resources
Capability- successful groups have quality know-how

24. Social Studies Big Ideas
Factors of group success- this big ideas, has students look at what makes the success of a group effort such as wars or the establishment of a colony
It is based on four factors:
Motivation- members committed to a common goal
Leadership- have highly qualified knowledgeable, effective leaders
Resources- successful groups have ample resources
Capability- successful groups have quality know-how

25. Social Studies Big Ideas
If students are exposed to these four factors enough, students can analyze the strengths and weaknesses of group efforts in almost any realm
These methods have a great deal of real life applications

26. Social Studies Scaffolding
Scaffolding can be divided into activities that a teacher can do before, during and after reading a text, viewing a the video or playing a simulation
Before instruction- prepare questions to a lesson that can be interspersed during the lesson- Questions prepared before a lesson reduce the number of irrelevant or obscure questions
Before instruction- - it is also helpful to identify prerequisite skills and information

27. Social Studies Scaffolding
During instruction- intersperse the questions that were prepared. Ask them close to the time when you cover the material
Before instruction- use oral reading- allows you to correct decoding problems, prevents students from skipping materials, allows time for students to process the material

28. Social Studies Scaffolding
After instruction- use graphic organizers as a means of review of the material-

29. Social Studies Integration
The goal is to help students gain a deeper understanding of the content
Provide opportunities to apply the skills
Low performing students get confused with similar ideas example- some students get confused with the Declaration of independence and the constitution
Diverse learners have great need for being primed with background knowledge
Establish connections between concepts- a good way is to use a compare and contrast of events such as between:
Jamestown, Roanoke, pilgrims, Puritans