1. Social Studies Strategies

2. A Quick Look at the 8th Grade Data

3. YOUR Instructional Calendar

4. How do they learn and remember?
Active Engagement =
thinking/doing + mental engagement

5. Student Focused Inductive Learning Political Cartoons Categorization
Generalization
PERSIA
What we want
What we don’t want

6. Inductive Learning
Inductive reasoning moves from specific observations to broader generalizations and theories. Informally, we sometimes call this a "bottom up" approach.

7. Group Instructions
Spread out the cards and group them into logical groups
Give each of your groups a title – write it on a post-it & put above the grouping
Write a general statement (not specific) about EACH of your groupings

8. Group Share How might YOU use this strategy in your OWN classroom?
What is the value of this strategy?

9. Political Cartoons Challenges we face:

10. Why Use Political Cartoons?
Something different
Adds humor (Even if they aren't knee slappers, political cartoons can stimulate discussion and provide interesting writing topics. )
Strengthens analytical and other higher order thinking skills

11. Are you convinced yet? Promote interest in political issues (civics)
Encourages creativity
Helps prepare students for questions on the Social Studies Assessments

12. Political cartoons serve to make people think about political and government issues by:
providing readers with additional viewpoints
assuming the reader has enough background knowledge about the issues to understand the message
emphasizing one side of an issue or concern
utilizing humor
relying on drawings to make a point

13. Cartoonists use the following persuasive techniques to create humor:
symbolism - using an object to stand for an idea
caricature - exaggerating a physical feature or habit: big nose, bushy eyebrows, large ears, baldness
captioning and labels - used for clarity and emphasis
analogy - a comparison between two unlike things that share some characteristics
irony - the difference between the way things are and the way things should be or the way things are expected to be
juxtaposition - positioning people or objects near each other, side-by-side
exaggeration - overstating or magnifying a problem

14. Sample Symbols used in Political Cartoons
peace - dove, olive branch, victory sign
United States - Uncle Sam, flag, stars and stripes, shield
Democrats – donkey
Republicans – elephant
death - vulture, skeleton with shroud, skull and crossbones, grim reaper
love - heart, Cupid, Venus
money - dollar bill or dollar sign
heroes or good guys - wear white
villains or bad guys - wear black

15. Steps in Analyzing a Political Cartoon
Identify the characters, symbols and objects in the cartoon
Look for clues and details that would given further meaning
Identify the main idea of the cartoon by reading the captions and putting the message into their own words
Identify any bias the cartoonist might have

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23. Standard
SS8H11 The student will evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement.
a. Describe major developments in civil rights and Georgia's role during the 1940s and 1950s; include the roles of Herman Talmadge, Benjamin Mays, the 1946 governor's race and the end of the white primary, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 1956 state flag.

24. Performance Task: Political Cartoon

25. Categorization
Political
Economic
Social
Cultural
Religious
Geographic

26. Categorization: An example
Question:
Analyze how arguments over the issue of slavery in the 1850s ultimately led to the Civil War.
Directions:
Given the following question, organize the following information into three meaningful categories that you could use to answer the question.
Terms:
Missouri Compromise
Secession
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Slave rebellions
Compromise of 1850
Election of 1860
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Northern wage slaves
Radical Abolitionism
Categories:
Extension of Slavery
Morality of Slavery
Political Factors

27. Generalization: An example
European Exploration
Crusades
Technological-navigation
Printing Press
Marco Polo-China
Prince Henry the navigator
Renaissance spirit
Weak generalization: These are things that happened in Europe before 1500.
Stronger generalization: Before 1500, changing ideas and technological advances in Europe led to the Age of European Exploration.