a website for social science teachers to use to get support on improving their instruction, engaging students in learning finding lesson plans and integrating technology resources in social science
From the National Endowment for the Humanities edsitement offers lesson plans for K-12 on anthropology, art history, civics, folklore, history, language, literature, mythology, religion, social studies, and writing.
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More than math games - arts, languages, literacy, science, social studies, health, and more. Games, activities, puzzles, and teaching ideas for many holidays.
Brynn thanks for sharing a great web site! I use this site throughout the school year with my class since it includes a variety of subjects. I have the ELL cluster for my grade level so I will definitely be using the ELL section often.
Brain Pop is a wonderful website for all grades and ages. This website offers great games and interactive lesson activities in all content areas. Students really enjoy this website.
Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids, aligned with state standards
This is an animated site for kids. Sight contains information in all subject areas. There is a fee to use all of the site but they provide some free material as well. I like the clear explanations they have on the topics.
Great website for K-6 Educators for enrichment and supplemental materials for Science and Social Studies. Students can use the site to explore information that is formatted in a fun and easy-to-read way. Or, they can use the site to play games, take quizzes, look at photos and maps, look up crafts and recipes, enter contests, and more. Teachers can use the site to project on an interactive whiteboard for quizzes and whole-class games. I like the site because it is culturally-rich and informative, yet kid-friendly.
In an attempt to examine dialogue within a second grade classroom, students were encouraged to participate in whole-class mathematics discussions without raising their hands before speaking. Beneficial social and sociomathematical norms developed in place of this traditional social norm. Effects of this change on the dialogue and written mathematical explanations of a class of second grade students are described. Focus was placed on student participation in whole-class discussions. The study helped to determine the effects of student-centered dialogue on students' mathematical explanations and justifications as demonstrated in the students' discussions, participation, and written expression related to their mathematics learning.
Study conducted by Scott M. Waring (University of Central Florida) and Courtney C. Bentley (The University of Montevallo). The study involved having a group of fifth graders create a social networking profile from the perspective of a historical figure from the American Revolutionary time period.
In the article, it states that, "teachers of social studies content are less likely than teachers of other content areas to utilize technology in their classroom." This research study (carried out by a UCF faculty member) focuses on how a technology coordinators' beliefs towards technology, instruction, and students impacted how technology was used during a technology-enriched project with a group of fourth grade students. It was found that the coordinator's beliefs did in fact directly impact how technology was used.
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This site has a variety of resources for teaching social studies through alternative methods.