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Literacy in Geography - 0 views

This resource has so much information about teaching literacy in geographical concepts. This article describes how to teach students to read and write maps, tables, charts, and pictures in all them...

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started by natashamaris on 08 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

Why Teaching History is Important - 1 views

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Lidia Kyprianou on 07 Nov 11

When President Bush enacted the, "No Child Left Behind Act", he created a large hindrance of learning for the subject area of history and other humanities. This act primarily focusses on the subject areas of math and literacy. With the recent election of President Obama, similar patterns have continued to exist concerning the area of history. President Obama's policy concerning education focusses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Author, Chelsea Gibson, states, despite the continued emphasis of math and literacy and the support these subjects receive from the government, history and social studies will always teach our children important life lessons. This in turn will create responsible and informed critical leaners. Gibson states 4 reasons as to why the application of history in schools creates critical and informed lifelong learners: 1. History teaches analytical skills. History requires students to make connections and allows them to ask question. Gibson states, critical thinking is the foundation for history therefore, making critical learning an essential learning tool. 2. History is also integrated into other curriculum areas such as the Arts, psychology, philosophy, and modern languages. 3. History teaches and improves writing skills. 4. Finally, history makes students more aware of their heritage.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">When President Bush enacted the, "No Child Left Behind Act", he created a large hindrance of learning for the subject area of history and other humanities. This act primarily focusses on the subject areas of math and literacy. With the recent election of President Obama, similar patterns have continued to exist concerning the area of history. President Obama's policy concerning education focusses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Author, Chelsea Gibson, states, despite the continued emphasis of math and literacy and the support these subjects receive from the government, history and social studies will always teach our children important life lessons. This in turn will create responsible and informed critical leaners. Gibson states 4 reasons as to why the application of history in schools creates critical and informed lifelong learners: 1. History teaches analytical skills. History requires students to make connections and allows them to ask question. Gibson states, critical thinking is the foundation for history therefore, making critical learning an essential learning tool. 2. History is also integrated into other curriculum areas such as the Arts, psychology, philosophy, and modern languages. 3. History teaches and improves writing skills. 4. Finally, history makes students more aware of their heritage.</div>

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Keep Social Studies in Elementary School http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3614/i... - 3 views

This article discusses the recent decline in social sciences in Elementary schools in the last decade. Prior to this decline many elementary school teachers viewed social sciences as a significant...

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started by Lidia Kyprianou on 11 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

Tests show improvements in math, literacy skills - 3 views

This article, "Tests show improvements in math, literacy skills," looks at the results of the latest provincial testing indicating that the statistics have slowly been improving over time. However,...

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started by Marlene esteves on 15 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

The Essential Role of Social Studies: Reflections on Arne Duncan's Article - 0 views

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shared by Lidia Kyprianou on 24 Oct 11 - No Cached

Lidia Kyprianou on 24 Oct 11

Recent years have seen a sharp decrease in social studies subject areas. Studies have shown that students are not properly informed or educated about our countries political system and its operations as we would hope them to be. Classroom time has been focused on literacy and numeracy. This negatively influences a student's critical thinking skills as future voters. Steve Goldberg stresses the importance of restoring social studies at the forefront of the curriculum in order to shape our students into responsible and civil citizens. This article does a great job of discussing how the discipline of social studies creates critical and informed thinkers. Social studies provide a platform for discussion concerning our country and the global world. Students are able to critically think outside the box and make sense of the world. They are taught basic skills that they can apply to their everyday lives such as, learning through a historical context and interpreting graphs and charts. Steve Goldberg states that these are numeracy and literacy skills that can be applied to the real world.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Recent years have seen a sharp decrease in social studies subject areas. Studies have shown that students are not properly informed or educated about our countries political system and its operations as we would hope them to be. Classroom time has been focused on literacy and numeracy. This negatively influences a student's critical thinking skills as future voters. Steve Goldberg stresses the importance of restoring social studies at the forefront of the curriculum in order to shape our students into responsible and civil citizens. This article does a great job of discussing how the discipline of social studies creates critical and informed thinkers. Social studies provide a platform for discussion concerning our country and the global world. Students are able to critically think outside the box and make sense of the world. They are taught basic skills that they can apply to their everyday lives such as, learning through a historical context and interpreting graphs and charts. Steve Goldberg states that these are numeracy and literacy skills that can be applied to the real world.</div>

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Veterans' Week and Remembrance Day - 1 views

http://education.alberta.ca/department/events/veteransweek.aspx This article looks at Alberta schools celebrating Veteran's Week and Remembrance Day. They celebrate the week of November 5th- 11th....

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started by Catherine Millar on 10 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

How to Teach with Technology: Social Studies - 1 views

This article is full of ideas about how to make social studies more fun for the technological generation of students by using a variety of social media networks (coveritlive, skype, myspace, wiki a...

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started by natashamaris on 08 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

The Importance of Social Studies Education - 1 views

As TEC's we are being taught how to become critical thinkers and how to integrate and reinforce critical thinking in our classrooms. This article discusses the crucial role that social studies play...

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started by Lidia Kyprianou on 28 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

Powerful and Purposeful Teaching and Learning in Elementary School Social Studies - 1 views

http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/powerfulandpurposeful Link to article

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started by Catherine Millar on 03 Oct 11 1 follow-up, last by Catherine Millar on 03 Oct 11

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