EU464 Social Studies Electronic Toolkit

Duncan, looks critically at the curriculum in The United States, outlining how the social studies have been greatly undervalued. In his perspective, it is crucial that the curricula be expanded so ...

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started by Marlene esteves on 19 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

The article, "Teaching Social Studies Authentically", stresses that many teachers of the social studies division are under extreme pressures to meet curriculum expectations for their particular pro...

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started by Trevor Gesinghaus on 19 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/elementary

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started by Lidia Kyprianou on 19 Sep 11 1 follow-up, last by Lidia Kyprianou on 19 Sep 11

This article helps put into perspective how important social studies education is in the elementary school grades. As teachers we need to give our students the skills and strategies that they need ...

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started by Catherine Millar on 19 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

This article first identifies some of the major issues with personal technology in schools such as losing or damaging personal property, taking pictures or videos of others without their consent, a...

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started by Catherine Millar on 15 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

This blog comes from the UK. It is written in response to a post on SLN geography forum, pulling together all the interesting ideas posted on the forum. Using a powerpoint presentation, 101 creat...

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started by Jenny Hobbs on 15 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

This article provides results of studies that demonstrate that the average student finds history to be dull and lacking excitement. A major justification to student beliefs is that history is irre...

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started by Trevor Gesinghaus on 15 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

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

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started by bell4390 on 15 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

A recent study found in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics found that faced paced cartoons such as SpongeBob actually have a negative impact of kids.The study was conducted on sixty ...

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started by jasprit singh on 15 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

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

Please refer to link below for the article of reference : http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1051868--new-yorkers-shrug-off-anxieties-as-9-11-milestone-approaches?bn=1

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started by Tanya Traverso on 10 Sep 11 1 follow-up, last by Tanya Traverso on 10 Sep 11