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social studies is about understanding things, and not very much about learning skills.

social studies should be part of the curriculum for the purpose of helping students understand human interactions that occurred in the past, are occurring now, and that are likely to occur in the future. The reason for these understandings is they may help students develop and nurture values that will make it more likely that they will be able to determine for any situation what the right thing is and do it, especially when doing the right thing is hard to do. It is about decency, respect, courage and honor. This is not a difficult idea to understand, but it can take a lifetime to appreciate. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Posted by Larry Ferlazzo on February 15, 2009 ON YOUR OWN Watch these movies and take the quizzes: Civil Rights Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X Learn about Rosa Parks. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Listen To Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech and find the mistakes. Watch this video of King Here’s another video about King.

Who Do You Think Are The Greatest Americans? Posted by Larry Ferlazzo on March 30, 2009 A television channel did a poll to find out who people thought were the Greatest Americans, and then ranked them from the most important to the one hundredth most important. Think about all the Americans we have studied so far.  Pick who you think are the top five Americans and rank them one-through-five.  Find a picture of them, write about what you think was their major accomplishment, and explain why you ranked them where you did.