How Can We Teach Social Studies More Effectively? is the new “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher column.
Please share your response there or in the comments section here…
How Can We Teach Social Studies More Effectively? is the new “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher column.
Please share your response there or in the comments section here…
As with any grade level, it has to show relevance to the age/grade of the group you are working with. Why teach about South Dakota resources/climate/history if you live in NJ? Let them see how they are all a part of social studies and social studies is a part of all of them. Allow children to research on their own or in small cooperative groups, become a larger part of their learning. The days of opening up the book and reading have no relevance to these digital-age driven students. Open up technology to them by incorporating multiple technology sources, start a class web page to post think-about it questions as part of their homework, etc.