Popular Methods |
Examples |
| Concepts |
Time: Clock, Day, Month, Year, Decade, Century, Calendar, am. vs. pm., A.D. vs. B.C.
Timelines: Scheduling, Change over time
Documents: Bible, Koran, Bill of Rights
Events: 5W + H Model
5W and How-New
Famous people: Washington, Sacagawea
Historical sites: the Great Pyramid, Gettysburg
Concept Clusters-01
Concept Clusters-02 |
| Topics/Themes |
Important Events: Oregon Trail, Civil War, Boston Tea Party
Transportation: Erie Canal, Transcontinental Railway
Symbols: Flag, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty
Holidays: Thanksgiving, July 4th, Veteran's Day
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| Make Social Studies Meaningful |
Story Telling, Family genealogy project, Field trip, Guest lecture
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| Make SS Value-Based |
Debate on policy implications, Aware of equality and Justice, value of family, value of education, value of human life
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| Make SS Active |
Dress Up History (teacher can dress up and teach), Role Play, Dramatizing, Reenactment, Mock trial, Simulation of production in factory, Service learning, Debate on school uniform, conduct interviews and surveys, Collecting historical data
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| Make SS Across Curriculum |
Flag - History, Geography, Math, Meaning of color
Money - Economics, History, Math, Culture
Hero - Write a biography for the hero
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Make SS Challenging |
How did the automobile industry change people's life in the 1920s?
What is the symbolic meaning of the Statue of Liberty?
Why did people settle
on the west frontier?
Researdh on water shortage in theworld.
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| Generalizing |
Draw conclusions:
We need rules to guide individual and group activities.
Prices will go up when the demand is greater than the
supply.
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| Particularizing |
The President who was elected twice, First woman pilot in U.S., Invention of airplane |
| Mnemonics |
Go to History Mnemonics |
| Virtual Field |
Go to Virtual Field |
| Use of Local Resources |
Documents
Historical Sites
Artifacts
Experts
Musiums |
| Be a Historian |
You are the historian!
You be a historian.
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| History Projects |
Sample Projects |
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