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Using Aesthetic Scanning to Enrich Social Studies Instruction for Middle School Students
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Mesopotamia, the Renaissance, and the Civil War. These units of study found in the California HistorySocial Science Framework for grades 6 - 8 are filled with possibilities for exciting learning. They have all of the ingredients embedded within to capture the attention of adolescents: adventure, mystery, and discovery. Yet for some students, these very topics (and most others in the required social studies curriculum) have become a redundant replay of the "same ol' thing". Reading the textbook, answering the questions at the end of the chapter, and taking quizzes and tests on the key concepts ...
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Speaking of the past in social studies
; ...anniversary of the Foundations of Social Studies "Special Interest Group" (SIG) of The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) was celebrated in November...understanding of the origins of the social studies. Interest in the origins and...
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It's time to transform social studies teaching.
; ...years ago when I was a seventh-grade social studies teacher, I came across words in the...feelings about geography in particular and social studies in general. In the end, I considered...was possible for anyone not to enjoy social studies. Why, I thought, would a student. who...
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A contemporary profile of elementary social studies educators: Their beliefs, perceptions, and classroom practices in the 1990s
; ...the National Council for the Social Studies responded to a survey concerning...perceptions on the status of social studies in the schools, their use of...and their concerns related to social studies for the next five years. Teachers...
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Social studies: wrong, right, or left? A critical response to the Fordham Institute's Where Did Social Studies Go Wrong?
; The history of social studies in the twentieth century is the...the first one hundred years of social studies has been marked by confusion...intolerance. Many have considered the social studies' first century as problematic...
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Attitudes of Jordanian Females Students toward Social Studies Education
; ...attitudes of female students toward social studies. Using a phenomenological research...enthusiasm led to positive images of social studies by middle and high school students...and high school students' views of social studies. Generally, students were not as negative...
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Attitudes of Jordanian Female Students Toward Social Studies Education
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The Devaluation of Social Studies in the Elementary Grades
; ...instructional time spent on social studies, to determine the variety...instructional strategies used during social studies instruction, and to assess...technology usage during social studies instruction. As part of...
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Social Studies (Still) on the Back Burner: Perceptions and Practices of K-5 Social Studies Instruction
; ...In 1995, Neil Houser concluded that social studies in Delaware was "on the back burner...later, the same can be said concerning social studies in South Carolina. With a continued...arts, coupled with the inclusion of social studies on South Carolina's statewide standardized...
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Social studies: wrong, right, or left? A critical response to the Fordham Institute's Where Did Social Studies Go Wrong? (Part II).
; ...endanger their freedom. --Thomas Jefferson Social studies education is a field defined by fractious...a singular vision to be pursued in social studies is not something that can (or should...of articles responding to Where Did Social Studies Go Wrong? (WDSSGW), deliberation--rather...
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Social studies must not be neglected
; Q: What has happened to social studies? It seems to be disappearing...and have all but eliminated social studies. They fear their children are...their reading instruction on social studies units and themes, which will...
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