Social Studies - Making Connections - Discussion 2Feb 5, 2014Interesting Quote "Social Studies should involve students in reading, writing, observing, discussing, and debating to ensure their active participation in learning." (p. 9, Para 3) Big Idea The "widening horizons" approach to learning, where students learn about self, family and community, then in the upper grades, about state and world events, has been the traditional way of teaching, but sets boundaries and inhibits a student's natural inquisition. Make a Connection Teaching is far more detailed then just feeding students information. I am excited to teach social studies in a way that will also excite the students. This was not the case when I was in primary school where we read from the text and we were far removed from any hands-on involvement in the subject.Manage Discussion Entry Interesting Quote

"Social Studies should involve students in reading, writing, observing, discussing, and debating to ensure their active participation in learning." (p. 9, Para 3)

Big Idea

The "widening horizons" approach to learning, where students learn about self, family and community, then in the upper grades, about state and world events, has been the traditional way of teaching, but sets boundaries and inhibits a student's natural inquisition.

Make a Connection

Teaching is far more detailed then just feeding students information. I am excited to teach social studies in a way that will also excite the students. This was not the case when I was in primary school where we read from the text and we were far removed from any hands-on involvement in the subject.

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Jessica Jones Feb 10, 2014I can relate to you experience in grade school because mine was very similar. Social studies consisted of reading from the text and filing out a worksheet or writing a prompt in our journal. It was always written on the board so that when we began class we knew we had to start. It was called D.O.L (daily oral language). It wasn't engaging or exciting and when we first started this semester and were asked to recollect social studies in grade school I had a difficult time because it was not memorable for me. It was rather dull. I hopefully will incorporate a lot of different activities to engage students. I also like how the big idea mentions widening horizons by linking to students self, family, and community. If you can make a link between the information and the students background they can hopefully find something they relate to and make a connection for the information. That is far more engaging then coping text off a board or from text.