The Social Studies instruction that I observed was in a high school setting with students of diverse ethnicities and backgrounds. The demographic of the class consisted of 12 students, 5 female, 7 male; 3 African-American, 1 Asian-American, 1 Hispanic-American, and 1 foreign exchange student from Germany, as well as 6 Caucasian Americans. The overall demographic of the school is about 75% Caucasian American, 15% African-American, 5% Hispanic-American, and 5% other. There is about a 50-50 mix of males and females in the student body. The teachers are mostly female, with only about 30% of the faculty being male. Less than 5% of the faculty is African-American. There is 1 Hispanic teacher. The school’s faculty is thus not very reflective of the study body in terms of ethnic background.The Social Studies instruction I observed helped to prepare students for participation in a democratic society by focusing on the recent Occupy Wall Street Movement, what prompted it, how it developed, what the aims for the Movement were, how it impacted the political arena, what effects it had, and what happened to the Movement in the end. The aim of the lesson was to show the studies that they could exercise their civic duty in a variety of different ways, from helping to form a new political party to engaging in civil disobedience, which is an American tradition...
For instance, the instructor touched upon Thoreau and King as well as how other individuals—such as Gandhi in the East—used civil disobedience to effect change in their societies. So there was a little bit of something for everyone in the classroom. The instructor was careful to connect the ideas of civic duty, protest and political formation to a variety of ethnicities and people of diverse background. Thoreau was a Caucasian American. King was an African-American, Gandhi was from India, and the instructor also discussed how the Hispanic community in L.A. during the 1950s conducted their own Movement in order to obtain civil rights from an oppressive police department that had beaten many Hispanics in an event that was known as “Bloody Christmas.” The instructor aimed to show that any time people in a democratic society were being oppressed, they could move to stand up for their rights. By showing ways throughout history that people of diverse backgrounds had come together to oppose oppression and tyranny, the instructor illustrated that these…
11) Smart Board technology is still relatively new and not enough time has elapsed to examine the results of any longitudinal studies (if any are being conducted) regarding its effectiveness in the relationship between its use and improved achievement by elementary and middle school social studies students. However, some success has already been reported anecdotally. Byrd (2005) stated "this new wave of teaching is so much more hands-on, integrated and thematic instead
Integrated Curriculum Analysis A teacher's main objective usually centers in arousing the curiosity of the student enough to engage them in the process of learning. Engagement can often lead to enthusiasm, and enthusiasm leads to learning. One of the most effective methods of engagement is through the use of real-world tasks. Francom & Gardner (2014) determined that many of the recent models of learning provided instruction center learning that incorporated real-world
It provides a marker for conducting and easily recording observations of complex learning. This is in a paperless format, highly efficient and engaging strategy." (Wren, 2011) (Ivers, 2003) This is illustrating how technology is critical to reaching out to students and offering them with further explanations about what is occurring. When this happens, they will be able to more effectively relate to key ideas and have a grasp of the
Social Development in Early Childhood and Future Academic Success Teachers have long reported a positive correlation between a child's social/emotional development and academic success. The purpose of this paper is to review four articles that report on research examining this relationship. Han, H.S., and Thomas, M.S. (2010). No child misunderstood: Enhancing early childhood teachers' multicultural responsiveness to the social competence of diverse children. Early Childhood Education Journal 37(6), pp. 469-476. The majority of
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