Citizenry
Understanding Our World
Shaping Perspectives
Understanding the Past
Teaching 4 Understanding
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a complex concept that means different things in different contexts. In the context of the United States government, ________ ________ are those values that are afforded all citizens as outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
What is Democratic freedom?
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the state of the natural _____ of a place at a given time such as: pollution, erosion, deforestation, depopulation, climate, glaciation, and desertification.
What is the Environmental condition?
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Primary artifacts used to support a historical point of view or perspective.
What is Historical evidence?
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a complex set of processes that historians use in order to analyze events in the past. These processes include the reading, analysis, and writing that is necessary to develop an accurate understanding of historical events and situations so that historians can construct narratives that are as accurate as possible. Engaging in this complex process is known as historical inquiry.
What is Historical thinking? *Dig into the Graphic Organizers and Present one to the class: Also, provide us with a rationale for using this teaching strategy. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/curriculum/socialstudies/scos/organizers/k12-social.pdf
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Those forces or conditions that serve to drive people either towards or away from place i.e. environmental conditions and demographic trends. Push factors are those that drive people away and pull factors are those that draw people to a place.
What are Push/Pull factors? Create a nonlinguistic representation for Push/Pull factors. Brainstorm a list of topics for using this graphic organizer or thinking map.
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those values by which a democratic society hopes to achieve and those qualities or expectations by which citizens and governmental entities are expected to exhibit in order to maintain a democratic way of life.
What are Democratic ideals?
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A matter relating to the natural world that is in dispute or unsettled between two or more parties.
What is an Environmental Issue?
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A person from the past who has made a significant and lasting impact on society both during his/her time and/or in the present.
What is an Historical figure? (What's another word for figure?) Brainstorm some historical figures you might teach about, and why? What was their impact and can it be illustrated in a quote or event or relate to an issue?
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Referring to the creation and implementation of new ideas, methods, or devices.
What is Innovation?
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(_ _ _) can be broadly defined as socio-economic wellbeing and life satisfaction and is a subjective measure, but can be quantified, to some extent, by using a _-_-_ index or other tool.
What is Quality of life? *Evaluate a society from the past and create a statement for it's quality of life, and please explain your measure.
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those entitlements that citizens enjoy and that are fundamental to the continuation of a democratic society.
What are Democratic rights?
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The features of the Earth’s surface as well as the activities that take place on the Earth’s surface.
What is Geographic phenomena? *Brainstorm examples...
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cyclical process of historical thinking that begins with the asking of a set of guiding historical questions. The answers to these questions are explored by locating and analyzing primary and secondary historical sources. Evidence of the past trough this process of analyzing historical sources using the guiding questions. This historical evidence is, in turn, used to construct historical narratives/interpretations about the past that seek to provide answers to the guiding historical questions. The process begins again because these interpretations often lead to the development of other historical questions that need to be explored.
What is Historical inquiry? Brainstorm (individually) either a description of using interviews in the MG classroom, OR, generate a list of interview questions or components.
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Refers to the meaning of a passage, text, etc. as the original author would have intended and what the original hearers/readers would have understood.
What is Literal meaning?
300
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
What is Technology? What is the oldest example of technology that you can think of? What are other examples of technology that shows progress and advancement? What are some examples of technology that have caused society to regress? How do scientists apply this historical inquiry and thinking?
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historical patterns of changes in the population statistics for a place.
What are Demographic trends? *And where can one look for info. about such trends?
400
the development of international systems of exchange that result in networks of trade and communications and cultural and political exchange.
What is Global interaction?
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An account, report or story of events or experiences that is based on factual evidence from the past.
What is a Historical narrative? *See Columbus In His Words. *Define "TEXT" in the ss classroom. Create a list of criteria for text selection in the ss classroom. Include goals for using these selected texts.
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Defined as the ideas that shaped the development of governmental systems.
What is Political thought? What are some influences on US government? Explain the process for establishing our system of government?
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The massive and rapid growth of the population of a city or town as a result of increased migration. The migration is usually from a rural, non industrialized area.
What is Urbanization? *During workshop time, please revisit last week's carousel brainstorm and add ideas to our station posters. Thank you.
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statistics about the economy that allow one to analyze the economic performance of an area and predict future performance.
What are Economic indicators?
500
The “setting” for events or the conditions in which the events occurred.
What is Historical context? …thoughts on establishing or developing this in students? *example of how to develop this through ss integration in another class, like math, science or language arts?
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the ability to describe the past from the point of view of those who lived during the particular time period under study.
What is Historical perspective?
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A first-hand account or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who actually experienced the events or conditions being documented. While these sources are often created at the time when the events or conditions are occurring, primary sources may also include autobiographies, memoirs, and oral histories recorded later.
What are Primary sources? How is it developmentally responsive to use these resources? What supports might students need to understand these resources? Where can teachers access these resources?
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These provide interpretations of primary sources. Examples include: text books, magazine and journal articles, etc.
What are Secondary sources? *Brainstorm sources that can be used in social studies instruction. Create a visual to organize your thinking about your resources. For example, you might create a chart with the following categories and fill in your thinking: Resource How it will be used Rationale/approach
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