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Direct linkWitherspoon, Taajah; Clabough, Jeremiah; Elliott, Adolphus, Jr. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2017
Students often feel powerless. They feel like passive observers as the tapestry of the world is woven around them. Social studies teachers need to show students examples of individuals who have acted as agents of social change. By focusing on a historical figure's agency, students can see the ripple effects that people's actions can have over…
Descriptors: Social Change, Activism, Grade 5, United States History
Long, Trisha Wies – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2017
Adolescents are often disengaged in the learning process, being more focused on social media and self-interest than classroom content. Full circling is a process that can be used to help students collaboratively engage in learning and actively reflect on historical events--especially those that are under reported in history books. In the present…
Descriptors: Activism, Childrens Literature, Cooperative Learning, History Instruction
Simpson Steele, Jamie; Fulton, Lori; Fanning, Lisa – Journal of Dance Education, 2016
The integration of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) serves to develop creative thinking and twenty-first-century skills in the classroom (Maeda 2012). Learning through STEAM promotes novelty, innovation, ingenuity, and task-specific purposefulness to solve real-world problems--all aspects that define creativity. Lisa…
Descriptors: Dance Education, STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Creative Thinking
Deaton, Cynthia; Cook, Michelle – Science and Children, 2012
Role-play provides fifth-grade students with the opportunity to develop meaningful connections to environmental science concepts and understand how those concepts relate to their community. Role-play also builds students' communication skills and increases their understanding of the attitudes of science. By participating in role-play, teachers…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Communication Skills, Grade 5, Role Playing
Serriere, Stephanie; Mitra, Dana; Cody, Jennifer – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2010
In this article, the authors describe how they used student's complaints about limited salad choices in the cafeteria as the focus of a class project. Following steps of the Project Citizen protocol of the Center for Civic Education, the authors facilitated students' efforts, which included researching the problem, talking with adult…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Lunch Programs, Activism, Food
Epstein, Shira Eve – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2010
In this paper, I explore the experiences of fourth and fifth grade students engaged in Beyond Today, an urban after school program, that aimed to enact a social reconstructionist multicultural curriculum. The program gathered White, Black, and Latino/a youth to explore issues of discrimination and social justice and develop leadership towards…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Race, School Activities, Multicultural Education
