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Breakstone, Joel; Wineburg, Sam; Smith, Mark – Social Education, 2015
In searching for alternatives to multiple choice tests and document-based questions, the authors were inspired by the common practice of "do-nows" (also known as "bell work") in which teachers give students a brief task at the beginning of class to prepare them for the day's lesson. Could these minutes at the start of class be…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Alternative Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Social Studies
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Libresco, Andrea S. – Social Education, 2013
This article describes 10 recommendations for creativity, higher-order thinking, and meaningful learning activities that can be used to guide teachers in constructing an engaging AP course: (1) Be on the committee that decides how students will be selected for AP; (2) Maximize time and connections through blocks of time with an English colleague;…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Creativity, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes
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Lucianek, Christine – Social Education, 2014
This article describes a lesson in which students will examine several views expressed by the founders to understand the context for including freedom of the press in the First Amendment. Students will be asked to think about the role that the news media and the need to be an informed citizen continue to play in our democracy. Students will…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Freedom of Speech, Constitutional Law
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Beyer, Barry K. – Social Education, 1979
Describes pre-and post-writing activities designed to aid students in submitting a polished social studies paper rather than merely a first draft. Data analysis, questioning strategies, games, simulations, and values education strategies provide sources for focusing on the topic. Rewriting involves evaluation, revision, and editing.
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Haverkamp, Beth; Schamel, Wynell – Social Education, 1995
Presents instructional materials and suggestions for using primary source documents regarding Admiral Peary's search for the North Pole. Cache notes were brief dispatches left for the press in ice hutches along with provisions and maps. Includes a photocopy of a cache note from Peary's expedition with suggested research topics and activities. (MJP)
Descriptors: Archives, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, History Instruction
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Thieman, Gayle Y. – Social Education, 1992
Describes exercises in which students create a fictional character from history and write a journal entry in a cooperative group activity. Discusses further assignments in which individual students create additional characters descended from the original for study of later historical periods. Suggests that the project demonstrates how historical…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
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Levy, Tedd – Social Education, 1997
Describes an easy project that uses postcards to engage elementary and middle school students in reading, writing, and social studies. Students write letters to the editors of different newspapers asking their readers to send postcards to the class. Follow up activities include response letters, maps, and writing assignments. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Images, Elementary Education, Geography, Instructional Materials
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Naumann, Joseph A., Jr. – Social Education, 1991
Notes that teachers can make writing assignments more acceptable by using innovative techniques. Suggests that using letter writing for research projects is a good motivational technique. Asks students to assume roles of persons of a specific historical period and write from the first-person perspective. Includes sample letter. (NL)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, High Schools, History Instruction
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Evans, Michael D. – Social Education, 1995
Maintains that writing is one of the most important skills students can acquire. Asserts that social studies teachers can help students learn the writing process through a variety of written formats, such as essays, diary writing, and letter writing. Describes a classroom activity using letters and editorials. (CFR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities
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Bower, Bert; Lobdell, Jim – Social Education, 1998
Describes six activities from the "History Alive" program. These include an interactive slide lecture on the Great Depression, a photographic analysis regarding Mexican and Southwest culture, an experiential exercise concerning life on the assembly line, collages on Chinese belief systems, a response group on women's rights, and poetry writing.…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Theories, Instructional Improvement
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Maxim, George – Social Education, 1998
Maintains that creative writing should be no less a part of the elementary social-studies writing program than other expository forms. Discusses using the poetic form, the cinquain, to teach about Mexican vaqueras and vaqueros in an elementary unit on the American Southwest. Includes illustrations and instructional materials. (MJP)
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Elementary Education, Expository Writing, Hispanic American Culture
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Cangemi, Jo Ann; Aucoin, Linda – Social Education, 1996
Profiles a third-/fourth-grade thematic unit developed to introduce students to contemporary global society and its economic and environmental interdependence. The unit simulates a trip to foreign countries and integrates mathematics, music, art, and language. Various assignments are included in the student's portfolio. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Mueller, Jean West; Schamel, Wynell Burroughs – Social Education, 1990
Introduces the censorship, and imprisonment of Jehovah's Witnesses who distributed, "The Finished Mystery," which contained antiwar statements deemed seditious during World War I. Asks students to examine a Justice Department document pertaining to the case. Helps students decide whether national security needs should override First…
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Speech, Government Role
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Rothwell, Jennifer; Levy, Tedd; Manaster, Jane; Bernson, Mary Hammond – Social Education, 1998
Presents a pull-out section that includes four brief articles and accompanying learning activities. The articles include an architectural examination of the move from medieval fort to Renaissance palace, interdisciplinary biographical writing assignments, a look at the portrayal of people with disabilities in juvenile literature, and material on…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Asian Studies, Buildings, Built Environment
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Carter, John Marshall – Social Education, 1995
Presents a learning activity to help students see themselves as part of the historical process. Describes the nine-week project in which students solicit written or oral remembrances of family, local, and national history. Maintains that the project integrated history and writing in a meaningful way for students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Area Writing, Family (Sociological Unit), Grandparents
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