Chapter 10

Chapter 10 is about the Behavioral Science domain within Social Studies. Behavioral Science covers psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Anthropology is the study of culture and religion. Sociology is the study of communities and how people interact. Psychology is the study of behavior of people as well as how people think. All three of these topics are closely related and can be easily mixed up. Behavioral science is often tied in with geography. Students would study about a certain location or city but they would also study the people that live within that city. I have never taken a behavioral science class, however in my geography and history classes we would study the culture of people. I think behavioral science domains are very interesting and they should be taught early on. Studying how people behave relates to many factors of life such as marketing for businesses, why people live where they do, and why people act the way they do.

Here are the links to my lesson. https://delicious.com/eowdom/lesson%205

Chapter 9

This chapter focuses on geography. Out of all the social studies genres, geography is covered the most in television. There are 5 themes of geography: Location, place, relationships, movement, region. These themes divide up all the different topics discussed in geography. Geography is a social studies subject that can most easily be added in with other core curriculum subjects. I remember reading Flat Stanley in early elementary. We actually created our own Flat Stanleys and mailed them to relatives across the united states as well as internationally if we knew someone out of the country. Once the Flat Stanleys were mailed back to us, we could compare information gathered from the different areas of the United States as well as a few other countries. Geography can also easily relate to science and mathematics. Earth science is very similar to geography. Part of earth science studies how storms form, whereas in geography you learn about where certain types of storms are prevalent and how they effect the communities. In geography students learn about reading maps and learning how to use the key as well as the distance scales. This relates to mathematics because of the standards that go over measurement. Students could find distances between two cities on a map and the practice converting the distance into different units. I think geography is a very fun topic and is easy to incorporate into many lessons and other subject areas.

Here are my links for my lesson. https://delicious.com/eowdom/Geo%20lesson%204

Chapter 8

Chapter 8 is about Economics. I remember taking an economics class in high school. I don't ever remember specifically studying economics in any other class. Economics is often overlooked because it could be seen as hard or that it doesn't quite fit into the social sciences category. It is important for young students to learn about economics because they will learn about need vs. want. As students get older, they can see how the economy is a major factor in our lives because it controls the work force and prices of groceries and any other goods that we want to buy. Just like how civics is intended to create responsible citizens, economics is intended for students to be aware of what is happening in the world around them in the sense of job markets, money, and many other every day factors.

My lesson is about supply and demand. Here is a link to my delicious bookmarks:
https://delicious.com/eowdom/Economics%20Lesson%203

Chapter 7

Chapter 7 is about civics and government. The goals for this section is for students to understand social science and history topics as well as become knowledgeable, responsible citizens. This section in the chapter focused on the standards for k-4 as well as 5-8th grade. There were also many helpful links about the judiciary, executive, and legislature branches of our government. I could see myself referring back to this chapter when I teach government to my students because of all the helpful websites.

My lesson is for 3rd graders and it is about the constitution. Here are my links on delicious bookmarks:
https://delicious.com/eowdom/History%20Lesson%202

Links

Here are links to my Weebly page as well as my Delicious Bookmarks page.


http://ete335socialstudies.weebly.com/ - Weebly Site


https://delicious.com/eowdom/tag_bundle/ETE%20335 - Delicious Bookmarks Site

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 is about teaching history in the elementary grade levels. I really liked the concept of the Expanding Horizons Curriculum. Thinking back on my schooling regarding social studies, I would say it followed this curriculum very closely. I think this concept is a great way to slowly introduce young students to different social studies and history ideas. The Expanding Horizons Curriculum goes as follows: K- Self and Others, 1 - Family, 2 - Communities, 3 - Cities, 4 - Regions, 5 - United States and Canada, 6 - World. Another visual showed that as the grade level increases, so does the complexity and abstractness of the topic. Teaching history is all about head, hearts, and hands. Students need to be able to learn about the topics to gain the comprehension side of the topic. Then they need to be able to feel for what was going on in the situation. And lastly, students need to be able to create or build something to show off their new understanding of a historical topic.

Here is my link to my Delicious Bookmarks where I have linked five sites about President Abraham Lincoln.

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Chapter 5

Chapter 5 is all about technology in schools. I really enjoyed the videos posted in the textbook on this section. Seeing the history of classrooms in reference to technology was very interesting. Many aspects of classrooms have changed: chalk slates, chalk boards, white boards, and smart boards. Even though many aspects have changed, the orientation of the classroom, with desks in rows, the teacher's desk near the front, a giant white board or chalk board in the front are all the same throughout American schooling history. Its weird to think how much technology has changed and how much research has been done on how students learn, yet the classroom settings are very similar to how they were in the beginning. I think utilizing as much technology items in a classroom as possible is best for my students because no matter what job they are looking into once they graduate, they will have to know how to use the various methods of technology.