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.

https://delicious.com/eowdom/tag_bundle/ETE%20335