Chapter 4: History, Geography, and the Social Sciences & Chapter 5: Powerful Social Studies Tools: Time Lines, Maps, Globes, and Graphics

Essential Questions

Response

-Based on your reading in these chapters, what instructional strategies could you use within your unit of study? -What plans do you have for using several disciplines within your unit of study?

-In these chapters a variety of strategies are discussed as to working with students. Some of the strategies are absorbing: exposure to narratives others have constructed, doing: constructing historical narratives themselves, discussing the meanings of a primary document, listening to historical narratives and discussing their meaning, role-playing, choosing children's literature, composing a dramatic reenactment, oral history, paint, models, snapshot autobiographies, simulations, and constructing a classroom or library museum exhibit. -In my classroom, I plan to use different discipline studies to work with my students. One way I would integrate subjects is helping the student to develop a sense of time and chronology. Another way is to incorporate map and globe skills that are essential to the student and getting around in the real world. Teaching graphs and charts are another way to let students use other skills within the social studies curriculum.