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Social Studies DisciplinesSOCIAL SCIENCES
Presented by; Amy Easterly, Jessica Iannone, and Jessica Stanek
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Key Vocabulary Terms
Normative Information: is at the center of social sciences and is used to shape public opinion and policy.
Normative Behavior: trends and statistical projections. When we
find something that exists outside of the norm we seek to know what
has caused the behavior, the patterns that exist, and if any
changes in the social system would reduce the likeliness of the
behavior in question.
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Psychology: the behaviors and experiences of people as individuals.
In the 1830’s Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychology lab, William James
wrote the first general textbook pertaining to psychology.
Sociology: dates back to 580 BC with the tearchings of Confucius. It focuses on the
interactions of people with others and with their environments. They do this by using
surveys, interviews, field studies and direct observation to investigate the current
issues.
"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous." – Confucius.
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Cultural anthropology:
Studies people and their environments,
but looks at the historical and contemporary populations.
(Preliterate and ancient artifacts).
Physical anthropology: has an origin in
archeology which uses artifacts and fossils to trace and
understand the history and culture of
humans.
Transpection: is when individuals look at their own culture from
the eyes of those outside their culture.
Brings about objectivity and introspection by
looking at the assumptions and
behaviors of others.
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Anthropology is the study of humans and
their cultures. Looks at how cultures adapt as well as their growth toward civilization.
Concern lies with the development of
languages, religions, art, physical and mental
traits.
An anthropologist studies the way people live and
interact within their diverse cultures.
They seek to know the physical
characteristics, customs, laws,
traditions, beliefs, and religions that
are present within a given group of
people. Anthropologists
achieve this through direct observation
through conducting field studies. Field
studies are prolonged stays
within the culture in question.
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Key Questions to Ask…1) Who were the people being studied?2) When did they live?3) Where did they live?4) What do artifacts tell us about them?5) What kinds of work did they do and
where did they do it?6) What did they produce or create?7) What did they do for recreation?8) What are their family patterns?9) How did they enculturate?10) How did they govern and control their
society?11) What customs and beliefs did theyhold?12) What events, individuals, or ideas are
they especially known for and how did these affect their lives?
13) What unique problems did they have14) How did they attempt to deal with these
problems?
Three Most Important?
Key questions:
1. Who were the people being studied?
2. When did they live?
3. Where did they live?
4. What do artifacts tell us about them?
5. What kinds of work did they do and
where did they do it?
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Topical Approaches
6. What did they produce or create?
7. What did they do for recreation?
8. What are their family patterns?
9. How did they enculturate?
10. How did they govern and control their society?
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Current Events:Helps students make a connection to the
material being taught because the topic is in the news and is important to
their lives.
Current events are always ongoing and subject to opinion and controversy.
Teachers have to be careful with how
they incorporate this material.
Ex: The Afghanistan war and where it is
located: geography,
violence in the streets.
Internet can be a valuable resource.Children’s
periodicals are good sources for
elementary children to use in
the classroom.
Local newspaper, recorded broad casts of local
television news: various learning
experiences.
Help children think about
problems in and out of school.
11. What customs and beliefs did they hold?
12. What events, individuals, or ideas are they especially known for and how did these affect their lives?
13. What unique problems did they have?
14. How did they attempt to deal with these problems?
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History of Thanksgiving
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Provides a wealth of well-developed ideas, strategies and resources that help a teacher meet state standards and student needs.
Elementary teachers focus on the Basic Skills, since they are the building blocks to learning.
Competes with science, music, physical education and art once reading, math and language arts have been taught.
Topical Approaches
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Some advocates say that social studies should include more geography rather than history and economics.
You can incorporate social studies in all other areas that need to be taught.
Continued:
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Helps students make a connection to the material being taught because the topic is in the news and is important to their lives.
Current events are always ongoing and subject to opinion and controversy. Teachers have to be careful with how they incorporate this material.
Ex: The Afghanistan war and where it is located: geography, violence in the streets.
Current Events
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Internet can be a valuable resource.
Children’s periodicals are good sources for elementary children to use in the classroom.
Help children think about problems in and out of school.
Various learning experiences:•Local newspaper • recorded broad casts of local television news
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Career Education Intended to inform students about careers
and about the skills and education needed to prepare for them and to inspire students to pursue careers that they may perceive as being beyond their reach.
Ideally, all children should have all career choices available to them by the end of high school, when they will typically be mature enough to begin to narrow down their own career choices.
One reason we begin this so early is that students may be unknowingly opt out of the sequential courses that are crucial to keeping all their career options open.
Career Education Best Practices
Expose students to different career paths and the academic and personal attributes that the student will need to enter those careers.
Provide students with speakers about different professions so that they can pick a career that fits their personality best.
Require challenging tasks that lead to hard work so that students have more options.
Focus on essential social skills and Procedural Knowledge to place students in a position to attain careers.
Environmental Education A subset of global and geography
education that can easily be combined with science.
Concerned with the health of the land, air, and water around the globe.
Debate of Environmental Education has left people bewildered about air quality, global warming, and other issues.
The goal is to achieve a better environment.
Tradeoffs as well as markets, incentives, and disincentives are crucial concepts.
Law-Related Education Focuses on the American legal system, the
Constitution, and court cases. Should be examined through grade-
appropriate aspects of civil life. This is part of citizen education and
emphasis should be put on concepts like duty and responsibility.
Big Ideas that should be a part of law-related education:
Power 3) Liberty Justice 4) Equality http://www.homeworkspot.com/elementary/socialstud
ies/government.htm
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Works Cited
Hasten, Lauren. (2009) What is Anthropology? www.youtube.com
(2009)http://www.history.com/video.do?name=culture&bcpid=1676043212&bclid=1672079702&bctid=1586348651
McKeever, Carolyn. (2009) Course packet. (2009)http://www.homeworkspot.com/elementary/
socialstudies/government.htm (Fun for kids grade level …)
Duplass, James A. (2008) Teaching Elementary Social Studies. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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