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Hello!
I've been asked to create a photograph to promote a Social Studies course but have been having terrible trouble trying to get any kind of assistance from the people attending and running the course.
So, my questions are:
Social Studies- what are the aspects of the subject that are important to you?
Are there any examples of imagery (iconic images?) you feel that convey aspects of the subject?

Thankyou very much for any possible replies as you may've guessed, I'm mildly desperate by this point and I'm sorry if this is an inappropriate post to make to your community!

Hey everyone!

I am doing a bit of a report for a research paper and was wondering if any of you would be willing to answer some of the below questions?  You don't have to answer all of them, but I would appreciate a brief introduction that includes what kind of teacher you are/your grade level, what kinda school you teach at, how long (months, weeks, etc) you have been teaching, etc.  Thanks!!
 

-         What do you find more challenging to teach, social studies or science?  Why?

-         How important is teaching science or social studies in comparison to other school subjects such as math or literacy?

-         What do you/have you taught this year in science and/or social studies?

-         Do you find it hard to meet the curriculum outcomes your school has set for science/social studies?

-         What do you like teaching more, science or social studies?  Why?

-         How much time do you devote a week to teaching science or social studies?

Hey...

Are there any teachers in Canada here on this forum?

Tan-Nee

I've been on teaching hiatus since getting my master's degree, so I haven't really been checking in on this community. I see we have picked up some new members over the years and some posting has taken place (albeit long ago).

I just wanted to check in and see how everyone's doing, maybe breathe some life into this community. Us social studies teachers need to stick together, right? I thought I'd start by sharing something I came across a few months ago that might be of value to those of you who like to use multimedia to color your lessons.

Life Magazine was a staple of American life for many years. Their pages were filled with photojournalism of a quality and quantity matched by only a few other notable publications. I remember hearing when they ceased the publication of their most recent format that their archives would eventually be made available online.

Now they are.

Obviously, there are tons of images that would make a valuable contribution to any lesson in the social studies. Some photos incredible and powerful enough to be a lesson by itself.

hi all,

so i have a problem. in about 2-3 weeks i will be leaving to teach in china for 6 weeks, teaching both teachers and students. i have my lesson plans all set up (american geography, culture, and folktales) but i still have some problems with the resources i'll be using. basically, we can't count on being able to access english-language materials while there- especially specific ones (i.e. american geography books), written at a low-enough level to be accessible to chinese learners of english. so, i have located a few here, namely, the "let's discover the states" series from the late 80s and early 90s, available at my friendly library.

now here's the problem. my options include:

-bring all the books to china, weighing about 15-20 lbs. and therefore being a problem on my flights, AND also they are library books, so that won't work.

-buy the books here and then either ship them or bring them with me- still possibly being a problem in terms of weight on my flight, but being a lot easier than the later options, BUT being a bigger problem as these books are out of print and i can only find them piecemeal sold on used-books sites for anywhere from 11 cents to $30, and i need the whole series (about 15), in 2 weeks!

-scan all the pages i need and then email them in a PDF or save them all on a CD- only problem is this will take FOREVER

-find an american geography CD-ROM that magically has all the info that i need (culture, history, physical features, famous people, etc etc.) and bring that

-what else??

so anybody want to help me out? is there a secret source out there for "let's discover the states" whole series sets? does anyone know of a website that has all this info that i can somehow magically grab? or can anyone just commiserate with me and mutter and moan?

thanks. (:

hey all you u.s. history teachers,

i am bridging a unit on slavery and my next unit on the civil war by reviewing the missouri compromise, the compromise of 1850, etc. and part of my plan is to have students use blank us maps of the time to follow along and notate on. however, these are proving to be difficult to find online. does anyone have a link to some sites that might help me out? or another source that might have this? alternatively i could trace the maps by hand and then copy them...

thanks!

I am currently working on a unit about the Federal government with very, very low level high school kids. Any thoughts? Anything would be appreciated, I'm pulling my hair out here!

Hi Everyone,

I just joined this community. I'm going into my 7th year of teaching social studies. Primarily I teach World History Honors. I'm looking for other world history high school teachers to talk to. My biggest problem is knowing whether my class is too hard, hard enough, or too easy. I have a lot of students who are successful, but those who are not tend to blame me (which I'm used to and I know is somewhat normal). I give homework almost every night, usually I have students doing outlining of 4-6 pages from their textbook (Spodek). I'd just like to hear what other people are doing. There is SO much curriculum to get through when one teaches World History and it's a struggle to get through it all, and still create a meaningful experience for all students. How do you do it? I'm feeling somewhat frustrated.

Thanks to all who reply.

Hi all.

My name is Katherine (Katie for short) and I'm a freshman majoring in history and education. I want to be a 7th grade u.s. history teacher. I am from and am going to school in MA. For my education class, I have to do a micro-teach of what I want to teach. Any ideas on making history a little more fun and to impress my education professor. I'm going to 'teach' my class about the korean war. I was thinking a cross-word puzzle with words that are important to the war and then have the kids define them? And use pictures and try to connect the war with today or something? Any suggestions? Comments?

Thanks

Katherine