While I was reading the material for this class, I kept wondering how substituting a textbook with other reading materials could make socials studies come alive.\u00a0 Reading a handout is just as lackluster as reading the textbook.\u00a0 The class really helped me to understand the point of these particular handouts.\u00a0 The activity about the Montgomery Bus Boycott was something I have never done before.\u00a0 It was interesting how my group was able to describe the\u00a0event by understanding the terms, without really remembering what the event was.\u00a0 The handouts were not what I had expected.\u00a0 Reading handouts of the primary sources were so much more intriguing.\u00a0 The step-by-step pace of the activity was helpful.\u00a0 Had\u00a0I been given all there resources at once, I probably would have been overwhelmed.\u00a0 Analyzing them one at a time assisted me with\u00a0focusing on the main point of each article.\u00a0 I know what the Boycott is now.\u00a0 This method is something\u00a0that I definitely need to remember when I am teaching.<\/p>\n
When Dr. Storh discussed the information on Rosa Parks that we might have learned from our textbooks\u00a0versus the reals accounts of the event, my mind was blown.\u00a0 I was left wondering what else I have read in my history books that was not factual.\u00a0 I have also often wondered how the WW II perspective in a US History textbook would differ from that in a German History\u00a0textbook.\u00a0 At this point, I can only assume they have conflicting accounts.<\/p>\n
I am really enjoying the literature circle.\u00a0 I can’t help but think that I am missing the facts by not memorizing a list of details.\u00a0 It was interesting to\u00a0see what\u00a0others\u00a0in my\u00a0group\u00a0noticed that I didn’t.\u00a0 We\u00a0need\u00a0more time to\u00a0discuss. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Literature\u00a0circles will be an important\u00a0part of my social studies teaching in the future.\u00a0\u00a0I would also like\u00a0to try the photography activity\u00a0where the students compare their photos to pictures of children\u00a0their age in the time period being studied.\u00a0 I think that can make the differences of that time more impactful.\u00a0 The battle plan is an excellent\u00a0idea.\u00a0 What a way to bring a battle to life!\u00a0 It involves strategical thinking that would be hard to incorporate in other areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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