Tag: 21st Century Education
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Integrating History and Government
Short and sweet but no less accurate. Why is American democracy an amazing thing? A history full of psychos, sociopaths, and morons who exercised absolute power is the answer. When a country was fortunate to get a good leader, things were good. Government ran well, the people prospered, and there was peace. Absolute power does […]
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Article Reactions, Volume 2
MindShift published an article on August 7 called, How a School Ditched Awards and Assemblies to Refocus on Kids and Learning. The article focused on school’s attempts at removing all awards and focusing on what each student does well rather than creating a competitive environment. My first thought was that the article was a bit […]
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History and Geometry: The Odd Couple
I began a many part series last week defining Integrated Social Studies. In no uncertain terms every social studies subject needs to be taught together in order to have the biggest learning impact but that doesn’t mean you can’t integrate other subjects. Geometry might not seem to be a natural fit for social studies, specifically […]
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What is Integrated Social Studies?
In graduate school, we discussed social studies as a field of study. Our professor drew an umbrella on the whiteboard. My professor then wrote the other social studies subjects under each spine of the umbrella. The discussion that ensued was enlightening and I was surprised at how many people in my class looked at each […]
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Article Reactions, Volume 1
PBS has a great education series, MindShift that pops up on my Facebook. The articles always interest me, make me think, and probably most importantly, question what they have presented. I can’t address every question because this will suddenly take on book form so I will address my top four reactions. The article that I […]
Integrated Social Studies 