What are history and social studies, and why and how should we teach them?
I HAVE ATTACHED TWO SOURCES THAT YOU WILL USE TO RESPOND TO “What are history and social studies, and why and how should we teach them?”
1) is a chapter which I will attach
2) is a podcast which will be located on this link below:
https://ethicalschools.org/?s=richard+miller
Task: Answer the Unit 1 essential question (EQ): What are history and social studies, and why and how should we teach them? Given the specific focus of our course, you may choose to revise this question and answer, What is world history/social studies, and why and how should we teach it?
Specific Requirements: Your paper should be in a standard academic form (intro + thesis, body, conclusion; citationssee below*). It should make an argument by taking a stand on the question posed above; in other words, you should not merely provide a summary of other peoples answers to this question, nor simply write a narrative of how your own thinking has changed over time. Take a position and defend it, then draw out the implications for your own teaching practice.
You are expected to draw upon at least three of the Unit 1 required materials (e.g. readings, podcast, etc.). You are also welcome and encouraged to draw upon our in-class discussions, online dialogues, and any other course-related resources. You are *NOT* expected to do outside research for this paper. However, if you would like to reference a resource from outside of our class, you may. Such sources do not count for the three required readings.
As a demonstration of your experiential understanding and ability to integrate research knowledge and practice in a reflective manner, you are expected to include concrete implications for how your answer to “What are history and social studies, and why and how should we teach them?” will shape your approach to the unit plan you will be designing for this course.
These concrete implications should be quite specific and will likely include some combination of: 1-3 essential and/or topical questions or throughlines that you develop and/or will incorporate for your unit plan assignment; a set of 3-6 overall learning goals you will set for students; descriptions of formative assessments you might incorporate; and/or other specific integrations of theory and practice. Make sure not only to include these (or similar) examples, but also to explain clearly how they demonstrate the effective implementation of the principles you note regarding why teach world history/social studies.
*A note about citations: As you are only required to draw on course texts, you do not need to prepare a bibliography for this assignment. You may simply cite materials in the text using this structure for direct quotes: (AUTHOR LAST NAME, Page#). If you use materials not discussed in class, please include a bibliography.
Assignment checklist:
– Answers the Unit 1 EQ: What are history and social studies, and why and how should we teach them?
– Includes and EXPLAINS the connections of concrete implications for how your answer to
the Unit 1 : What are history and social studies, and why and how should we teach them? will shape your approach to the unit plan you will be designing for this
course (e.g. includes 1-3 essential questions you develop and/or will incorporate for
your unit plan assignment or a set of 3-6 overall learning goals you will set for students
AND EXPLAINS connections to the Unit 1 EQ)
– References three required course materials (see note about citations above)
I HAVE ATTACHED TWO SOURCES THAT YOU WILL USE TO RESPOND TO “What are history and social studies, and why and how should we teach them?”
1) is a chapter read.
2) is a podcast which will be located on this link below:
https://ethicalschools.org/?s=richard+miller
