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Gallavan, Nancy P.; Kottler, Ellen – Social Studies, 2012
Social studies teachers of all grade levels are responsible for (a) connecting students with standards-based content, (b) engaging students in their own learning, (c) expanding students' levels of understanding by co-constructing new knowledge, (d) motivating students to express and exchange ideas with one another, and (e) incorporating social…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teacher Responsibility, Brainstorming, Creative Thinking
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Schwartz, Sherry – Social Studies, 2010
This article provides some strategies to alleviate the current tensions between personal responsibility and freedom of speech rights in the public school classroom. The article advocates the necessity of making sure students understand the points and implications of the first amendment by providing a mock trial unit concerning free speech rights.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Law Related Education, Freedom of Speech, Constitutional Law
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White, Jeanne – Social Studies, 2008
Promoting Social Justice through Pre-K-12 Multicultural Literature is a graduate course at Elmhurst College in which social studies teachers learn to take a leadership role in their classrooms and communities by infusing social justice topics into their existing curricula. The study of multiculturalism alongside issues such as environmentalism,…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Action, Death