category SS Portfolio

When students are able to participate in citizenship activities that simulate real life issues, they are better able to empathize and understand the degree of importance behind the issues. Social justice issues that are simply spoken to the students might… Continue Reading →

Encouraging students to use these historical thinking strategies is a way to engage them in critical thinking and evaluate information they see, hear, and read. Establish historical significance Use primary source evidence Identify continuity and change Analyze cause and consequence… Continue Reading →

This is where formative and summative assessment come into play, and the more you can effectively use formative assessment, I think the better off students will be. A big thing I’ve learned is that students will be much more receptive,… Continue Reading →

Inquiry needs to be a gradual process and have proper scaffolding to be successful for learners. Throwing students in the deep end of free inquiry with no previous experience in that type of learning will not yield nearly the same… Continue Reading →

Strategies that support diverse learners and classrooms starts with making sure there are a variety of options available for learning and demonstrating learning. Some students are better at speaking, or reading, or writing, but might struggle in one of the… Continue Reading →

The goals of the revised social studies curriculum are much more in line with a competency based approach and less focused on the content. Right from the Social Studies page “The primary goal of Social Studies education is to give… Continue Reading →

  These principles really focus on the complexity of learning. The two things that stand out the most to me from the First Peoples’ Principles of Learning are these: “Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness,… Continue Reading →