Learning outcomes and resources

Today we learned about Assessment, graphic organizers, models, methods, and strategies. During the powerpoint we learned what exactly social studies was and the best ways to teach it. For elementary school students, it is best for them to work in small groups or individually. We can show them visual aids and try to take them on historical field trips so they can get hands on experience. We also learned the powerful elements of Social Studies which include; meaningful, integrated, value based, challenging and active. Meaningful - engaging students with real world situations, integrative - draws on more then one discipline, Value-based - strengthens students sense of democratic values and social responsibility. Challenging -  incorporates different perspectives, and active -  makes use of what is given and works with it in the classroom. An interesting thing I learned during this class was that students learn best by teaching others. Because if they are teaching other classmates they obviously get the material and are using their knowledge to help others.