Curriculum Flashcards
Integrated study promote civic competence
Social studies
Should related to the age maturity and concerns of students
Meaningful
Should draw from currently valid knowledge representative of human experience culture and believes in all areas of social studies
Integrated
Consider the ethical dimensions of topics and address controversial issues while providing an arena for reflective development
Value-based
Provide students with challenging content activities and assessments
Challenging
Engage the student directly and actively in the learning process
Active
Involve students in the formulation of goals
Meaningful
Provide students with a social studies experience at all grade levels k to 12
Meaningful
Based on the developmental and psychological needs of the student
Meaningful
Focus on social world as it is it’s flaws it’s strengths it’s dangers and it’s promise
Meaningful
Include the study not only of human achievement but also of humans failures
Meaningful
Emphasize pervasive and injuring social issues and connect them to lives of students
Meaningful
Demonstrate the relationship among local regional national and global issue
Meaningful
Provide intensive and recurring cross-cultural study of groups
Meaningful
Offer opportunities for students to interact with members of other racial ethnic and cultural groups
Meaningful
Integrate current valid social studies concept principles and theories in anthropology archaeology economics geography history law philosophy political science psychology religion and sociology
Integrated
Develop proficiency in methods of inquiry analyzing organizing and using data
Integrated
Balance the immediate social environment of student and the larger social world examining multiple viewpoints
Integrated
Variety of primary and secondary sources that accommodate a wide range of reading abilities and interest
Integrated
Promotes critical creative and ethical thinking on problems faced by citizens and leader
Integrated
Foster lifelong learning
Integrated
Use the expertise and experiences of variety of community resources people
Integrated
Help students understand the role that values play in decision making
Values-based
Give students the opportunity to think critically and make value-based decision
Values-based
Support different points of view respect for well-supported positions and sensitivity to cultural similarities and differences
Value-based
Encourage students to examine and evaluate policy and its implications
Values-based
Give students the opportunity to think critically and make value-based decisions about related social issues
Value-based
Reflective discussion as they listen carefully and respond thoughtfully to one’s another’s idea
Challenging
Should provide students with the opportunity to formulate oral and written response two content-based questions and issue
Challenging
Promote critical creative and ethical thinking on problems faced by citizens and leaders
Challenging
Assessment of progress not only in knowledge but also in skills and abilities including thinking valuing and social participation
Challenging
Use evaluation data for planning curricular improvements and ensure a challenging curriculum
Challenging
Evaluating using data from traditional and alternative assessments
Challenging
Provide a wide and rich range of learning
Active
Offers students opportunities to formulate hypothesis and the test them by gathering and analyzing data
Active
Encourage students to be involved in service learning project s
Active
Sufficiently varied and flexible to engage all type of learners
Active
Create a climate that support students self respect and respect for others
Active
Stimulate students to investigate and respond to the human condition and contemporary world
Active
Encourage student to participate in a variety of individual small group and whole class activities
Active
Encourage student to function as a learning community
Active
What is the responsibilities of social studies teachers ?
Teacher should participate in activity social studies curriculum committees.
Based on the development and psychological needs of students
Meaningful
Should balance the immediate social environment
Integrated
Accommodate a wide range of reading
Integrated
Examining multiple viewpoints
Integrated
