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Your Turn: Strategies for Teaching Elementary Social Studies
Study an upcoming social studies unit carefully with • an eye toward adding at least one new strategy that will potentially make the learning experience more memorable • for your students. Ask yourself the following questions
to ensure that you have made an intelligent choice: •
What unique features does the selected strategy have—and have I adequately addressed them? Have I clearly thought through my role and func- tion as the teacher? Students’ roles and functions? Have I mentally mapped the steps/procedures that need to be followed?
• What strategy, if added, could enhance under- standing of the selected set of big ideas?
• Does the strategy match the goals and is it appropriate for the content I have selected?
• Do the students have the necessary skills to be successful with the strategy?
• How can I describe what the strategy will look like to an outsider when in process in my classroom?
• What sorts of behaviors and understandings do I expect my students to acquire as the result of the selected strategy?
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