FTCE K-6 SOCIAL SCIENCE NAVAED

Literature circles - Answer-well-organized, cooperative learning structures where students analyze text, both informational and literacy. can be used effectively for students learning about the language in the Declaration of Independence Debates - Answer-allows students to have the opportunity to use critical thinking and presentation skills. Can help students cultivate abstract thinking and build skills like citizenship, etiquette, organization, persuasion, public speaking, research, and teamwork Role-Play - Answer-can be used to enhance students' understanding of a situation in time. Most effectively used when demonstrating a cast of characters in a certain event. ex. living history museum Primary source - Answer-original, first-hand account of an event or time period. Usually written or made during or close to the event or time period. Original, creative writing or works of act. Factual, not interpretive ex. diaries, journals, and letters Secondary sources - Answer-Analyzes and interprets primary sources, second-hand account of a historical event. Interprets creative words ex. biographies, histories, newspaper articles Political cartoons - Answer-vivid primary source that offer insight to the publics moods, underlying cultural assumptions of age, and attitudes toward key events or trends of the times. Since 18th century they have offered lots of insight into the past First in the US was written by Benjamin Franklin. Showed the importance of colonial unity 1910s - Answer-WWI ends and everyone is happy 1920s - Answer-lots of expendable income. People living high on the hog. Great Gatsby time 1930s - Answer-Crash; no one has money. Great Depression 1940s - Answer-WWII. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, FDR New Deal, factories. 1945- atomic bomb, end of WWII, Cold War begins when Russia turns USSR 1950s - Answer-22nd Amendment limiting presidency to two terms of four years each. 1957- Russians launch Sputnik - impacted our scientific exploration 1960s - Answer-US enters Vietnam to combat Communism. 1969- moon walk, US wins the Space Race