I think it is safe to say that social networking is not a fade. Tools such as Facebook and other social networking tools have now been around for over 5 years now. Students and parents alike check their Facebook page continually throughout the day. With this in mind, I decided to launch a Facebook page…
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Students, above are our lecture notes from our discussion about political parties in social studies last Friday. Mr. McClung
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Students, today we will creating blog post about different cultures….I have made a list of resources that you will need to complete this assignment. The most of the websites are provided by National Geographic and will serve as value about resources for this project. Please follow the links below to the websites that I have…
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Today in social studies, I introduced a new reading activity to my students. The name of the game is “The Crazy Professor Reading Game”, which is another Whole Brain Teaching Strategy. This activity is used by thousands of K-12 teachers across the country, the Crazy Professor is designed to deepen students’ reading comprehension of both…
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As we continue our conversation about different cultures around the world, today we will take a look at a TED Talks video by Wade Davis. Wade Davis is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, he travels the globe to live alongside indigenous people, and document their cultural practices in books, photographs, and film. Mr. McClung
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Recently we concluded our talks about navigation systems and rivers. One last measure I took before I closed our discussions over rivers, was to extend our conversation to visitors to our class blog. Using a VoiceThread, I asked our audience, “what rivers were important to their community?” Today I shared with my students one of…
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A group of my students sharing information with each other. This week in social studies, my students have been studying major navigation systems of the world. We have looked at such rivers and canals as the Mississippi River, Amazon River, Panama Canal, etc. On Friday I introduced a new activity to my students to expand…
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In my social studies classes we have been discussing important rivers and canals all around the world. What we would like to know now is, what rivers are important to your area of the world? Rivers here in Arkansas are used for a variety of reasons, including energy, recreation, agriculture, and commerce. We are asking…
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Sound familiar??? On this day 222 years ago, the United States Constitution was signed by 39 brave men or changed the course of history. Every year on September 17th, schools across the nation take part in Constitution Day. This is a day where we continue on the legacy left by our fore fathers by discussing…
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