Interactive social studies curriculum

July 31, 2011 15:45


     

TCI  has released a social studies curriculum that helps teachers engage students when teaching with an interactive whiteboard or in a one-computer classroom. The lessons use a variety of activities that target different learning styles to ensure that all students grasp difficult concepts. In addition, the program provides teachers with ideas for differentiating lessons for specific student populations such as English language learners and advanced learners. 

Instructional strategies include Visual Discovery, in which teachers use a whiteboard or other projector to share an image of a historical event or person with students. Students answer a series of questions that spiral in difficulty to help them analyze the image. Teachers might spend 20 minutes on an image, asking increasingly more complex questions. Then, students are assigned a person or object in the image and come to the screen to act out what the person might be thinking or doing. Other interactive learning activities include the American Revolution tug-of-war, the “dot game” that recreates Cold War hysteria and a search of a sunken ship to learn about European explorers.

SPONSORED LINKS
 
 
 
Leave a Comment
Your Name: Required

Text Only 2000 characters limit
Enter the word as it is shown in the box below:



Copyright © 2012 NewBay Media, LLC. 28 East 28th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016 T (212) 378-0400 F (212) 378-0470