Introduction

Welcome to my blog for Social Studies. I'm excited to learn more about this subject, especially since it is one of those school subjects that people look over. There are so many different topics to get to know including History, Geography, Civics, and Social Studies, and all the strands within these topics. I'm interested to see what this course has in store.

There have been many changes to the curriculum document since I was in elementary school, for example social studies is now divided into grades and not strands, and there are overview pages for each grade. The thing that stands out to me the most amongst all the changes is the emphasis on inquiry. When I was a student, we would read from the textbook and fill in worksheets or answer questions. I was always pretty bored with History/geography/social studies because it was uninteresting to do so much busywork. Applying inquiry skills will definitely get students interested in these subjects and they will be engaged unlike I was.

 

This video is a shows how to get students involved in their own learning, rather than being told what to do. I plan to help my students become more engaged in the classroom by having many inquiry-based lessons. I also plan to become involved with current events on the news so that I can connect my lessons to real-world events. This will help my students make connections of their own and will hopefully become interested in what they are learning. I hope to be passionate and enthusiastic about the topics I teach so that my students will follow my lead.