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McCall, Ava L. – Social Studies, 2017
Although children are already part of the global economy, they often have little understanding of its influence without explicit instruction. The article focuses on recommendations for teaching elementary students in grades three through five about the global economy utilizing the pedagogical recommendations from the National Council for the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Inquiry, Human Rights, Grade 3
Morris, Ronald V. – Social Studies, 2016
Students used a compass trail to show how they could perform service to their school. When students performed service learning, they completed a real task that was needed for a grateful audience conjoined with academic content in the lesson. Students worked on the school grounds and used content from their regular curriculum while looking for…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Science Activities, Navigation, Elementary School Science
Morris, Ronald V. – Social Studies, 2016
Elementary students survey buildings in an extracurricular community service project to learn social studies and historic preservation. From these experiences students formed values and dispositions by engaging in a constructivist process of creating knowledge by examining their community. They gathered data, transformed it into information, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Extracurricular Activities, Community Services, Historic Sites
Martin, Leisa A.; Smolen, Lynn Atkinson; Oswald, Ruth A.; Milam, Jennifer L. – Social Studies, 2012
In our complex, interdependent world, it is critical that educators prepare students for global citizenship. One way to develop students' awareness and understanding of the world is through global literature. Through exposure to this type of literature, students gain multiple perspectives and learn about the social, political, and moral conditions…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Global Education, Citizenship, Childrens Literature
Fillpot, Elise – Social Studies, 2012
This article shares findings of how two third-grade children who have systematically studied history in grades K-3 analyzed historical sources on a topic about which they had no prior knowledge. In think-aloud interviews, the children analyzed written documents on the 1887 Dawes Severalty Act. One of the children, who tested on the third-grade…
Descriptors: Evidence, Historical Interpretation, Protocol Analysis, Prior Learning
Coughlin, Patricia K. – Social Studies, 2010
Recent studies advocate careful selection of local historic sites and recommend collaboration between stakeholders to create meaningful learning experiences for students. The author describes the efforts of a historical society, a university professor, and a local school district to develop an integrative field trip to a one-room schoolhouse.…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Historic Sites, Educational Cooperation, Grade 3
McGuire, Margit E.; Cole, Bronwyn – Social Studies, 2008
Learning about local government seems boring and irrelevant to most young people, particularly to students from high-poverty backgrounds. The authors explore a promising approach for solving this problem, Storypath, which engages students in authentic learning and active citizenship. The Storypath approach is based on a narrative in which students…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Local Government, Teaching Methods, Role Playing
Morris, Ronald V. – Social Studies, 2006
Teachers use a number of instructional strategies to help students develop citizenship skills and learn state and local history. In many communities, teachers include field trips and walking tours to help students learn more about people. In this article, the author describes how third-grade students learned from older students and from their…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Grade 3, Local History, Field Trips
Peer, Andrea; Haas, Mary E. – Social Studies, 2002
Young learners need activities that engage them mentally and physically in processing new information. It is easy to accept such ideas intuitively, but matching the curriculum content to meaningful activities is a challenge. The authors believe that following a learning cycle is a satisfactory way to meet that challenge. A learning cycle is a…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Presidents, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods
Lacina, Jan; Watson, Patricia – Social Studies, 2003
Children find learning about history meaningful when teachers find ways to interest them in the subject. A social studies wax museum is one way to bring state or national historical characters to life. It opens up a new world for children and makes history more than a chapter in a textbook. In this article, the authors present the rationale for a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Museums, Social Studies, Literary Devices