Work sheets for students
After reading this article, I realized that there are a lot
of social studies lessons that can be incorporated with fun activities. The
main idea of incorporating activities is to engage the students and keep them motivated
to learn throughout the lesson. For anyone, even us students in college we appreciate
doing activities that we can use to help us learn and remember the information
being taught to us. In younger students social studies can be a bit tricky. A
lot of teachers go back to the style of reading from the textbook which is an
okay approach. I just personally feel like there can be a more creative approach
to engage the students in what they are learning. Having the students read
about the topic is a great way to build up conversations and questions they may
have. But by reading, I mean picking books that you know your students would
love to read. Incorporating read alouds and other helpful resources to educate
them a little deeper before introducing the topic. For example, I love learning
about cultures, traditions, celebrations etc. from other countries. I think you
can learn a lot about your own students and friends when you educate yourself
about different cultures.
In my
own classroom I cannot wait to teach about Dia De los Muertos. A tradition
celebrated in Mexico on November 2nd of every year. It is a day you
honor those who have passed and who are special in your heart. I think using
fun arts and crafts to learn about each tradition would be neat. As a teacher I
would like to use a month or two out of the school year to celebrate different
cultures and countries every week. I would love to make all my students feel
comfortable and at home in my room. It would be nice to place books around the classroom
as well or other resources the students can use to learn more about such
traditions.
"Our experience tells us that even very young children can make
sense of historical text and, in fact, enjoy doing so when it
is relevant to their lives and around a question of interest."
I took this quote as even if it is not personally relevant to their own personal life, it is relevant in a sense that they are surrounded by friends of all cultures and ethnicity everyday at school.
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