Deck 10: What Are Some Other Strategies for Teaching Social Studies

Question 1

Artifacts are typically thought of as learning distractors and, while interesting, they add little meaning to the content.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Typically, commercial resources such as timelines and sequence charts are preferred to co-constructed ones because they are easier to understand, remember, and work with later.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

While upper elementary students learn abstract content easily, lower elementary students need visuals for stimulating interest, fostering speculation, for hypothesizing, and for linking new learning to prior learning.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

If a mock trial is the best strategy given your goals, consider having

A)a judge serve as the guest facilitator.
B)students complete much of the work outside of class.
C)attorneys in the community provide opening statements.
D)students in consort with attorneys engage in research.

Question 5

Most approaches to instruction represent mixed models with the teacher and the learners

A)having equal responsibility for the content of each lesson.
B)reflecting on lessons and documenting out of school experiences.
C)shifting responsibilities depending on the stage of the strategy.
D)alternating their roles more at the beginning than at the end.

Question 6

Various forms of creative dramatics add an engaging dimension to social studies lessons and promote

A)sympathy
B)presentism
C)empathy
D)chauvinism

Question 7

While many experts characterize inquiry as student centered, Brophy, Alleman, and Halvorsen believe it needs to be more balanced with the teacher playing an active role throughout the process.

Question 8

Typically, when you launch a new social studies unit you will start with strategies that call for direct experiences and knowledge acquisition and end the unit using strategies that call for students to construct knowledge personally.

Question 9

Letters, diaries, documents, and audio recordings are examples of secondary sources that make it easier for students to imagine the past and empathize about it.

Question 10

Examples of lecturettes include

A)dramatic play, role play, and simulations.
B)multimedia presentations or electronic storyboards.
C)interactive discussions and dramatic play.
D)storytelling, video clips, and PowerPoints.

Question 11

While goals should be a concern when considering which strategy to select, student enjoyment should be your first priority.

Question 12

An important consideration when planning a field trip is to make sure the scope of the observations is

A)limited and focused
B)open to all possibilities.
C)accommodating for all students' interests.
D)a review for previous units.

Question 13

A useful strategy is having elementary teachers and students co-construct learning resources such as

A)class books, individual poems, and stories.
B)timelines, maps, charts, and simulations.
C)narratives, multi-media presentations, and digital stories.
D)interactive timelines, sequence charts, and class books.

Question 14

The effectiveness of a primary source depends on how

A)its use is structured around big ideas with potential for life applications.
B)the document has been acquired and whether it is legible.
C)it has been preserved as well as its familiarity to students.
D)it is preserved, deciphered, and interpreted by the students.

Question 15

Inquiry activities call for students to conduct research on a problem or issue, then

A)evaluate the information and apply it to a new situation.
B)generalize about the findings to decide if they are accurate.
C)summarize the data and evaluate it for its accuracy.
D)synthesize the obtained information and develop a well-argued position.

Question 16

Students need to understand that simulations they experience are

A)a replication of what the real participants in the event or situation underwent.
B)an ideal reenactment of what the real participants in the event or situation would have described.
C)a hypothetical reenactment that portrays what future participants will encounter.
D)an approximation of what the real participants in the event or situation experienced.

Question 17

An appropriate type of transmission for communicating information to students, especially in terms of providing context or background information, can be the lecturette.

Question 18

Stories and storytelling are not considered helpful or interesting, are typically boring, and fail to enhance long-term memory.

Question 19

The case study method is

A)a strategy used to highlight an issue or event.
B)a reenacted event drawn from the real world.
C)an enactment of a trial with an element of competition.
D)an intense examination of an event, person, or thing.

Question 20

Various forms of creative dramatics such as dramatic play, role play, and simulations can add an engaging dimension to social studies and promote empathy.

Question 21

Storytelling, sometimes considered a disappearing art, is resurfacing as a powerful strategy for promoting memorable learning. Identify the topic for an upcoming unit. Describe how you will incorporate storytelling and how you will judge the benefits.

Question 22

Instructional strategies tend to feature three learning modalities through which learners receive, process, or respond to information: audibly, visually, and kinesthetically. Identify the topic for an upcoming unit and describe how you will incorporate these three modalities.

Question 23

How should you go about determining which strategies to include as you design and enact a social studies unit?