ETE 375

The Invisibility of Racism in American Textbooks Screencast Link Big Question:  What if the resource materials that are provided for a history class are racist or bias? How would we approach teaching the material? Website :  This website offers audio clips and evidence on a Texas textbook company's debacle with the Texas State Board of Education. Because of the argument that Mexican-American culture is a threat to American democracy. 

Technology Integration Screencast Link Big Question: Should social media be used as a classroom tool? Can it be successfully integrated?  Website :  This website offers a case study of a social studies classroom teacher, attempting to incorporate technology into the her lesson. This site offers many resources on motivation and integration as well. 

Gone With the Wind Screencast Link Big Question: Are we in a transition period in regards to black-white race relations in America? How will that affect the ways we teach slavery and the origins of racism?  Website This is a virtual museum made by students and a teacher. It provides images and quotes discussing slavery with a large number of primary sources. It is from PBS.

Screencast link Big Question: Is there one strategy or tool that has proven to be repeatedly effective? Interactive Website This website provides an in-depth explanation of the how to make use of simulators in the classroom. Simulations are an effective way of relating the content to the lives of students.

Red Eyes Screencast Link Big Question: How do we incorporate both additional anecdotal information for both knowledge and interest of the students, and make time for the standards? (I'm personally struggling with it with my Novice Teaching) Website This website offers an argument about the lack of Native American History in textbooks. The author states that old stereotypes and misconceptions still effect the way Native Americans are viewed in this country.

Screencast Link Big question: Although the Taxonomy was revised in 2001, should it be adjusted again to reflect the thinking of today's students?  Interactive Site This website provides examples of thinking within each level of Bloom's Taxonomy, and is interactive distinctly listing each section of the taxonomy. 

Screencast Link #3: How does the repetition of the traditional story of Columbus represent our culture? #4:  Website!  This website provides a factual account of Christopher Columbus' exploration and the nature of his effect on the rest of the nation that was discovered.

NCSS Standards Screencast Link #1: Take away/ new knowledge: Each standard has it's own specific content, but it doesn't stand alone. #2: Significance: Interconnected-ness, threading of the strands, the bigger picture Big Question: Is there any content that isn't covered by the ten standards? Website Link! This site provides a great metaphor that connects directly to the image provided above! Each strand of the social studies is interconnected and allows students to see the larger picture, which is that social studies is a study or observation of the surrounding world on a structural level.