Cantu, Chapter 2

NCSS Standards

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#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?

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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. 

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