Resources for social studies

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Resources for social studies

• EDEL Humanities Methods
• By Dr. Nganga

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Sources Where do we get content?

• Text books
• New paper articles
• Internet
• Guests/community members
• Field trips
• TV
• Radio
• CDs etc

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Books articles

• In class- Writing reflections
• Look at two Text Books you brought to class( 5
  pts)
• What do you like about each book you brought?
  What topics are well done why? What dont you
  like? Identify biases if any?
• Using your text books- design 1 lesson you would
  teach. (If your book is a teacher resource with
  ready made lessons- do not use it for this). (3
  pts)
• Use a News paper article for the following- ( 3
  pts)
• Who, what, how, when?
• What curriculum standards would you meet with
  current events?
• Presentations of text books, article lesson to
  the class ( 4 pts)
• Turn in your work in a weeks time Total 15
  pts. Counts towards class work reflections