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__**Specific Lesson Plans**__ Turn in a Pop Culture Artifact connecting something that they like to history or the current topic in class. Role-play historical/governmental events in order to analyze civil issues. Elect a president, vice president, a cabinet etc to connect to the real world. Also use money to buy, sell, and trade. Analyze images, videos, art, pictures, ads, etc.& what they tell/show about that time period/event. -Also look at architecture and how it was built for that time period. Students design a budget for themselves or a budget proposal for their parents. Current Events- could be a weekly assignment, connect to the current event (example: ancient Egypt with 2011 revolution, government systems with the death of Gadhafi - his governmental regime), investigate historical influences on current events. Have students do a research project on a different nation or culture. Students discover a connection between one of their favorite subject/topic and Social Studies. Students write a biography on a person from History (Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, etc.) Connecting geography & economics: have students evaluate how climate & resources available to a region influence that region's economy. Current Issues class: investigate the science behind global warming Analyze an election: the science of voting -why people get voted in when they do -how they get elected -why they win

Have Students Analyze the debates and the issues that are talked about during them. Different issues are brought up that sometimes aren't discussed in a Social Studies classroom. media type="youtube" key="aPkbtuhD47Q" height="315" width="560" Get students thinking about the impact of WWII and the devastation it had in Germany. media type="youtube" key="dwfIf1WMhgc" height="315" width="420"

Ask students how this relates to their everyday lives. Incorporate the history of other subjects. Use math in a classroom through economics. Use the history of science, Newton's Laws In government use science when talking about patents, beliefs of people Use English by writing papers, Type I, II, III IV Include geography- important to know where places are located to understand "the world around them" Don't just focus on US, but make connections anywhere possible to other nations/cultures Inclusion of maps, creation of map= geography & art

Art history>>Renascence reflects the period of that time Elective courses are more flexible and can incorporate more (Art History, Sports History, Geography/History of Music, Technology: History of Communication)

In government bring up issues that people face in election: Stem Cell research, abortion, education etc

Social studies teachers creates connections to the world through active inquiry and the use of dynamic teaching strategies. Social studies teachers pull out the “big ideas” as they investigate essential questions with their students. Social studies teachers connect students to the world around them through the curriculum and assessments they have created. Social studies teachers draw from all areas of knowledge (both academic and artistic fields) in their lessons and units.
 * Social Studies Teaching is Interdisciplinary and Connect Students to the World Around Them. **