Social Studies Resource Binder
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Social Studies Resource Binder
Angel Winslow
Spring 2022
Kindergarten Social Studies
Mississippi Valley State University
ED 526: Trends Teaching Social Studies
Dr. Thea Williams-Black
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Civics Strand
The civics strand should provide students with a basic understanding of civic life, politics, and government. It should help them understand the workings of their own and other political systems as well as the relationship of American politics and government to world affairs. Civics instruction provides a basis for understanding the rights and responsibilities of citizens in American constitutional democracy and a framework for competent and responsible participation. The civics strand should be expanded by related learning experiences, in both school and community, that enable students to learn how to participate in their own governance.
1. iCivics
The brainchild of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, this interactive website aims to teach students civics and to inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. The site provides information resources and games for students, as well as teaching resources for an engaging civics curriculum for adults who work with children.
2. https://www.civiced.org/home
3. https://allsidesforschools.org/
4. http://yli236.youthleadership.net/
5. Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
This site offers a number of civic education resources for educators, as well as a nonpartisan advocacy plan to reinstate civic education in schools.
http://CivicMissionofSchools.org
6. The Center for Civic Education
A nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to promoting an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries.
7. Annenberg Classroom
The Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics sponsors the Annenberg Classroom website, which offers extensive resources focused on civics education, including lesson plans, videos, and discussion boards.
8. Civics Engagement for kids (VIDEO)
9. How Action Civics Teaches Our Kids to Protest (Video)
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History Strand
The history strand investigates events that change the way people live. History is a record of the past, of people who changed society. We learn history from 2 sources: primary and
secondary sources. The strand looks into how the past shape does the present, how have people and events changed society, and how have influences of other, more powerful countries, affected countries today.
1. Delta Blues Museum
The Delta Blues Museum is a resource dedicated to creating a welcoming place where visitors find meaning, value, and perspective by exploring the history and heritage of the unique American musical art form of the blues. Since 1999, the Delta Blues Museum has been housed in the historic Clarksdale freight depot, built in 1918 for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. The building was designated a Mississippi Landmark Property in 1996. The former freight area and the adjacent Muddy Waters expansion - about seven thousand square feet of ground floor space - is devoted to permanent and traveling exhibits.
2. Mississippi Department of Archives and History
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History was founded in 1902 to collect, preserve, and provide access to the archival resources of the state. By preserving Mississippi’s diverse historic resources and sharing them with people around the world, MDAH inspires discovery of stories that connect our lives and shape our future.
3. Mississippi Historical Society
The Mississippi Historical Society was organized in Jackson on November 9, 1858, under the scholarly leadership of B.L.C. Wailes, but survived less than two years. It was reorganized in 1890, and by 1898, under the editorship of Franklin L. Riley, the society had issued the first of fourteen volumes of the Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, a notable series that was to set the tone for other distinguished society publications. In 1902 the society played a central role in establishing the Department of Archives and History, and the two organizations worked together to produce five additional volumes of the Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society between 1916 and 1925.
4. Teaching History
This site is designed to help K–12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom and through distance learning.
Civil Rights Strand
Mississippi Code 37-13-193 requires the Mississippi Department of Education to work with the Mississippi Civil Rights Education Commission to incorporate civil rights education into the state’s K-12 educational programs. Civil rights education, as understood by the writers of this framework, is defined as the mastery of content, skills and values that are learned from a focused and meaningful exploration of civil rights issues (both past and present), locally, nationally and globally. This education should lead learners to understand and appreciate issues such as social justice, power relations, diversity, mutual respect, and civic engagement. Students should acquire a working knowledge of tactics engaged by civil rights activists to achieve social change. Among these are: demonstrations, resistance, organizing, and collective action/unity. The content was incorporated as a content strand throughout the entire K-12 framework at the recommendation of the Mississippi Civil Rights Commission.
1. Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
This resource is used to explore the Civil Rights Movement with students on a field trip to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Trace the history of the Movement, learn the names of everyday heroes, and hear the stories of those who took a courageous stand for justice and equality.
2. Rocket Like Mae Jemison
Rocket like Mae Jemison by crafting a paper rocket! Learn about Mae Jemison with a book or worksheet, and then have your child create a paper rocket with their picture inside. Help them imagine reaching for the stars, just like Mae, in their very own rocket. Perfect for young learners in preschool through second grade, this activity highlights both math and non-fiction comprehension skills.
Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to enter space. She is a doctor, researcher, and dancer. After becoming a doctor, she joined the Peace Corps and served in Africa. Later, she joined NASA and became a crew member of the space shuttle Endeavour. After her travels in space, she left NASA to start companies and continue researching how to get to a new star.
What You Need:
Picture of your child with their face cut out
Assortment of construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Scrap paper for notes about what your child says
Tape (optional)
Pictures of Mae Jemison in space
Video of an astronaut floating in space
Book about Mae Jemison, like Ready-to-Read - You Should Meet: You Should Meet Mae Jemison or Astronaut Mae Jemison (optional)
Who Is Mae Jemison? worksheet (optional)
What You Do:
1. Ask your child to share things they know about space. Feel free to jot down some notes based on what they say.
2. Read a book to your child about Mae Jemison, or use the worksheet Who Is Mae Jemison? for ideas. Discuss the questions in the worksheet with your child.
3. Ask your child what they think it would be like to travel to space. Show them pictures of Mae in space and pictures of space itself. They can also see a video of an astronaut floating in space.
4. Ask your child to point out things they notice about space so far. Feel free to jot down some notes based on what they say.
5. Explain to your child that Mae Jemison is trying to figure out how to go to a new solar system. Tell them that solar systems are filled with planets that orbit, or travel around, a star.
6. Tell your child to imagine Mae Jemison was successful finding out how to get to another star and they are an astronaut on the rocket traveling to that star. Have your child create a paper rocket ship. They can cut:
a long rectangle for the body of the ship a triangle for the top of the ship little circles or squares for the windows
two rhombuses for the fins at the bottom of the rocket wavy flames for the exhaust
7. Have your child glue all the pieces of the rocket as seen in the picture.
8. Ask your child to cut out their face from the picture to add to one of the windows of the rocket. If they want to bring family along with them, have them add more people to each window.
9. Finish the activity by asking what your child wonders about space. Write some notes about their thoughts to guide future activities and read-aloud books.
An extension for this activity is to create a rocket that can soar in the air and then discuss the distance the rocket travels. The ideas for scientific extension are endless!
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3. League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. lwv.org
4. Social Studies for Kids (Video)
Geography Strand
The geography strand equips students with the knowledge, skills, and perspectives of world geography. Students will learn how to use geographic thinking and information to make well reasoned decisions and to solve personal and community problems. The geography strand will enable students to use geographic perspectives, knowledge, and skills to engage in ethical action with regard to self, other people, other species, and Earth’s diverse cultures and natural environments.
Economics Strand
The economic strand should help students gain an understanding of economic concepts, while demonstrating an understanding of economic and financial literacy inn order to make informed financial decisions throughout their lives. The strand is integrated throughout the K-12 curriculum emphasizing economic reasoning. Throughout the K-12 curriculum, students will grasp an understanding of markets and the U.S. economy in a global setting.
1. Foundation for Teaching Economics
Foundation for Teaching Economics’ is a resource to promote excellence in economic education by helping teachers become more effective educators, FTE offers different professional development opportunities to teachers. Each program format provides methodological and content instruction. Participants learn to incorporate activity-based lessons into their economics classes
2. Kindergarten Nana
Kindergarten Nana
Needs and Wants
This is a resource used for a Social Studies curriculum was made up of different strands – under the economics strand which had benchmarks that covered what it means to be a consumer and producer, and the difference between needs and wants.
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