I recently had the opportunity to research and report on a topic of choice within the curriculum of Central Asian History. As a Middle Grades Education major with a concentration in Social Studies, I feel it’s important to keep abreast of timely subjects that will interest my students and at the same time connect to [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Resources for Social Studies- Topic: Afghanistan-Soviet War
Posted in Uncategorized on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BYU-Utah 2006…”The answered Prayer” :for Dr. T.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A legendary moment in BYU-U of U history…
Unit 4: Course Summary
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
One of the most important skills I acquired from this course wasn’t really apparent to me when we began. The technical aspects of developing a blog and gathering the resources were two factors that I hadn’t considered when I started the course. I feel that this experience will benefit me as an educator in trying [...]
Unit 4 Lesson Plan: A Visit to Colonial North Carolina
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2008 | 7 Comments »
This lesson plan, found on the University of North Carolina’s School of Education’s Learn NC website, aligns with Goal 1 of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Standard Course of Study for grade eight Social Studies.
A Visit to Colonial North Carolina explores accounts of early explorers to the southeast region of America, and [...]
Unit 4 Lesson Plan: N.C. The Rip Van Winkle State
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This lesson plan, found on the University of North Carolina’s School of Education’s Learn NC website aligns with Goal 3 of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Standard Course of Study for grade eight Social Studies and Goal(s) 1, 2, and 5 for grade eight Language Arts.
The lesson involves students reading Washington Irving’s [...]
Unit 4 Summary of Lesson Plan Resources
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The lesson plan resources available for middle grades curriculum offer a wide variety of options in each subject area. I looked specifically for Social Studies plans, namely North Carolina or American History.
I found some of the provided links a little too complicated to navigate. The Read, Write, Think site was one that I thought [...]
Unit 4 Summary: A Professional Development Initiative for Developing Approaches to Vocabulary Instruction with Secondary Mathematics, Art, Science, and English Teachers
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This article outlined an initiative implemented in Alleghany County, North Carolina that focused on professional development for teachers to assist them in implementing effective vocabulary instruction, and increasing the amount and type of reading students are assigned in content areas of instruction.
An important point that is stressed in the article is the idea that [...]
