education is absolutely essential. If students go through school without learning as much as they can about technology, they will leave their school career being significantly behind. I incorporated technology in my unit through the use of Animoto, an e-book, ActivInspire, Turning Point, Glogster, Pixton, a Virtual Field Trip, a WebQuest, and blogging. Cooperative learning is another 21st century that I utilized frequently throughout my unit. Learning to work with others is so important because no matter what job they may have in the future; they will have to learn to work together with co-workers. Working in groups throughout school is a great way to jumpstart students into learning how to do this. Having students constantly doing individual work is a disservice to them because heads are better than one.” While placing students in groups is a “two great thing, it is essential to place them in proper groups. Placing students in heterogeneous groups allows all students to learn from each other because they are not all on the same level. Incorporating as much literature as possible into my unit is something else that will be extremely beneficial to students. Read alouds are enjoyable for students of any age even 6th graders! Reading – books to your students that are relatable to the social studies unit you are focusing on is the perfect way for students to make connections and get the most out of both the language arts and the social studies parts of the lesson. I incorporated five read alouds (that were relevant to each lesson) throughout my ten lesson unit. Doing a read aloud at the beginning of a lesson is a perfect way to hook your students. Having students read current event articles is one more way to incorporate relevant literature into any social studies unit. For this unit, I was able to find numerous current event articles dealing with South America for students to read. To allow students to get the most out of these current event articles, I put students in small groups and had each student in the group read a different article and then share the article with the rest of their group members. This allowed students to learn about six articles in much less time than it would have taken to actually read all six articles.
education is absolutely essential. If students go through school without learning as much as they can about technology, they will leave their school career being significantly behind. I incorporated technology in my unit through the use of Animoto, an e-book, ActivInspire, Turning Point, Glogster, Pixton, a Virtual Field Trip, a WebQuest, and blogging. Cooperative learning is another 21st century that I utilized frequently throughout my unit. Learning to work with others is so important because no matter what job they may have in the future; they will have to learn to work together with co-workers. Working in groups throughout school is a great way to jumpstart students into learning how to do this. Having students constantly doing individual work is a disservice to them because “two heads are better than one.” While placing students in groups is a great thing, it is essential to place them in proper groups. Placing students in heterogeneous groups allows all students to learn from each other because they are not all on the same level. Incorporating as much literature as possible into my unit is something else that will be extremely beneficial to students. Read alouds are enjoyable for students of any age – even 6th graders! Reading books to your students that are relatable to the social studies unit you are focusing on is the perfect way for students to make connections and get the most out of both the language arts and the social studies parts of the lesson. I incorporated five read alouds (that were relevant to each lesson) throughout my ten lesson unit. Doing a read aloud at the beginning of a lesson is a perfect way to hook your students. Having students read current event articles is one more way to incorporate relevant literature into any social studies unit. For this unit, I was able to find numerous current event articles dealing with South America for students to read. To allow students to get the most out of these current event articles, I put students in small groups and had each student in the group read a different article and then share the article with the rest of their group members. This allowed students to learn about six articles in much less time than it would have taken to actually read all six articles.
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