Midterm Review Social Studies

• Primary purpose of social studies instruction = to engage students and make them to be critical thinkers and active citizens

  
  

• 5 characteristics of power, purposeful pedagogy in social studies

  • (MIVAC)

    • Meaningful

    • Interactive

    • Value based

    • Active 

    • Challenging 

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• 8 strands of social studies and what do you study in each

  • A system for organizing the study of social studies by breaking it into parts or strands 

    • Economics

    • Citizenship

    • Geography

    • Social studies skills

    • Government

    • History

    • Culture 

    • Science, technology, & society

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• Master narrative vs. Counter narrative

  • Master Narrative = Present the traditional view of history.

  • Counter Narrative = The narrative that arises from the vantage point of those who have been historically marginalized.

• Brown vs. Board of Education = 1954 court decision that declared state laws segregating schools to be unconstitutional and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) “separate but equal doctrine”

•  Rosa Parks & Civil Rights Movement

  • Her perspective was drastically altered as mentioned in the article

  • Her action was seen as impulsive when in reality it was planned in advanced

  • Her arrest in 1955 led to a [Montgomery] bus boycott that lasted more than a year in the Civil Rights Movement 

•  2D vs. 3D curriculum

  • 2D curriculum = focuses on facts and topics which do not transfer

  • 3D curriculum = focuses on concepts and generalizations which transfer

•  Concepts and generalizations (be able to write one on test)

  • Look at S.S concept by strands ex. Religion, Civilization, Politics, Freedom

  • Generalization: broad statement ex. Conflict in countries can cause immigration, Alliances between nations may create conflict 

• Synergistic thinking= (1) The use of higher level and higher level of knowledge to generate understanding. (2) develop the intellect and increase motivation for learning curriculum and instruction must create a synergy between the lower (factual) and higher (conceptual) level of thinking.

•  Structure of Knowledge

•  Primary vs. secondary sources

  • Primary Resources = Getting information directly from the sources (ex. letters, diaries, interviews, & photograph)

  • Secondary sources = Interpret or analyze primary sources (ex. encyclopedia, journal articles, & biographies)

•  Importance of presenting multiple perspectives

  • Examining different perspectives gives a more complicated picture of historical circumstances.

•  Purpose and Impact of using visuals (photographs) and artifacts in the classroom

  • Enhance student engagement, comprehension, and critical thinking

•  Characteristics of authentic social studies instruction (MIVAC ?)

• Transatlantic slave trade = The transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries. It was the largest forced migration of people in history, 

• Indentured Servants = An individual who worked for a master to four to seven years in exchange for a paid passage to North America

• Views on slavery

  • Abolitionists: Depicted the cruelty and injustice of slavery

  • Support for Slavery: South, slave owners began to view slavery as a "positive good" rather than a "necessary evil.”

•  Bacon’s Rebellion

  • An armed uprising in Virginia’s Colony from 1676–1677

  • As a result this impacted for plantations owners to turn to African Slavery as their main source and enforce strict laws on slave rights 

•  Jamestown vs. Plymouth reasons for settlement

  • Jamestown: First permanent English settlement in North America in 1607 (Commercial Profit)

  • Plymouth: Colony settled by the Pilgrims in 1620 for freedom of religion (Refuge for religious freedom)

•  Southern colonies economic characteristics

  • Their economy relied on cash crops 

•  Quakers (abolitionists)

  • Slavery was against their religious beliefs 

•  Role of Tobacco in Virginia

  • Most successful cash crop (richest from the 13 colonies)

• English settlers attitudes towards Native Americans

  • Many English settlers saw Native Americans as obstacles to their expansion and sought to exploit their land and resources.

•  Civilized vs. savage (English view of both Irish and Natives)

•  Frederick Douglass

  • Inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by Publishing the Anti-slavery newspaper The North Star 

  • A slave who after escaping freedom became an abolitionist 

•  13th, 15th amendments

  • 13= Abolish Slavery 

  • 14= Gave citizenship to people born in the U.S

  • 15= Gave African American men the right to vote

Freed Citizens Vote

• Christopher Columbus; impact

  • Brought diseases, colonization of the Americas.

• Use of artifacts = Important for curiosity,engagement, relevancy and seeing things from a new perspective.

• House of Burgesses = (1619) Representative government 

• Mayflower Compact = (1620) Self government: Social Contract 

• Magna Carta = (1215) Limited of the king in England 

• English Bill Of Rights = (1791) Individual Rights 

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut = (1639) written constitution 

• Declaration of Independence = Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and announced independence for the 13 colonies.

• U.S constitution = Written in 1787 outlined the power of the government and included the 3 branches

• Seven Principles of Government

  • Separation of powers - three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial

  • Republicanism= Idea that people choose representative to enforce laws

  • Limited government  = government’s power is restricted 

  • Checks and balances=A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power

  • Federalism = sharing of powers (National, state, local)

  • Popular sovereignty=A government in which the people rule by their own consent. (people rule) 

  • Individual RIghts = 

• Civil War = 1861-1865 and fought between northern and southern United States