There are ways to choose what to teach beside just following the state standards. Yes, they must be taught, or should be if you are homeschooling. But, there are other things to consider beside that for teaching fun social studies lessons. Social studies can be fun if you take a few things into consideration.
Getting a student interested in learning about the subject is the main thing about beginning to plan lessons. Most young children are very interested in the world around, and love exploring it. Anything currently happening is of interest to them, so lessons are best planned around these events.
In order to plan something that will interest students you must plan something about which you are passionate. Let that subject become incorporated in any lesson you plan, such as in read-aloud activities and others. It won't be long until the students pick up on your enthusiasm for that subject, and they will become excited about it, too. This can change a student who hates history into one that loves it.
Though you have standards as a guide, you don't have to follow a boring textbook. You can plan your lessons that will be of interest to both you and the student. Whatever you show interest in, the student will become more interested in and get excited about. The lessons will be appealing to all and lead to more interest in learning.
Discovery history is the goal. This involves discovering history with the teacher, instead of just having history presented by the teacher. This may involve research and writing. One way to do this is to present three scenarios and have a group of students discuss them and determine which one they would decide as the best idea. Try to encourage the group to all agree, using this opportunity to teach give and take in making decisions. Have them to write about how they arrived at their decision.
Another way is to discover an event and decide what they would do. Introduce the political climate prior to the event that happened, without revealing the event. Have them discuss and/or write about what they would do. Don't tell them what actually happened until, hopefully, they suggest what actually happened as a possibility, then let them know that is just what the people at that time did.
Though there are different learning styles, most children learn more visually than any other way as their writing and language skills develop. Starting new units and concepts are powerfully introduced with large visuals. Do a search on the internet for images to find pictures, charts, etc., for the period or concept. Show them a few images and have them make inferences about the time or concept. This develops social studies concepts as well as the vital skill of making inferences.
The images used for presenting a concept should be large and visible to all the students. This is best done using a projector and screen. It should be very colorful so as to keep the attention and excite students about the image. Have the students keep a copy of their inferences, keep the images for pre-activities and post-activities to help them see and make comparisons to their inferences and what really happened.
Getting a student interested in learning about the subject is the main thing about beginning to plan lessons. Most young children are very interested in the world around, and love exploring it. Anything currently happening is of interest to them, so lessons are best planned around these events.
In order to plan something that will interest students you must plan something about which you are passionate. Let that subject become incorporated in any lesson you plan, such as in read-aloud activities and others. It won't be long until the students pick up on your enthusiasm for that subject, and they will become excited about it, too. This can change a student who hates history into one that loves it.
Though you have standards as a guide, you don't have to follow a boring textbook. You can plan your lessons that will be of interest to both you and the student. Whatever you show interest in, the student will become more interested in and get excited about. The lessons will be appealing to all and lead to more interest in learning.
Discovery history is the goal. This involves discovering history with the teacher, instead of just having history presented by the teacher. This may involve research and writing. One way to do this is to present three scenarios and have a group of students discuss them and determine which one they would decide as the best idea. Try to encourage the group to all agree, using this opportunity to teach give and take in making decisions. Have them to write about how they arrived at their decision.
Another way is to discover an event and decide what they would do. Introduce the political climate prior to the event that happened, without revealing the event. Have them discuss and/or write about what they would do. Don't tell them what actually happened until, hopefully, they suggest what actually happened as a possibility, then let them know that is just what the people at that time did.
Though there are different learning styles, most children learn more visually than any other way as their writing and language skills develop. Starting new units and concepts are powerfully introduced with large visuals. Do a search on the internet for images to find pictures, charts, etc., for the period or concept. Show them a few images and have them make inferences about the time or concept. This develops social studies concepts as well as the vital skill of making inferences.
The images used for presenting a concept should be large and visible to all the students. This is best done using a projector and screen. It should be very colorful so as to keep the attention and excite students about the image. Have the students keep a copy of their inferences, keep the images for pre-activities and post-activities to help them see and make comparisons to their inferences and what really happened.
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