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Eureka: A Gold Rush Play Integrating The Performing Arts Into Elementary Social Studies Curriculum, Jean Collins Merrill
Eureka: A Gold Rush Play Integrating The Performing Arts Into Elementary Social Studies Curriculum, Jean Collins Merrill
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is two-fold. The first purpose is to explore the benefits of incorporating the arts in the education of all students. Incorporating the arts into other curricular areas enhances learning and makes it more meaningful to the student. The second purpose is to develop a performance program that brings the California Gold Rush era and the cultural diversity of that period of history alive.
A Multimedia Website For The Battle Of Gettysburg, Mark Norman Rasmussen
A Multimedia Website For The Battle Of Gettysburg, Mark Norman Rasmussen
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis explains the development of a website for eighth graders about the Battle of Gettysburg. One purpose of the project is to provide several primary source documents, pictures, video from a reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, clips from movies about the Civil War, and other material that suppport the students in their learning. The second purpose is to fulffill standard 8.10 of History-Social Science Content Standards for eight grade. This project will help students fulfill this requirement.
California Women's History: A Teacher Resource Book For The Elementary Social Studies Classroom, Susan Renee Posiviata
California Women's History: A Teacher Resource Book For The Elementary Social Studies Classroom, Susan Renee Posiviata
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
A Hypermedia Field Trip Through Old Town Temecula, Vivian Terese Burke-Scheuerell
A Hypermedia Field Trip Through Old Town Temecula, Vivian Terese Burke-Scheuerell
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to develop a computer-based instructional material for Temecula third grade teachers to use with their history/social science curriculum. What evolved was a stack about Old Town Temecula that supports the Framework, an integration of technology into the history/social science curriculum. The project connects the past and present by focusing on the historical buildings in Old Town Temecula. As an instructional tool the stack provides teachers with the pre field trip materials and follow-up activities to use when doing a field trip to Old Town Temecula.
Integrating The Language Arts Into The History-Social Science Curriculum To Develop Critical Thinking In Children, Melanie Anne Barnes
Integrating The Language Arts Into The History-Social Science Curriculum To Develop Critical Thinking In Children, Melanie Anne Barnes
Theses Digitization Project
This project has developed a resource guide that will help kindergarten, first, and second grade teachers implement an integrated history-social science curriculum that encourages children to become critical thinkers.
Integrating Social Studies And Literature Using Folktales, Susan Sublett Newton
Integrating Social Studies And Literature Using Folktales, Susan Sublett Newton
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Teaching Social Studies From A Global Viewpoint, Janet Hays Clemmer
Teaching Social Studies From A Global Viewpoint, Janet Hays Clemmer
Dissertations and Theses
The need for preparing our youth to live in an interdependent world on this finite planet has become urgent since the beginning of the nuclear age at the end of World War II. There is a need to extend the loyalty of the citizen tor the nation-state to human needs seen from a global view. The involvement of the United States in the international community already is extensive because of its predominant power. This involvement is not reflected in our education, either from the amount of time devoted to social studies in our schools or in the emphasis on international …
Concepts Which May Be Used In A Study Of Transportation In Elementary School Social Studies, Flora Jean O'Neill
Concepts Which May Be Used In A Study Of Transportation In Elementary School Social Studies, Flora Jean O'Neill
All Master's Theses
The purpose of this study was to identify concepts applicable to a unit on transportation in an elementary school social studies program.
An Enumeration Of Historical Accounts Selected To Facilitate The Teaching Of Key Historical Concepts, Juanita Colobong Sarandi
An Enumeration Of Historical Accounts Selected To Facilitate The Teaching Of Key Historical Concepts, Juanita Colobong Sarandi
All Master's Theses
The purpose of this study is to (1) ascertain from the literature a number of key core values basic to an understanding of American democracy and (2) to enumerate various counts from United States History, which could be used with elementary school pupils to develop an understanding of these core values.
An Identification Of Economic Concepts And Generalizations In A Sixth Grade Social Studies Textbook, Merle J. Locke
An Identification Of Economic Concepts And Generalizations In A Sixth Grade Social Studies Textbook, Merle J. Locke
All Master's Theses
This study purported to: (1) locate and identify economic concepts and generalizations contained in a sixth grade social studies text by Cutright and Durand: “Living As American Neighbors”; (2) indicate by the use of a scale whether the identified concepts and generalizations were merely mentioned, partially developed of fully developed; and, (3) verify the researchers selections of concepts and generalizations through the presence of generalizations in the Stanford Studies similar to those identified by the author and found in “Living as American Neighbors”.
A Study Of Change In Student’S Critical Thinking In The Social Studies As Related To A Modification Of The Curriculum, Donald F. Mclarney
A Study Of Change In Student’S Critical Thinking In The Social Studies As Related To A Modification Of The Curriculum, Donald F. Mclarney
All Master's Theses
It was the purpose of this study to discover the extent to which the social studies curriculum of the Highline Public Schools for Sixth Grade creates constructive critical thinking on the part of the students in relation to preconceived attitudes and concepts directed toward people in other lands. More specifically the problem was to determine how modifications in the social studies course content affect critical thinking and attitudes of students.