Dear All, Check out the following link on Social Justice. The curriculum is very interesting and has a wide range of activities that could be used in an upper level social studies class. With the rise in violent action around the world, young students need to have some exposure and understanding of what oppression means [...]
When considering the many interests of youth, Middle School teachers often resign to ask the question “how can we compete?” How can we compete with their social lives, with sports, with electronics? The question should not be “how can we compete?”, but “how can we accommodate?” How can we use students’ interests to engage them [...]
Broom, Catherine. (2010). Curriculum in the Age of Globalization. Canadian Social Studies, Canada’s National Social Studies Journal, 43, 1, Retrieved from: http://www2.education.ualberta.ca/css/Css_43_1/Curriculum_in_the_Age_of_Globalization.htm on January 29, 2012. Reviewed by Lisa Rotkin, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Catherine Broom’s article, Curriculum in the Age of Globalization, voices a call for change surrounding British Columbia’s Social [...]
In Horton and Barnett’s article, “Thematic Unit Planning in Social Studies: Make it Focused and Meaningful,” it is suggested that many teachers create unfocussed units, despite having a theme. Some teachers put huge amounts of information into each lesson, and this is where depth is sacrificed for breadth. Horton and [...]
Article Review: Broom, Catherine. “Curriculum in the Age of Globalization.” Canadian Social Studies: Canada’s National Social Studies Journal. Spring 2010, 43(1). Reviewed by Jessica Hanna Catherine Broom provides a critical examination of British Columbia’s social studies curriculum in her article “Curriculum in the Age of Globalization.” The results of Broom’s study reveals an overt Canadian [...]
Article Review: Broom, Catherine. (2010). Curriculum in the Age of Globalization. Canada’s National Social Studies Journal, 43 (2). Retrieved from http://www2.education.ualberta.ca/css/Css_43_1/Css43%201%20Index%20%282%29.htm Reviewed by Quinn Olson University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada The author of this article, Catherine Broom, finds fault with most of British Columbia’s Social Studies curriculum for grades 7 through 11. [...]
Broom,Catherine. (2010). Curriculum in the Age ofGlobalization: Canadian Social Studies, Canada’s National Social StudiesJournal, 43, 1. Retrieved http://www2.education.ualberta.ca/css/Css_43_1/Curriculum_in_the_Age_of_Globalization.htm Article Review by James McGregor University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada “Curriculum in the Age ofGlobalization,” by Catherine Broom, aims at identifying how the BC socialstudies curriculum is too focused on Canadian and European content. The author feels [...]
REVIEW: Summerville, C. (2011). Evaluating and Promoting Eco-Products: Activities which promote student and community awareness about the ethics of consumer products. Green Teacher, 94, 26-30. Article Review by Dylan Grier In “Evaluating & Promoting Eco-Products,” Summerville offers a program for teachers to implement in their classrooms to foster eco-friendly practices in students. By developing “eco-literacy” [...]
Foran, A. (2008). An outside place for social studies. Canadian Social Studies, 41. Article Review by Mike Danskin – University of Victoria In “An Outside Place for Social Studies”, Andrew Foran discusses the importance of getting outside in order to create stronger connections for youth through the delivery of a clear social studies curriculum. He [...]
In his article “Rethinking Lunchtime: Making Lunch anIntegral Part of Education,” Michael K. Stone writes about the Berkeley SchoolLunch Initiative (SLI) that has been recently implemented at John MuirElementary School in Berkeley, California. The Berkeley Unified SchoolDistrict, the Chez Panisse Foundation, and the Center of Ecoliteracy combinedforces in “an effort to design and implement curriculum [...]