Social Studies and the Young Learner September/October 2021
Social Studies and the Young Learner September/October 2021
Volume:34
Num:1
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“There were a Lot of Boys!” Using Herstory to Reframe Children’s Gender Stereotypes of STEM Professions
This article features highlights from an integrated curricular unit designed to challenge how the gender gap influences young learners’ gender stereotypes of STEM professions by allowing students to question their own biases about these occupations while learning herstory.
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Teaching Difficult Knowledge of World War II in the Philippines with Children’s Literature and Inquiry
In this article, the author describes three inquiry activities based on a children’s book set in the Philippines during World War II. In many U.S. history and modern world history curricula and textbooks, events in the Philippines (and more generally in the Pacific theater) during World War II are not covered well.
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Handouts for Inquiry Lesson 1: The Philippines as a U.S. Colony
Handouts for lesson described in "Teaching Difficult Knowledge of World War II in the Philippines with Children’s Literature and Inquiry" by Sohyun An
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Dr. Kizzmekia (“Kizzy”) Shanta Corbett: Vaccine Research Scientist
Even before the first U.S. death from the mysterious, new coronavirus, Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett and Dr. Barney Graham were in a race against the clock. In 2020, they were research team members at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) Vaccine Research Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
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The National Parks and Inquiry-based Teaching of U.S. History
In this article, the authors discuss the possibilities and benefits of inquiry-based learning at NPS parks, historic sites, and their companion websites. They also stress that you can extend the guidance and resources that may be provided by any historic monument or park close to your school, whether it’s a part of the NPS system or not. Next, they provide steps to help you locate a monument or site that you want to study in your classroom, as well as a selection of NPS parks and monuments that they feel provide excellent, inquiry-based K-6 social studies curricula, including virtual tours and virtual ranger visits to classrooms. They include ideas for scaffolding to generate excitement and anticipation ahead of the lesson.
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Creating Culturally Relevant, Place-Based Lessons for First Graders in Minnesota—and in Every Community
On a blustery day in March 2021, a line of bundled-up, masked first graders walked from school to a house on the National Register of Historic Places in their south Minneapolis neighborhood. For these 23 young learners, it wasn’t just a walk. This Covid-era field trip was a culminating activity in a series of lessons, “Unearthing Histories,” that empowered the students to be historians, dig into their complex local history, and then take action to help create a more just future.
