Loewen Chapter 13

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link: http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html

Big Question: How can we as a society reach those people who have gone through the public school system with an unfortunate social studies experience? Or is it too late for them to understand history as it deserves to be understood?

Cantu 12 & 13

Screencast: http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/coXFImhFuV
Big Questions: How early should students start learning about sociology and psychology?
                        

Interactive Sites:Social Explorer
                           Student Discovery Sets

Loewen Chapter 12

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Big question: Why do schools not care about the truthfulness of history content and its delivery? Why is there not a big push for better history courses in our American schools?

Interactive link : Learner.org

Cantu Chapters 10 & 11

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Economics Big Question: How do teachers work with parents and families to help students understand real world economics? 

Geography Big Question: Should the subject of geography have a class of its own throughout school or continue being clumped into a "social Studies class"?

Interactive Website: Financial Soccer

Geography Website: Mapmaker Website 

Loewen Chapter 11

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Big Question : How can students be productive citizens when they are unaware of the struggles in the present and how that will affect their future? How does keeping our youth ignorant of the realities help the future of the nation?

Interactive Site : Bloomberg Graphics

Loewen Chapter 10

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Big Question-  Will the common core standards change the way textbooks are written? If we are asking students to think critically, will the textbooks provide an introduction for students?

Interactive Site - National Geographic 
                            911 Memorial 

Cantu Chapters 8 & 9

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Interactive websites: Sheppardsofware.com
                                  Archives.com Geneology






Big Questions: If the standards for history are so clear and the scope of what students should be learning is outlined, why is it that we find so much repeating material in our classes?

If the civics standards are outlined so well, why is it that so many of our students do not know how the basic principles of our government work?