Social Studies Strategies. A Quick Look at the 8 th Grade Data.
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Transcript of Social Studies Strategies. A Quick Look at the 8 th Grade Data.
Student Focused
• Inductive Learning• Political Cartoons• Categorization• Generalization• PERSIA
• What we want
• What we don’t want
Inductive Learning
• Inductive reasoning moves from specific observations to broader generalizations and theories. Informally, we sometimes call this a "bottom up" approach.
Group Instructions
• Spread out the cards and group them into logical groups
• Give each of your groups a title – write it on a post-it & put above the grouping
• Write a general statement (not specific) about EACH of your groupings
Group Share
• How might YOU use this strategy in your OWN classroom?
• What is the value of this strategy?
Political Cartoons Challenges we face:
Lack of prior knowledge
Must teach historical/social background
CHALLENGES
CHALLENGES
Why Use Political Cartoons?
• Something different
• Adds humor (Even if they aren't knee slappers, political cartoons can stimulate discussion and provide interesting writing topics. )
• Strengthens analytical and other higher order thinking skills
Are you convinced yet?
• Promote interest in political issues (civics)
• Encourages creativity
• Helps prepare students for questions on the Social Studies Assessments
Political cartoons serve to make people think about political and government
issues by:• providing readers with additional
viewpoints • assuming the reader has enough
background knowledge about the issues to understand the message
• emphasizing one side of an issue or concern
• utilizing humor • relying on drawings to make a point
Cartoonists use the following persuasive techniques to create humor: • symbolism - using an object to stand for an idea• caricature - exaggerating a physical feature or habit: big
nose, bushy eyebrows, large ears, baldness• captioning and labels - used for clarity and emphasis• analogy - a comparison between two unlike things that
share some characteristics• irony - the difference between the way things are and
the way things should be or the way things are expected to be
• juxtaposition - positioning people or objects near each other, side-by-side
• exaggeration - overstating or magnifying a problem
Sample Symbols used in Political Cartoons
• peace - dove, olive branch, victory sign• United States - Uncle Sam, flag, stars and stripes,
shield• Democrats – donkey• Republicans – elephant• death - vulture, skeleton with shroud, skull and
crossbones, grim reaper• love - heart, Cupid, Venus• money - dollar bill or dollar sign• heroes or good guys - wear white• villains or bad guys - wear black
Steps in Analyzing a Political Cartoon
• Identify the characters, symbols and objects in the cartoon
• Look for clues and details that would given further meaning
• Identify the main idea of the cartoon by reading the captions and putting the message into their own words
• Identify any bias the cartoonist might have
© Copyright 2000 The Washington Post Company
Cagle Cartoons
Standard
• SS8H11 The student will evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement.
a. Describe major developments in civil rights and Georgia's role during the 1940s and 1950s; include the roles of Herman Talmadge, Benjamin Mays, the 1946 governor's race and the end of the white primary, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 1956 state flag.
Categorization: An example
Directions:Given the following question, organize the following information into three meaningful categories that you could use to answer the question.
Question:Analyze how arguments over the issue of slavery in the 1850s ultimately led to the Civil War.
Terms:
• Missouri Compromise• Secession• Uncle Tom’s Cabin• Slave rebellions• Compromise of 1850• Election of 1860• Kansas-Nebraska Act• Northern wage slaves
• Radical Abolitionism
Categories:• Extension of Slavery• Morality of Slavery• Political Factors
Generalization: An example
European ExplorationCrusadesTechnological-navigationPrinting PressMarco Polo-ChinaPrince Henry the navigator
Renaissance spirit Weak generalization: These are things that happened in
Europe before 1500. Stronger generalization: Before 1500, changing ideas and
technological advances in Europe led to the Age of European Exploration.