My practicum teacher for social studies is teaching all English this semester so I have another teacher to watch who is teaching social studies 10. So I have only watched one class. But I do have the book now that I am to use for Grade Nine Social Studies. I have begun to read it and am realizing I am quite lucky to be teaching socials nine because it is so rich in topics. I have begun to read the textbook I am to teach. It is full of wars, revolutions, Europe and and native relations. I am excited to teach this all, so nervous too. This post is about the textbooks we are too use. Did anyone use Crossroads? What textbooks are you using and how do you find them?
PS Is anyone else teaching socials nine
PPS THE SCHOOL VOTE
My practicum is at Reynolds high school and I just wanted to share some amazing things. The school did a school wide election vote based our own Canadian election. This is the result listed from most to least votes: Green, NDP, Liberal, and Conservative. In essence my school was the opposite of the actual election. In the grade 10 class I watched kids discussed the national election in relation to their own. It was amazing to watch and it gives me hope.
Composting- My school is very "GREEN" it has not only recycling but composting I am curious to know what programs there are at the school you al are at????
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In the Grade 8 class that I am observing the students have also been following the election quite closely. The openning half hour or more of each of the class observed, the students have facilitated and contributed to many election topics. The students are mostly concerned about the low voter turn-out rate, and why people did not vote. They are also curious about the situations where people were forced or asked to resign from the ballet, and how that change can effect peoples decision on who to vote for, or possibly not voting at all!
I am sad to report that in the classes I am observing (socials 8, 10, 11, comp civ 12, and psyc 11) have not really discussed the election too much. The grade 11 class did express interest on what political party they would vote for, so the teacher had them fill out a survey of questions worth, each worth a certain amount of points with the totals placing them to the left, centre, or right of the political spectrim. The majority of the students ended up in the centre, with one facist and one communist in the class. What I found most surprising were the comments they they made afterwards. Many students that were in the liberal catagory seemed shocked and were even disappointed not to be conservative. I would like to mention that I am in Kamloops, and the conservatives won the seat in our riding. It is interesting to here how left and green Lindsay's school voted, being in Victoria. I have to wonder how much parental and community influence goes into the students way of thinking, and perhaps the danger of not allowing students to really talk about political issues. It seemed that many of the students did not truely understand how they feel about issues, and are more concerned with being on the 'winning' team or like everyone else.
I'm also teaching socials 9, and we are using crossroads as well. You wouldn't have gotten the teacher manual too did you???
The school I am at did a school wide election as well, and they voted Green as well, with pretty much the same breakdown. The students were really into the election, and were appalled to see the Conservatives voted in. Its nice to see young people so passionate about government and change. Hopefully they don't lose that by the time they can vote for real.
yes I have the teacher manual... I wont be using it though.... I can see about getting it to you
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