Study models of critical and creative thinking, inquiry and discovery within the context of a secondary social studies classroom. Maintain an interactive notebook in which the student reflects on topics discussed in class. Create a web page. Students will address the following Minnesota Board of Teaching and National Council for the Social Studies Teacher Education Standards. Historical roots based on what things were like in the past and how things change and develop over time.
Personal identity is shaped by an individual s culture, by groups, and by institutional influences.
How institutions are formed, what controls and influences them, how institutions control and influence individuals and culture, and how institutions can be maintained or changed. The historical development of structures of power, authority, and governance and their evolving functions in contemporary United States society and others parts of the world. The relationships among science, technology, and society. The relationship of global connections among world societies to global interdependence. That civic ideals and practices of citizenship are critical to full participation in society and is the central purpose of the social studies.