Ch Twelve

Chapter twelve is about technology in social studies. Before reading the chapter I thought about all the ways technology would spice up learning history and social studies. I can remember being in history classes that were strictly lecture or just reading from a textbook. I don’t remember anything from those classes. As I was reading through the chapter I checked out some links I thought might be helpful to students in my class. My favorite website was www.gis.com. I could type in my zip code and it brought up articles about the lifestyle of the people who live there. It also shows numbers and statistics on the population, the population by race, the population by sex, and the households by income. Along with the local numbers it also compares to the national numbers so students can see how their city compares to the whole United States. This would be a helpful website to integrate into a lesson about our city. There are also websites with virtual trips that would help take the students to a certain place or time of current study. The technology that can be incorporated into social studies instruction goes way beyond just watching a video from the history channel.