As a future teacher, I think of all of the negative experiences I have had in my social studies classes. Social Studies was never my favorite subject in school. I could take it or leave it. In my experience, it was filled with random facts and dates about historical happenings and old people. I only recall two of my high school social studies teacher- both were males and soccer coaches. Coincidence? Neither of the classes were fun or even interesting. At the time, we still had chalkboards and filmstrips. BORING! Every now and then, our class would get to play Jeopardy, or at least a game that resembled Jeopardy. That was a semi-fun day, because I didn't have to take notes all period. Do I remember much from those classes? Nope!
I do realize that my experiences with this seemingly dull subject in the past will make me a better teacher. I love our methods block class...it's not my initial idea of what I thought social studies was. I haven't written one note, but I have learned so much! Every activity connects social studies to real-life. This is the kind of stuff that students need to be learning. So why not making learning something students will actually remember...beyond the test?
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