Constructing a Community System-Based Social Science Curriculum [microform] / John W. Muth and Lawrence Senesh
- Bib ID:
- 5349535
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Muth, John W
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED153884
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977
- 152 p.
- Summary:
-
This guide is designed to aid social studies classroom teachers develop and implement programs using the community as a social sciences laboratory. The document describes how to prepare a social profile of the community. Based upon the Colorado System-Based Social Science Project which was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the study aims to increase the options of youth in their home communities and in communities to which they might migrate. The document is presented in three parts. Part I presents background information on the system-based social science curriculum, stresses the need for a strong community-school relationship, and explains how to generate local curriculum guidelines. Part II outlines strategies for use in preparing a community social profile. Information is presented on clarifying the purpose of a community profile, specifying format, putting together a research and writing team, selecting research tools, and determining content. Part III, the bulk of the document, suggests a wide variety of learning activities and objectives related to children's awareness of values, social reality, social problems, systems, time and space, work and leisure, the future, and social science knowledge. The activities, which can be used without prior preparation of a profile, involve the students in analyzing historic documents, defining values, discussing parental and community attitudes, surveying class and community members, presenting oral reports on current issues, writing research reports on selected community problems, working with maps, and participating in the community. The appendix presents an outline of the Community Social Profile. (Author/DB)
- Notes:
-
- Availability: Social Science Education Consortium, Inc., 855 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80302 ($6.00, order SSEC Publication Number 210, paperbound).
- Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
- ERIC Note: Charts on pages 89-94 may not reproduce clearly due to small type size in the original document ; Best copy available.
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
-
- Community Change
- Community Involvement
- Community Role
- Community Study
- Curriculum Development
- Educational Objectives
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Futures (of Society)
- Knowledge Level
- Learning Activities
- Local History
- Models
- Relevance (Education)
- School Community Relationship
- Social Change
- Social Environment
- Social Problems
- Social Sciences
- Social Studies
- Student Participation
- Teaching Methods
- Units of Study
- Values
- Colorado System Based Social Science Project
- Other authors/contributors:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1977
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Community study [microform] / by Leslie Hendrikson
- Rebuilding community : a jubilee response / by Michael Yore
- Community Service and Civic Education [microform] / Kathleen Kirby
- Neighborhood organization for community action / John B. Turner, editor
- Newsletter / Social Science Education Consortium, SSEC