Multicultural Education

Ways to incorporate multicultural education in the classroom
1. Globes and maps
2. My vacation project
3. Multicultural cookbook
4. Display research board on different cultures
5. Speakers
6. Interviews
7. Music
8. Multicultural children's books
9. Posters
10. Flat Stanley
11. Show and tell
12. Food

Federal Reserve

A woman from the federal reserve came to talk to my Social Studies methods class last week. She brought us a lot of great resources for teaching economics to older and younger children. She gave us ideas for teaching lessons using the dollar bill or other bills. She suggested teaching a unit on presidents using money because a great deal of their pictures are on our money. She also suggested talking about the different features on our bills and how the have changed the past few years. She also had a great activity for showing children what the economy was like several years ago. She suggested theatre to help explain life back then to the children because they would enjoy it and remember it better. She gave us many other things such as workbooks, fact booklets about money, and a book about the history of money and what money has looked like in the past.

Social Studies Games

I found a website titled Primary Games at    http://www.primarygames.com/social_studies.php. This website is great for children to play games and interact with social studies concepts. Some of the games on this website can help with learning capitals, presidents, and flags. Some of these games are as follows: Jamestown, World Capitals, World Flags, Fire Safety, Name that President, 50 States, World Capitals, and Transportation. The Jamestown game involves hunting artifacts and exploring. The World Flags game involves matching flags with its country; this game will eventually give a great deal of knowledge on flags. Name that President helps students learn more about our past presidents. The transportation game is mainly for younger children; it involves racing helicopters, cars, and trains to learn more about transportation. This is a great websites for teachers to use in social studies centers or even for fun time in the classroom.

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