Sunday, October 30, 2016

Cantu Chapter 10

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Big Question: Is it best to teach economics as it's own course or should we focus more one including economic principals in all of our social studies classes?

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Loewen Chapter 11

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Big Question: Is it part of our duty as civics teachers to promote the idea of American progress?

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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Cantu Chapter 9

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Big Question: If civics is the reason that social studies gets a seat at the big table, how can we show that all of the social studies can be as important as civics?

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Lowen Chapter 10

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Big Question: Is it fair to say that we as teachers are not covering certain topics in as much detail as we should but also complain that we are not getting to the recent past?

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Sunday, October 2, 2016

Cantu Chapter 8

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Big Question: How can we as teachers possibly know everything we need to teach for all of the areas that make up social studies? Is it okay to tell students we don't know the answer to some of their questions?

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