Powerful Social Studies

1. Value-Based---The teacher engages and reinforces decision making to occur in her students.---The teacher allowed her students to become aware of the cultural differences and similarities.

2. Challenging---The teacher creates many learning communities amongst her students during centres.---The teacher challenges her students to think and link their prior knowledge to the new knowledge being introduced.

3. Active---The teacher allows time for students to work individually and collaboratively while bringing in other subject areas.---The teacher not only models critical thinking but also gives many opportunities for the students to ask and answer questions.

4. Meaningful---The teacher uses centres to expand her students thinking.---The teacher informs the students what to look and listen for; therefore, there is no surprises.

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5. Integrative---The teacher intertwines the different subject areas with her lesson.---The teacher links the past to the present in her class discussions.

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