Powerful Social Studies

1. Meaningful

1.1. helps to create an understanding of cultural differences

1.2. works towards goals of community membership

1.3. activities related to topic provide stimulation and deeper meaning and understanding for students

2. Integrative

2.1. uses all curricular disciplines

2.1.1. New node

2.2. goes beyond Social class learning

2.3. brings a fuller view of community to the students

3. Value Based

3.1. helps students to see the similarities and differences between themselves and celebrate it

3.2. students learn to make decisions for themselves based on good reasoning and knowledge

3.3. New node

4. Challenging

4.1. provides many thought provoking challenges

4.2. has students identifying themselves and others as a community

4.3. brings different levels of understanding to each student

5. Active

5.1. uses different activities to simulate learning in many differnt methods

5.2. brings social learning into the classroom

5.3. very engaging for the students, makes them want to think and learn