Social Studies
The "Big Six" Social Studies Thinking Skills |
Jan 11, 2021
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#5: Cause & Consequence - Current Event Timeline Analysis
Click the buttons to the right to access the articles that led to the insurrection at the US Capitol last week. Create a timeline on chart paper with your table team to document at least 4-6 of these significant events in the order that they happened. This involves summary and timeline work - you need to include dates in chronological order and a written summary of the event(s) that occurred with each date.
Afterward, you will be asked to critically think to analyze which event, if any, caused any of others that followed, and show what the ultimate consequences of each event were. You will be asked to use colour-coding to label events of cause & consequence as well as where peace and democracy were progressing or declining throughout the timeline. |
The "Big Six" Social Studies Thinking Skills |
Jan 6, 2021
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#4: Evidence - What a Primary Source Can Tell Us
Artifacts like photos, videos, texts, recordings, physical objects, and more, can provide evidence of the when, what, why, who, or how an event occurred. This scavenger hunt through some primary source artifacts from Mrs. LS's life may tell us some stories... but what can they definitively prove and what is less certain?
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The "Big Six" Social Studies Thinking Skills |
Dec 2, 2020
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#3 Perspective - A Debate
Perspective is looking at something from another person's point of view. This can be a conflict, a story, an event, or even a person. How might stepping into someone else's shoes change the story that is told?
We're going to explore a debate on technologies today, taking perspectives from two sides of an argument: what are the positive and the negative impacts of personal digital devices such as a smartphone?
When we start to apply perspective to historical or social events, we can better understand conflicts or wars between countries, conflicts between societies, or even why certain historical figures may have been popular in a certain era, despite infamy after their time.
We're going to explore a debate on technologies today, taking perspectives from two sides of an argument: what are the positive and the negative impacts of personal digital devices such as a smartphone?
When we start to apply perspective to historical or social events, we can better understand conflicts or wars between countries, conflicts between societies, or even why certain historical figures may have been popular in a certain era, despite infamy after their time.
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The "Big Six" Social Studies Thinking Skills |
Nov 30, 2020
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#2: Continuity and Change - Compare & Contrast
As time marches on, which things stay the same and which things change? In this exploration, we will use the thinking skill of identifying continuity & change in a region. Specifically, we'll be looking at downtown Vancouver, with the earliest image being shot in 1947!
As you study the images in the slideshow and the linked websites below, what do you notice? Specifically, keep an eye out for:
The central question to consider: During the passing of time between any two photographs you compare against one another, has there been progress or decline? How?
As you study the images in the slideshow and the linked websites below, what do you notice? Specifically, keep an eye out for:
- methods of transportation
- technological developments or advancements
- economic activity (growth or decline)
- clothing or dress
- evidence of cultural, social, or sporting activities
The central question to consider: During the passing of time between any two photographs you compare against one another, has there been progress or decline? How?
The "Big Six" Social Studies Thinking Skills
#1: Significance - A Digital Scavenger Hunt |
Nov 22, 2020
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What makes something significant? It is something that creates a lasting impact in our lives and/or our world, and often elicits strong emotions like joy, happiness, grief, or pain.
Historical significance is similar. When an event occurs that has massive impact, or somebody does important work that affects a lot of people, they become significant in the history books!
Today, we're going to explore what kinds of things can make someone, something, or someplace to be historically significant. The document below has a list of people, events, and places that all carry some level of significance to them. With your group, you need to figure out who, what, or where they are, and why they're significant.
Questions to answer for each person / event / place:
Historical significance is similar. When an event occurs that has massive impact, or somebody does important work that affects a lot of people, they become significant in the history books!
Today, we're going to explore what kinds of things can make someone, something, or someplace to be historically significant. The document below has a list of people, events, and places that all carry some level of significance to them. With your group, you need to figure out who, what, or where they are, and why they're significant.
Questions to answer for each person / event / place:
- What was the impact of this person / event / place in the past?
- Did this person / event / place impact the future? How?
- Did this person / event / place have local impact, national impact, or international impact? How do you know?