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Holidays are a very sensitive topic to introduce to in a classroom given how diverse classrooms are today. The main topic in the article is to make sure students are being critical thinkers and using these skills to investigate what might of happened in the past and how history has shaped our culture in the present. Although, it is a very thoughtful form of creating ideas, and helping children see social studies from a different perspective. How can we explain this in a different manner? How can we make our students critical thinkers? If their cultural background does not believe in thanksgiving, and their religion is rather different. Does that mean those students do not get to participate? those are the questions we must ask ourselves before introducing very sensitive topics during the holiday season.  As an alternative I believe students can and should look up things, events that have created an impact in their culture, religion or home-living.  Giving children the o...

 In this rather educational video, that many teachers might use as a resource to introduce Christopher Columbus in their classrooms. I think this video is very tricky, because it shares out details about Columbus's voyage and the people that he admired. Although it is mentioned in this video how his people took the island from the Indians, gold, and made some slaves, it somewhat still made him seem like he did something great by "discovering" the Americas. This focuses heavily on what he and his people did as far as travel plans, what islands they found and the main goal which was return gold to Spain. However, I do think that for children is hard to teach the ugly, dark, and reality of who Columbus really was. Therefore, I believe it should be a topic that schools should not touch heavily on, or even mentioned due to the harsh reality of all the damage he caused and the horror his troops caused. As a child I too thought Columbus was this great explorer who made this di...

History repeats itself, in many ways it is because we do not learn from past mistakes. In Chapter 2 Learners and Learning , we get asked the question of how does the elementary-kid know about social studies? And the reality is they do not know it. Kids know simple facts, or what they see in their everyday life and experiences. However, kids do not the deep understanding of social studies and how everything or most things work. A result of this is because social studies is being put in the back burner in many schools, we are focused on curriculum and test standards that in many grades we fail to actually give the student factual information that can help them in the future. This cartoon relates a lot to me because I can see the mistake that many teachers have made and how it has affected me, and I do not want to repeat this history. I want my future students to be grounded and mindful of how things work, and have background information that will help them in their futur...

            The article Politics of children’s literature what’s wrong with the Rosa Parks myth can easily be a touchy subject for many cultures and races. I believe this article summarizes the many issues we have with the education system, and the American culture. For many years slavery and racism is a topic that can become heated really quickly.             In today’s society when we think of Rosa Parks and all of those involved in the civil rights movement as strong individuals who stood up for their rights and what they believed in. However, schools and teachers like to paint a pretty picture and hide the raw facts of how events occurred. By doing so, it has caused so much more damage because it shows unfairness, it paraphrases their story and many people today truly confuse the real meaning of racism.         ...

Although this connection might seem out of place, here it is the best way I can put this into perspective. The main topic or idea for this particular entry is “being told this is not for you” which is something I can relate to in a personal level. In the articles, History as Weapon and A Brief History of Lawns , we observe the idea of how lies are taught, not everything our teachers told us can be true except that it is said from someone else’s point of view and it just continues to spread out in history. However, there is also the idea that because some people have various advantages such as a “lawn” other are of a lesser value because they cannot have it. So, where does Stefi Cohen comes in place you may ask, well she is one of the strongest female in the strength training industry, such as powerlifting.             The main misconception that many people or men have is that women cannot for the love of god ...