Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies

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Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity four: In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate a primary source letter from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing. Students will investigate the influence of technology, and its lack, on the tobacco bag stringers. They will do a role play/debate in which they will assume the roles of owners of companies and other people that were involved in the issue.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

An entreduction: This lesson illustrates the differences between inventions and innovations. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

Searching for gold: A collaborative inquiry project: Students develop inquiry skills and content area knowledge in this collaborative project that focuses on the Gold Rush. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies and English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Technology and Inequality: In this lesson from Science NetLinks, students study briefly the history, evolution, and social benefits of the automobile (as a general model for the kinds of technologies that were once enjoyed only by those who could afford them). (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

US history: Inventors & entrepreneurs: Students will learn the difference between inventors and entrepreneurs. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education