New York State K-8 Social Studies Framework

Question 1 

Typically, social studies practices are historical thinking and social science skills that every student should develop during their education. These skills will enable the students to adequately prepare for their future careers, colleges and even civic participation. In developing the core learning standards of social studies practices, social studies contents such as conceptual understanding and critical ideas should be incorporated for the leaners to be adequately prepared. 

Question 2 

The experience I had as a K-12 student with some of the social studies learning standards was outstanding. As a K-12 student, I had developed some of the basic intellectual skills that enable me to completely comprehend some of the vital ideas on social studies learning standards. For instance, on economic, social studies standards, I was in a position of understanding how the United States decision making process functions and how the country can address the problem of scarcity through nonmarket and market mechanisms when its irises. 

I learned about these areas by studying extensively. Normally, studying is a way of developing new ideas and completely different from memorizing. When learning about some of these social studies learning standards, I would give my all attention to the study to make new ideas sensible. Also, my attitude towards social studies earning standards was confident. Learning easily happens when one has a confident attitude and enormous interest in the study area. 

Question 3 

My selected theme for a fifth grade is development, movement, and interaction of cultures (MOV). The first idea I have is on the early peoples of America (5.1). I have a great idea of the first human beings to occupy the nation and how these early inhabitants of the western hemisphere adapted to the environment. The second idea I have is on the exploration of Europeans and its associated effects. I have a great understanding of the European powers during the exploration that eventually lead to colonization of the western hemisphere. Finally, I have an idea of the comparative cultures of the countries in the western hemisphere. 

To help students understand the early people of America, I have to guide them in reading and comprehending the various migration theories. Also, I have to guide the students to read on the various migration routes used by the early inhabitants of the western hemisphere for the students to be in a position locate the different native groups that occupied the country. In helping the students understand the Europeans' early exploration and its associated effects, I have to guide them to examine different explorers from European countries. After investigating the different explorers, I will help them locate the areas where the Europeans explored and colonized in the western hemisphere. Finally, I will help the students investigate the cultural characteristics to understand the Western hemisphere's comparative culture. 

Question 4 

The integration of knowledge and ideas is the Common Core Anchor Standards for Reading and Writing I would prefer to incorporate in my final commentary segment plan. I prefer to integrate this Common Core Anchor Standards for Reading and Writing because it evaluates and integrates the contents obtained from various formats and media. Also, I prefer the integration of knowledge and ideas since it evaluates and delineates specific claims and arguments in the text, including the evidence relevance, validity sufficiency. Additionally, I prefer this Common Core Anchor Standards for Reading and Writing because it analyzes how texts address similar topics or themes for the authors take to be compared. 

In incorporating this Common Core Anchor Standards for Reading and Writing, I would read deeply and widely from increasingly challenging and informational texts concerning knowledge and idea integration. Through extensive reading, I will be able to familiarize myself with the various text elements and structures that enable me to develop outstanding knowledge and idea integration skills. Reading various social studies texts will also enable me to build a foundation of knowledge and be a better reader and writer in all content areas. However, this Common Core Anchor Standards for Reading and Writing requires a rich content of knowledge. 

Question 5 

From the social studies practices, I would like my students to learn economics and economic systems. This social studies practice is essential for the students to learn as it helps students understand how the complex forces work in the economic systems. This social studies practice is also vital as it teaches students about modern production methods and helps students utilize their scarce resources to achieve maximum satisfaction. 

Civic participation is also another social studies practice that I would encourage my learners to learn. This social studies practice helps in building informed and active citizens. Each student must strive to be a city that is actively involved in the governance of the country. Undertaking this practice will enable students to learn how to contribute to public discussions and processes of ideal issues in the country. Civic participation helps students learn some of the civic practices and encourages them to join others in activities that improve society. 

Question 6 

The concept-based teaching and learning closely relate with the New York State Education Department Framework as they both teach students concepts using a cross-disciplinary approach. In both concept-based teaching and NYSED Framework, writing and reading are the strong components utilizing the spiral approach and encourage a steady increase in texts' complexity. These two frameworks have a primary objective and aim of developing students that are career and college ready by encouraging close reading, extended writing and discussion. The two approaches also aim to develop great thinkers ready to tackle issues and solve modern world problems. 

The two frameworks furthermore encourage the importance of literacy across all the subjects undertaken by students. These two approaches respond to an increasing need for the students to be adequately prepared for higher education learning. The increasing need for adequate preparation is because higher education learning mainly focuses on the informational texts written academically. The concept-based teaching and learning and the NYSED framework establishes balanced literacy and increases learners' exposure to informational texts as they progressively learn. 

Question 7 

How social studies framework can implement for bilingual and English language learners struggling with text complexity and how the framework accounts for students living with disabilities are some of the questions I have. These two groups of learners are the ones struggling to meet the expectations of the standard. The social studies framework does not best serve these two groups of individuals, as they may not reason and process information with other education peers. During state examinations, these students may struggle to pass the examination. For these students to excel, the contents need to be simplified to make learning attainable and make lessons relevant.