Chapter 36- Social Sciences Instruction and Comprehension

Which is an example of a teacher resource?

All of these are correct.

What do students have after they finish reading and annotating a current events article?

An artifact of what they read and learned

What resource can teachers use to design instruction based on their recordings of student progress?

Anecdotal notes

What does A.D. stand for?

Anno Domini

What strategy encourages students to pay attention to their own thinking when reading current events articles?

Annotating

Which of the following is NOT a primary source?

Encyclopedia entry

What should teachers keep in mind when designing instruction?

Not all students are on the same level.

What strategy helps students understand primary source documents by putting the text in their own words?

Paraphrasing

Which of the following is NOT a secondary source?

Photograph of an event

Which strategy has students reading the title, headings, and subheadings of a text before reading the content?

Previewing the text

Which of the following reasons explains why teachers should not rely too heavily on the social studies textbook as the only resource?

The world map changes quickly.

What is a danger of too many secondary sources?

They can make a work boring.

Why are cause and effect relationships so important to historians?

They show how the past progresses logically They explain why things happened -All of these They help us to understand why people acted a certain way

What are learning experiences?

Things students will do to better learn and understand content

What is it called when historians create scenarios to critically examine the past?

What If Scenarios

A student is reading about NAFTA in her social studies textbook. She doesn't understand why NAFTA exists. She most likely lacks _____.

background knowledge

How can teachers create a positive learning environment with classroom space?

create bright, clean and organized spaces

How can a teacher positively impact the instructional environment?

use lots of different types of instruction

Which of 5 Ws is most important when teaching your children to think critically?

why

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 Ws?

work

Books like Strunk and White's 'Elements of Style' can really help with your students' _____.

writing

History's cause and effect relationships most closely resemble which of the following?

A Flow Chart

Which of the following is true about artifacts and models?

A historical document is an example of an artifact.

Which of the following is an example of an informational text?

A pamphlet about cancer treatments

What is an informational text?

A text that provides you with information about a topic

What aspect of instruction should materials support?

All of the answers are correct.

Why is chunking the text a good strategy for supporting comprehension of informational texts?

Because it breaks texts down to more accessible, digestible sections of information

Which statement best describes the role of bias in primary sources?

Biased sources should be complemented with biased sources from a different perspective.

This person's suntan made having a tan socially desirable.

Coco Chanel

Historical periods are categorized based on:

Commonalities

Cause and effect in history relates to:

Historical causation

Which is the total environment in which historical events take place?

Historical context

Which can be thought of as a map of history?

Historical timeline

How does teaching vocabulary support comprehension of informational texts?

It teaches students words they will need to know to comprehend the text

Which of the following partially caused the fall of the Ming Dynasty?

Silver from the Andes Lower Silver Prices -All of these Columbus's arrival in America

What is the first step when using the SQ3R strategy?

Surveying

The analogy of spoiled milk in a cake best describes which of the following?

The dangers of ignoring bias

Which type of assessment do teachers use when monitoring students to make adjustments to the lesson plans?

formative

Which of the following online sources would be most credible?

national museum

What areas are important for the learning environment?

physical, psychological and instructional

Which of the following should you encourage your students to use when researching for history papers?

primary sources

A news article is an example of a _____.

secondary source

All of these sources probably have consistently reliable and relevant information for students except for which of the following?

social media

What are results of a positive learning environment?

students who aren't afraid to make mistakes and feel comfortable with their teacher

What is a learning environment?

the physical, psychological and instructional atmosphere in a classroom