Our Digital Sciences Theme in Social Studies
Our Digital Sciences Theme in Social Studies
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6th grade social studies students used a teacher-created Where in the World Snap! program to study geography.
Students also manipulated code within the program and solved a Parson's Problem to fix "buggy code."
6th grade social studies students use the computational thinking concept of pattern recognition to compare civilizations.
7th grade social studies students used all elements of computational thinking in their study of monotheism. Scroll the document below to see the CT-based learning opportunities for this topic.
Arndt_SocialStudies_6_2.docx.pdf8th grade social studies students used the computational thinking concept of abstraction to find meaning and representative images for Bill of Rights Amendments.
8th Grade: Causes of the American Revolution Sort- Students had to decompose events and correctly match the explanation, primary source, and reaction :
8th Grade: Citizen Action Throughout History- Before students learned how the colonists reacted to the British Acts, we looked at how citizen action throughout history has brought about change. Students utilized pattern recognition with this lesson:
Citizen Action in History.pdf
8th Grade: Decomposing the Declaration - We presented the Declaration of the US as an algorithm and abstracted it for students by including simplified language beside the official language:
Decompose the Declaration of Independence.pdfPage updated
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