This, fundamentally, is why we cannot stay away from history: it offers the only extensive evidential base for the contemplation and analysis of how societies function, and people need to have some sense of how societies function simply to run their own lives. History helps us understand change and how the society we live in came to be . Peter Stearns, 1998
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Creating Numerate Social Studies Students
Creating Numerate Social Studies Students
Numeracy is as essential to becoming an active and thoughtful citizen as literacy. Although the concept of numeracy is complex and robust, there are four areas in which teachers can fairly easily begin to incorporate it into social studies curriculum and instruction. The areas include the students' ability to understand raw numeric data in context, to understand percentages in context, to understand the meaning of average, and to interpret and question graphs and charts (Crowe, A, 2010, :What's Math Got to do With it?"). My dissertation and study for my doctorate was how to use math concepts to enhance/build learning in history and economics. My classes incorporate the use of spreadsheets, formulas, charts, graphs and maps to help student's deepen their understanding of history
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