The purpose of this graduate project is to provide teachers with technology integrated social studies curriculum they are able to implement in their classroom in order to increase student engagement. These technology-based resources can be taken and further applied to any other grade level or content area. The aim is to equip teachers with meaningful technology-based activities that will increase student engagement in the classroom. In addition, these technology-based lesson will prepare students to become 21st century learners. The project is compiled of eight different lessons that teachers will be able to use in Revolutionary War era instruction. Each lesson uses a variety of different technology-based tools with clear assessment methods to check for student retention of the material. There are also reflective pieces at the end of most technology lessons to measure student interest and engagement within the activity.

Grade level: 3, 4, 5, e, p, i, t.

Technology in the Middle and Secondary Social Studies Classroom introduces pre-service teachers to the research underpinning the effective integration of technology into the social studies curriculum. Building off of established theoretical frameworks, veteran social studies teacher educator Scott Scheuerell shows how the implementation of key technologies in the classroom can help foster higher-level thinking among students. Plentiful, user-friendly examples illustrate how specific educational tools—including games, social media, flipped classrooms, and other emerging technologies—spur critical thinking and foster authentic intellectual work. A rigorous study, Technology in the Middle and Secondary Social Studies Classroom provides a comprehensive, up-to-date research framework for conceptualizing successful, technology-rich social studies classrooms.

This sourcebook contains more than twelve hundred easy-to-follow and implement classroom activities created and tested by veteran teachers from all over the country. The activities are arranged by grade level and are keyed to the revised National History Standards, so they can easily be matched to comparable state history standards. This volume offers teachers a treasury of ideas for bringing history alive in grades 5?12, carrying students far beyond their textbooks on active-learning voyages into the past while still meeting required learning content. It also incorporates the History Thinking Skills from the revised National History Standards as well as annotated lists of general and era-specific resources that will help teachers enrich their classes with CD-ROMs, audio-visual material, primary sources, art and music, and various print materials. Grades 5?12