This article was an eye opener into how much money is spent on the social studies material industry, but how the students are not learning or understanding social studies. Some schools have done away with social studies! I do not understand how that is even possible! Some disturbing statistics are that "one in four 8th graders didn't know why the Civil War was fought, and one in five high school seniors thought that Germany was a U.S. ally during WWII!" That is horrifying to imagine that the students do not know the basics of HUGE events in our countries history. Some teachers who have never had a fond social studies experience are doing the same thing to their students now by just assigning worksheets and drudging through the material to get meet the standards. I am so thankful to have had Dr. Meier this semester, because up until this point I have been one of those closet history-haters! And I honestly think I would have been one of those teachers who through social studies to the back-burner and trying to just get it over with. Now I know that social studies is who we are as people. I cant wait to be allowed to teach it by using fun activities like we have learned all semester!
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