1. Social Studies Powerpoint Presentation • Grade: Intermediate • By: Christie Lynch, Katie Shaffer, & Jayme Borchers

2. This powerpoint presentation is based upon Social Studies: Ohio’s Model Compentency Based Program. The purpose of this model is to enhance the quality of Social Studies.

3. RATIONALE To help the students learn more about the social studies and the five strands which it contains.

4. American Heritage • This strand refers to those aspects of the past that help to make the American people unique among the peoples of the world while at the same time recognizing what we hold in common with other people.

5. http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/index.html http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html http://www.ashp.cuny.edu/ http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/ushadow2/ http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html American HeritageWeb sites

6. American Heritage Activities • Read a biography • Visit the Ohio Historical Center • Use detective skills to uncover stones of immigrants to the U.S. • Do a report on a famous American • Role play Supreme Court positions • Make a plantation • Ask parents to share stories and music of childhood • Celebrate holidays of cultural heritage of members of the class • Draw pictures of related events and display illustrations • Create a timeline of life at that time

7. People in Societies This strand recognizes that the United States and the world encompass many different racial, ethnic, and religious groups. . This strand also recognizes that factors such as gender and class provide people with different perspectives on issues.

8. Websites http://www.nationalgeographic.com http://www.codetalk.fed.us/planet/planet.htm http://www.usatoday.com/bestbets/bbmon16.htm http://www.discovery.com http://www.mightymedia.com/act http://www.iecc.org/related.resources.html http://www.pbs.org/neightborhoods/news http://www.biblikomania.com http://www.suviste.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/midnist.html

9. ACTIVITIES Plot on a map different cultural groups. Determine why different cultural groups settled where they did. Identify different characteristics of different cultural groups. Identify different cultural groups in your own community. Identify what contributions the people made to Ohio’s development. Identify how the people of Ohio make a living. Compare different customs and traditions of cultures in Ohio. Locate different areas of migration spots in the U.S. Read a story about a different culture.

10. World Interactions • This strand explores the links people make around the world as they attempt to address common problems.

11. World InteractionsWeb sites • http://kidsat.jpl.nasa.gov/ • http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/Maps.html • http://www.earth.nasa.gov/ • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ • http://metroscope.com/

12. World InteractionsActivities • Make a map to your house • Make a planet • Write about a favorite planet • Make an example of earth and its layers • Make bottle tornadoes • Trivia game of the world • create a chart to represent land, water,and air usage • find place locations using cardinal directions • Explore the impacts of floods, snow storms, and droughts • draw a map of the school grounds

13. Decision Making and Resources This strand focuses on decisions individuals and societies make in addressing wants.

14. WEBSITES http://www.kidsvoting.usa.org http://www.pbs.org/tal/un http://www.apva.org http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/constitution http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/ kidshome.html http://www.vote-smart.org http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/1chp.html http://tiger.coe.missouri.edu/~esse/visual.html

15. ACTIVITIES Categorize different economic activities as consumption or production. Determine the land and resources needed to produce a certain good. Explain that the demand for factors of production is derived from the demand of goods and services. Match each factor of production with the payment received. Explain that individuals and households use income to consume goods and services. Identify the factors that may influence a producer’s decision to supply a good or service. Describe a market and ifdentify examples of markets Discuss how a budget can help make more appropriate consumer decisions.

16. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Http://www.youthlink.org/ - This site is about creating opportunities, recognition and financial support for the diverse voices, ideas, solutions, and positive contributions of you across America. Http://ibert.org/ - Institute for Better Education Through Resource Technology, this site contains tools for access and participation in our democracy. Activity: Select one right we have as citizens and present to the class, the importance of this right and how it has benefited us throughout history.

17. Citizenship Rights and Responsibility Http://www.ce.org/ - This is an exciting web site dealing with the growing industry in consumer electronics. Activities: Watch a video that highlights the importance of our rights and how it has affected our lives. Take a field trip to the local court house and conduct and informal interview with a judge.

18. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Http://www.cpn.org - This is the Civil Practices network which is designed to bring schooling for active citizenship into the informational age. Http://www.kidsvista.com/SocialStudies/government.html - This site tells you everything you need to know about the U.S. Government and other International Governing bodies. Activity: Discuss and decide with classmates and teacher rights students should have in the classroom.

19. Democratic Processes Http://www.ohio.gov/ - This site tells you Everything you need to know about Ohio from parks to job Opportunities. Http://www.npr.gov/ - This is Vice president Gore’s National Partnership for Reinventing Government. Activity: -Select active politician in U.S. Government and write A paper on her/his views and whether or not you agree.

20. Democratic Processes Http;//www.piperinfo.com - this site has a lot of information about state and local government. Http://www.whitehouse.gov/wh/welcome.html - This site gives a variety of links where students can learn what is going on in the white house. Activity: Have a debate concerning democratic issues in the classroom.

21. Democratic Processes Http://oyez.nwu.edu/ - This site gives tons of information about the supreme court and the history behind it. Activities: Conduct an election throughout the school where the students act as politicians. Have a Local Politician come into class as a guest speaker.

22. CONCLUSION There are several different branches in the Social Studies Curriculum. It is the teachers responsibility to know and integrate these branches into their daily lesson plans. Enriched activities in these daily lesson plans will lead to growth of knowledge in social studies.