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Immigration Lesson

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NC- North Carolina Teacher Education Specialty Area Standards
Standards Area: Standards for Elementary Teachers
(Core) Standard: Standard 4: Elementary teachers have a broad knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in social studies.
Indicator: Indicator 1: Teachers have a basic knowledge and understanding of the tapestry of world cultures. Teachers:
  • Know and appreciate creative works of world cultures,
  • Value the contributions of world cultures and religions,
  • Have an awareness of, an appreciation for, and sensitivity to diverse cultures, and
  • Recognize the impact of social diversity in a complex world.
    • Indicator: Indicator 2: Teachers understand the social science disciplines. Teachers:
  • Understand the interdisciplinary nature of social studies,
  • Know spatial and temporal concepts and their relationships,
  • Are aware of the rights and responsibilities of democratic citizenship, and
  • Acquire new knowledge in the social sciences.
    • Indicator: Indicator 3: Teachers know and understand the developmental progression from the individual to the nation: Self and family, home and school, neighborhoods, communities, state, nation
    Indicator: Indicator 5: Teachers have a basic knowledge of local and national traditions.
    Indicator: Indicator 6: Teachers understand basic geographic concepts and how they can be integrated including:
  • Map, globe and chart skills
  • Five Themes of Geography
  • Six Essential Elements of Geography
  • Environmental issues and concerns
    • Indicator: Indicator 9: Teachers have a knowledge of political science, including:
  • Comparative governments (Government in a democratic society)
  • Local, state, and national governments
  • International relations
    • Indicator: Indicator 10: Teachers demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of physical, regional, and cultural geography and their effects on the relationship between people and their environments.
    (Core) Standard: Standard 14: Elementary teachers develop strategies to address topics that are controversial to diverse groups.
    Indicator: Indicator 1: Teachers understand and respect that families and communities may have diverse attitudes about the educational process.
    Indicator: Indicator 2: Teachers promote the open-minded discussion of controversial issues by developing and using various strategies such as debates, use of data gathering and analysis for informed decision making, and recognition of bias and propaganda.
    Indicator: Indicator 3: Teachers guide students in developing rational solutions to controversial problems.
    Indicator: Indicator 4: Teachers explore multiple viewpoints and respect values consistent with a democratic community by recognizing and valuing the family roles in educating children of diversity.
    Indicator: Indicator 5: Teachers discourage prejudice, derogatory comments and stereotypical perspectives by modeling and selecting bias free instructional materials.
    Indicator: Indicator 6: Teachers search for more effective means of educating all students in creating effective instructional goals, methods, materials, and skills that match the diversity of students.
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    Author: richard lynch
    Last modified: 11/7/2008 3:49 AM (EST)