Processes
In addition to teaching children concepts, generalizations, and facts, social studies programs also should improve students’ ability in several processes. A process involves doing—it usually can be stated in a single word ending with -ing. Sets of social studies standards, whether produced at the national, state, or local level, will have a list of the processes students should master as they learn the content of the curriculum.
The processes related to social studies can be categorized as follows:
• Inquiry processes, in which children formulate questions, gather data, analyze what they have found, and share what they learned
• Thinking processes, in which children develop the ability to apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information
• Language arts processes, especially as they relate to the social science disciplines, as students read, write, speak, and listen
• Visual and performing arts processes, which are of two kinds, as students learn to appreciate the arts and learn to use the arts for expression
• Technology processes, in which children manipulate computer-based resources
• Participation processes, as children express personal views, work cooperatively with others toward common goals, and become active.
Description
Provide an example of processes related to social studies. Explain a lesson idea in which you would use this process with elementary learners.
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