DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION FOR SOCIAL STUDIES

Twenty lessons provide models of differentiated instruction. Attentive to visual/spatial, verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, musical/rhythmic, bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist learning styles and flexible in terms of grouping options, time needed, allowing multiple approaches, encouraging multiple perspectives, and promoting interest-based learning choices, the often-cross-curricular lessons address American and world history, geography, and civics. Among the lessons: "A Medieval Fair," "What Happened Here?—A Study of Genocide," "Where Would You Place a Settlement?", "The Ellis Island Experience: A Simulation," "History Hall of Fame," "Demographic Statistics on African Nations," and "The Powers of Congress."