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Each year, Happy Valley Elementary School holds a student exhibition night where students highlight their academic work. Ms. Miller is working on deciding which student work to have her students display. Which of the following would most likely convey to parents and other stakeholders the value of social sciences education? Select all that apply. -a video of students reciting patriotic poems and songs -a display showing how students participated in a mock election - portfolio of letters that students have written to elected officials about preserving a historical monument Which of the following would be most useful for comparing and contrasting the natural resources of the United States and Mexico? venn diagram The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) reflect recent social science education research that focuses on developing students' historical thinking. Students are expected to analyze historical documents to determine its reliability, bias, and perspective. Why are these skills vital to a students' overall academic and citizenship development? As students develop historical thinking skills they can use the same analysis skills as adults to evaluate political, economic, and social arguments and perspectives and be well-informed citizens. Mr. Sutton teaches a sheltered (English Language Learners) Grade 6 social studies class. Mr. Sutton uses a variety of assessment methods in the course including project-based learning and a portfolio assessment. Why is Mr. Sutton's approach to assessment especially appropriate in his sheltered class? These types of assessments allow students to demonstrate their learning in multiple ways that are not limited by student's English language skills and allows for the teachers to note progress during the course. Mrs. Garcia is planning an interdisciplinary reading and social science lesson for her 3rd graders. In reading, the students will read a story about an Indian family who grows rice. Which of the following would be an appropriate student learning activity that would integrate this story with the social sciences? Students could work with maps and globes to find India on a map and then use latitude and longitude skills to property identify the location of India. A fifth-grade teacher is creating a learning activity where students will work in groups to analyze the following documents: The Magna Carta, Common Sense, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. Students will put the documents in chronological order, read the historical context of the documents, and conduct a close reading of the documents. This activity best supports which of the following TWO social science disciplines? government and history A fourth-grade class is about to begin researching heroes of the Texas Revolution. Their teacher creates a list of criteria that students must use to determine if they can use a resource. In order to ensure the reliability of resources, which THREE of the following criteria should the teacher include on the list? -the resource must have the name of the author or organization that created the resource -the resource must include a bibliography or list of resources -any online resource must be free of popup advertisements In Louisiana, the second most commonly spoken language is French. Which of the following best explains this fact? After the Louisiana Purchase, many people of French descent kept their historical culture and traditions, including the French language. Booker T. Washington -Focused on education for a trade that would lead to economic advancement. -Believed that full political and social rights for the African American masses should be gradual. WEB Du Bois -First African American to graduate from Harvard. -Wanted to focus academic education on the "talented tenth." -Demanded immediate political and social rights for all African Americans. Directions: Click the sentence in the passage that relates to the 13th Amendment. Read the excerpt below and click on the sentence that refers to the 13th Amendment In 1865, slaves finally and were forever set free. Reconstruction Era Presidential Plan = Included ways for states that seceded to gain admission back to the country; Congressional Plan = Supported the Civil Rights Act of 1866 that outlawed Black Codes; and Shared by Both Plans = Was going to leave up to the states whether African Americans could vote. Civil War Describes Pre-Civil War North -Had more manufacturing -Had more people -Had more railroad lines -Had more immigrant workers Describes Pre-Civil War South -Had large plantations In the early 19th century, the United States expanded westward. Which of the following was the major political concern of this expansion? the expansion of slavery into new territories In the 1950s, which of the following TWO most led to the development of suburbs? automobiles and VA loans Which of the following is the most likely cause of the trend in the graph above? The majority of recent immigrants to Texas have been from Latin America. Keywords: folkways, ethnocentrism, assimilation The correct answers are folkways, ethnocentrism , and assimilation. When people move to a new place they often find the local customs odd. The norms that are peculiar to a specific culture are known as folkways. Traditional American folkways include holding the doors open for others, shaking hands, table manners, and not interrupting others when they are speaking are all examples of folkways. Folkways are different based upon one's background and customs. When someone believes that their folkways and customs are superior to that of others they are exhibiting ethnocentrism. As people assimilate they begin to adopt the folkways of their new surroundings and often embrace folkways quickly. New immigrant groups are more likely to create more diverse cultures when - Immigrants and native local populations interact regularly. CONTINUED..