My Neighborhood Schools on the Upper West Side: Everyone Can

Make a Difference!

My Neighborhood Schools on the Upper West Side: Everyone Can

Make a Difference!

Lisa BerenholzKK Zutter

EDUC 513 OnlineSummer 1, 2009

Lisa BerenholzKK Zutter

EDUC 513 OnlineSummer 1, 2009

USNCSS Standard: People, Places, & Environments

Concept: Modification• I want my students to understand that:

• Content Specific: Individual interactions, both positive and negative, with the environment can change the way a person feels about him/herself and the people they encounter.

• Global Statement: “As man interacts with his physical and social environment, both her and he environment are changed” (Taba, 1971).

USNCSS Standard: CultureConcept: Values• I want my students to understand that:

• Content Specific: Every cultural group holds certain values, many of which may differ than those of our own. We have the ability to educate ourselves about those different value systems and understand their similarities and differences and how it may affect us as individuals and members of society.

• Global Statement: “Societies and individuals often differ significantly in the values they hold” (Taba, 1971).

Emerging Questions

• How will my actions regarding the environment influence the people around me?

• What steps can I take to change the physical and social environment that I live in?

• What steps do I take to better understand the value systems of the different cultures in my neighborhood?

• Is it OK to disagree with peoples’ different value systems? How can I disagree appropriately?

References

• Taba, H. (1971). A Teacher’s handbook to elementary social studies: An inductive approach. Philippines: Addison-Wesley.