Presidents of the United States
(View Complete Item Description)This site offers a biography, portrait, and facts about each U.S. President.
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All resources in Oregon Social Science
Erasmus + E.V.E. "Evaluation Values Enhancement" - IIS M.K. Gandhi – Besana in Brianza, project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union
(View Complete Item Description)"EVALUATION, VALUES, ENHANCEMENT"The Project involved 2 general education high schools, the Italian coordinator, and a Finnish partner: both have improved the quality of their provisions for learners through on-site (six) and virtual mobilities (two) for pupils and staff, increasing their ability to work in the framework of international projects. It has directly involved 100 people.The Project offered the opportunity:to reinforce the relevance of cooperation in an international context;to raise awareness of European citizenship and values;to share good practices.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Data Set, Interactive, Lecture Notes, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Pricey Bargains- Explainer Video about Consumption and Sustainability
(View Complete Item Description)Explainer Video about Consumption and Sustainability
Material Type: Lecture
Advancing Change through Public Awareness
(View Complete Item Description)As diseases become stronger in nature, currently available antibiotics are no longer strong enough to suppress and cure said diseases. Therefore, what factors contribute to diseases becoming resistant to drugs and what public policies should be developed around them? In this problem-based learning module, students will work with partners or in groups to first assess the increasing problem of drug-resistant diseases and the toll they are taking on the American public. Additionally, students will work to investigate what hospitals and lawmakers are doing to address this problem. Once students understand and are familiar with the current state of affairs, they will then work to further understand and research exactly why this issue needs to be brought to the attention of the general public, in order to promote change to current hospital procedures and policies. Further, students will determine the current political climate and support (or lack thereof) for policy, and will analyze the interest in keeping, changing or removing said policies altogether. Once the group has a full understanding, students will then work to determine their position on the issues surrounding antibiotic resistant diseases and the policies associated with these diseases. As soon as the group reaches a consensus, students will work to research and determine a professional way in which to present their goals and objectives for curbing the issue of drug-resistant diseases.
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Test Your Digital Literacy
(View Complete Item Description)This digital literacy lesson plan was created by Stefanie Green as part of the 2020 NDE ELA OER Project. The attached Digital Literacy plan is designed for students in grades 9-12 and could be implemented in an English class or taught by a school librarian. The lesson will take approximately 45 minutes. View the interactive hyperdoc here: https://tinyurl.com/yxju58ku; © HyperDocs Remixed by @CrystalDawnEd; Remixed by Stefanie Green
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WSCSS K-8 Conference Recorded Sessions
(View Complete Item Description)The WSCSS K-8 Conference was about culturally responsive teaching in Social Studies classrooms. Listen to recorded sessions from Washington educators. These resources are available for free online viewing.
Material Type: Lecture, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Remote Learning Plan: Political Parties: 10th Grade
(View Complete Item Description)This Remote Learning Plan was created by (Aaron Leibel) in collaboration with (Lori Broady) as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for (10th Grade) (Social Studies) students. Students will (Contrast Political Parties). This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: Civics: HS 1.1.g Analyze the roles that political parties have played in the United StatesHS 1.2.d Investigate an issue and communicate which level of government is most appropriate to utilize in addressing the issue It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students (approximate number of minutes) to complete. Here is the direct link to the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KhRTwBFWS0ETUiFDssFFuIjY-gVc5s4pFuIlJH3nxz4/edit?usp=sharing
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Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Role-Play Exercise
(View Complete Item Description)In this role-play activity, students take the roles of various important players in the climate change policy negotiation including politicians, scientists, environmentalists, and industry representatives. Working in these roles, students must take a position, debate with others, and then vote on legislation designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Can be used in a variety of courses including writing and rhetoric, and social sciences.
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Japanese Americans and Aleuts Incarceration Constitutional Violations
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson covers personal narratives from victims and descendants and highlights how the American government forced Japanese Americans and the Aleuts of Alaska into incarceration camps under President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066. It additionally covers the forced removal process, conditions and lives in the camps, and the eventual release of prisoners. The lesson analyzes the incarceration of Japanese Americans and Aleuts as a violation of their constitutional rights. Students discuss examples of incarceration and connect instances of incarceration with current social and political events pertaining to the concept of “families belong together.” 2021 Social Science Standards Integrated with Ethnic Studies: Civics and Government: 8.2, 8.5, 8.8, HS.1, HS.9 Historical Knowledge: 6.20, 6.21, 8,22, HS.52, HS.64 Historical Thinking: 7.25, 8.31, HS.67 Social Science Analysis: 6.24, 6.28, 7.27, 7.30, 8.33, 8.36, HS.71, HS.72, HS.73, HS.74
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Asian American Veterans and the Anti-War Movement
(View Complete Item Description)With the United States and the Soviet Union in a Cold War, fears of Southeast Asia falling to communism led to America’s increasing involvement with political and military matters in Vietnam, which was split between the communist North and anti-communist South in 1954. This lesson will address the U.S. government’s economic and tactical support of the conflict in Vietnam, and atrocities committed by American troops against Vietnamese civilians, which later became public. Domestically, an anti-war movement in the U.S. began to grow, with people questioning America’s involvement overseas—the money spent and the lives lost—which later impacted the war itself, including the withdrawal of troops and policies passed to prevent future U.S. military action without congressional approval. 2021 Social Science Standards Integrated with Ethnic Studies: Civics and Government: 8.10, HS.10 Historical Thinking: 7.25 Social Science Analysis: 7.29, 8.33, 8.36, HS.72, HS.74, HS.77, HS.78
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Alexis de Tocqueville on the Tyranny of the Majority
(View Complete Item Description)"Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville is one of the most influential books ever written about America. While historians have viewed "Democracy" as a rich source about the age of Andrew Jackson, Tocqueville was more of a political thinker than a historian. His "new political science" offers insights into the problematic issues faced by democratic society.
Material Type: Lesson
Political Science: Introduction to International Relations Course Materials
(View Complete Item Description)Political Science: Introduction to International Relations Course Materials DESCRIPTION Introduces complex relations among the nations of a rapidly changing world. Focuses on the nature of the international system and factors affecting conflict and cooperation within the system. LEARNING OUTCOMES 1) Understand, analyze, and explain the relationships, interconnections, and divergences in the current international political system; 2) Understand, analyze, and explain the classic, contemporary, and alternative theories with which to analyze international relations; 3) Understand, analyze, and explain the ways in which international power, law, geography, culture, history, religion, and belief systems interact to shape world politics; 4) Understand, analyze, and explain the ideas that create controversies in international relations; 5) Understand, analyze, and explain the global interdependence that defines international relations; 6) Develop skills and appreciation of civic virtue as a well-educated, informed, and participating citizen in our national and international political system.
Material Type: Full Course
Unit 2: Community-Based Participatory Solutions
(View Complete Item Description)The introduction and examination of the food, energy, and water connection -- as a system in Unit 1 -- established the dictates of human dependency on and human modification of the environment. We continue a logical progression of what this means in Unit 2, with a focus on how people see, confront, and solve their resource challenges in the light of their need for affordable, accessible, healthy, sustainably-grown food. This unit introduces and explores the concepts, themes, and practices of: urban agriculture, urban farming, local food, food insecurity, food deserts, health & wellness education, community food gardens, community food dialogue, public policy, civic engagement, volunteerism, expert technical assistance, land reclamation, grants and incentives, entrepreneurship, and community economic development. (Note: this resource was added to OER Commons as part of a batch upload of over 2,200 records. If you notice an issue with the quality of the metadata, please let us know by using the 'report' button and we will flag it for consideration.)
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Module
Perpetual Foreigner: Systemic Racism Against Asian Americans
(View Complete Item Description)Perpetual foreigner stereotyping is a form of systemic racism used against Asian Americans. They have historically been stereotyped as foreigners in the United States no matter their duration of time living here or whether they were American-born. The perpetual foreigner stereotype is maintained by institutions such as Hollywood, private and public sectors, to elected public officials. Throughout U.S. history, Asian Americans have been scapegoated as the cause of the country’s various problems and catastrophes including economic despair, wars, terrorism, and coronavirus pandemic. 2021 Social Science Standards Integrated with Ethnic Studies: Civics and Government: 8.8, HS.2, HS.9 Geography: 5.13 Historical Knowledge: 5.22, 6.20, 6.21, 8.22, 8.25, HS.63, HS.64, HS.65, HS.66 Historical Thinking: 7.25, 8.31, 8.32 Social Science Analysis: 5.26, 5.27, 5.28, 6.24, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28, 7.27, 7.29, 7.30, 8.34, 8.36, HS.71, HS.72, HS.73, HS.74, HS.75
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Native Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson provides an overview of Hawaiʻi’s history as a kingdom, the development of the plantation economy in the 19th century, and the shift to statehood in the 20th century. Since the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, Native Hawaiians have been seeking sovereignty from the United States. And with the gradual influx of Asian immigrants to the island as laborers to work on sugar plantations, Native Hawaiians have seen their island’s population change, and with it, a shift in the economic and political dynamics between the indigenous people and Asian Americans. 2021 Social Science Standards Integrated with Ethnic Studies: Civics and Government: 6.4, 7.5, HS.7, HS.9, HS.10, HS.11 Economics: 7.8, 8.14, HS.17 Historical Knowledge: 6.20, 8,25, HS.53, HS.60, HS.61, HS.63, HS.64, HS.65 Historical Thinking: 6.23, 7.25, 8.31, 8.32 Social Science Analysis: 6.24, 6.27, 6.28, 7.27, 7.29, 7.30, 8.36, HS.71, HS.72, HS.74, HS.78
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Social Sciences: Oregon Tribal Government Structures
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson introduces students to the governance structures of the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon. Tribes have a unique relationship to the federal and state governments and to each other. Each tribe is a sovereign nation, with its own constitution and the power to make, carry out, and interpret its own laws, while also being subject to some laws established by the U.S. government. Treaties between the federal government and some individual tribes (or groups of tribes) also designate certain goods and services that must be provided.Students will work in groups to conduct research, discuss their findings, and prepare and deliver a presentation that demonstrates their knowledge. This lesson asks students to compare and contrast the governance structure of one assigned tribe (per group) to those of the U.S. government, the Oregon state government, and other tribal governments. Students are expected to have prior knowledge of the U.S. and Oregon Constitutions and the institutions, functions, and processes of those governments (see the “Civics and Government” section of the Oregon State Board of Education standards for high school social studies).
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan
The Citizenship Complex: Why the Vote Matters in the Race for Freedom and Equality for All
(View Complete Item Description)Not all people are born equal or free but there is an expectation of both when you are a citizen of the United States. Our struggles to earn the base level of representation are quickly forgotten as we look for another group to demonize. In my unit we will discover why George Washington was ahead of his time with his warning about "factions" and how their existence makes freedom and equality harder to bridge. As we trek through time highlighting issues such as the abolition of slavery, support for women's suffrage, and the challenges that face Asian and LGBTQIA communities my hope is that student understand the sacrifices made to be accepted and to earn the right to vote but more importantly the difficulty in being welcomed into American society. The “Citizenship Complex” is the process by which groups gain full inclusion. To understand it, one must look to the intersection of law, citizenship and the Constitution. The unit aims to provide a more complex history of our nation, to tell a more earnest story of how the American identity became a mosaic of human struggle, and to offer a more robust and enlightening study of these issues so that as students recognize the power of citizenship they will take a more hopeful view of what our nation will look like in the future. By engaging in the sophisticated discussions of the past, identifying why some groups supported each other and scapegoated others, and learning about the importance of supporting efforts at inclusion, our students should become more informed, open-minded, and ready for the globalized world of the 21 st Century. The unit will focus on four groups that have experienced the “Citizenship Complex”: African-American slaves, women, Asian immigrants, and the LGBTQIA community. By comparing these groups over time, we will really be able to unearth the cycles behind the Citizenship Complex and understand that American citizenship means at different times in our country’s history.
Material Type: Lesson Plan, Unit of Study
Asian Americans on the Big Screen: Responding to Stereotypes
(View Complete Item Description)Stereotyping is a form of systemic racism for Asian Americans, who have historically been stereotyped in the United States through “Yellow Peril” fearmongering—economic and societal threats. Viewed as perpetual foreigners, no matter their duration living here or whether they were American-born, Asian males are often characterized as scheming, weak, ignorant, and undesirable, while Asian females are exotic, cunning, and subservient. This perpetual foreigner stereotype is maintained by institutions from Hollywood, private and public sectors to elected public servants. Asian Americans have been fighting against stereotypes since the 1920s, and continue to do so, on- and off-screen. 2021 Social Science Standards Integrated with Ethnic Studies: Civics and Government: 6.4, 7.5 Historical Knowledge: 6.20, 6.21, 8.25, 8.27, HS.63, HS.64, HS.65 Historical Thinking: 7.25, 8.32 Social Science Analysis: 6.26, 6.27, 7.29, 8.34, HS.71, HS.73, HS.74
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Master Your Message through Media
(View Complete Item Description)In this problem-based learning module, students will examine various forms of media and the ways that it can influence personal and social behavior. They first will work in stations to examine different types of media and explore what that media is while also addressing how it makes them feel. Afterward, they will work in small groups to create their own influential piece of media which communicates a problem they feel is facing their school.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
LGBTQ Civil Rights: The Struggle for Marriage Equality
(View Complete Item Description)This unit will introduce middle and high school students to LGBTQ civil rights with an emphasis on the struggle for marriage equality. They will learn about ideas, events, and individuals that influenced George Takei and his decision to come out as an advocate for LGBTQ rights and contextualize the fight for LGBTQ rights as an extension of the Civil Rights Movement. The unit will culminate in an essay assignment in which students will analyze how the discussed events, people, and ideas influenced the struggle for marriage equality. 2021 Social Science Standards Integrated with Ethnic Studies: Civics and Government: 6.4, 7.5, 8.2, 8.5, 8.6, 8.8, 8.9, HS.1, HS.2, HS.7, HS.9 Historical Knowledge: 6.21, 8.22, 8.25, 8.27, HS.52, HS.58, HS.60, HS.63, HS.64, HS.66 Historical Thinking: 8.32 Social Science Analysis: 6.24, 6.28, 7.27, 7.30, 8.33, 8.34, 8.36, HS.71, HS.72, HS.73, HS.74, HS.77, HS.78
Material Type: Lesson Plan, Unit of Study