Deck 10: How Can I Involve All Students in Meaningful Social Studies

Question 1

All of the following are structural characteristics unique to social studies textbooks except:

A) information is placed randomly using colorful descriptive words.
B) information is usually provided in a chronological sequence using clue words like next and later.
C) events or actions are related as causes that have consequences using clue words like because and resulted in.
D) similarities or differences are highlighted among concept using clue words like in contrast and similar

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Students with low reading abilities benefit from multisensory approaches to lessons.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Various cultural groups respond differently to teacher behaviors and the classroom environment.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Students with which disability are most likely to have a short attention span?

A) Visual impairment
B) Hearing impairment
C) Mental retardation
D) Physical disability

Question 5

Social studies for students with disabilities who are in the regular classroom include all the following EXCEPT:

A) instruction related to students' everyday experiences.
B) appropriate linguistic and conceptual social studies content.
C) minimal use of group activities.
D) pre-examination of texts for the impact it may have on students.

Question 6

Examples of an inclusive approach to history include all EXCEPT:

A) introducing students to Freidrich Froebel, the German developer of the kindergarten.
B) describing the work of Wilma Mankiller, who recently was chief of the Cherokee nation.
C) describing the role of Rosa Parks in the civil rights movement.
D) explaining the heroism of Hernando de Soto in his travels with his army through the southeastern United States in the 1500s.

Question 7

Teacher lectures/explanations are useful for students with a variety of learning needs when they are used to:

A) teach important concepts.
B) teach important vocabulary.
C) describe procedures for an activity.
D) give examples of a concept.

Question 8

Which of the following general steps for adapting social studies curriculum materials for learners with special needs is NOT recommended?

A) Identify the learning needs and characteristics of all of the students.
B) Use objectives that focus on listening.
C) Match and modify learning needs and characteristics to the materials used.
D) Conduct ongoing evaluation of student learning as the materials are used.

Question 9

Current social issues can have an effect on students' lives. Students can investigate such effects. Issues that would be workable (K-8) for such a goal include all EXCEPT:

A) universal health care.
B) water quality.
C) adequate housing for all.
D) threats of bioterrorism.

Question 10

Native American educators urge teachers to teach about Native Americans and indigenous peoples as if they are regular people and not as objects.

Question 11

Special needs learners benefit from guided or selected activities that are based on reality and have predictable outcomes.

Question 12

An examination of the values, attitudes, and behaviors that support pluralism is a part of multicultural education.

Question 13

Media presentations using various types of technology are too distracting for students with emotional problems or limited abilities.

Question 14

Since the meaningful teaching of social studies uses a range of instructional activities, it is possible for all students to meaningfully learn important social studies ideas.

Question 15

Students with "special" needs require social studies instruction for many of the same reasons that other citizens need social studies.

Question 16

Multicultural education is viewed as both an educational reform movement and a process.

Question 17

Modification of which variable is most likely to be of help to students with disabilities?

A) Eye contact with the teacher
B) More time to complete tasks
C) Parental involvement with homework
D) Frequent testing for mastery

Question 18

Supplements that educators have successfully used in inclusion classrooms include:

A) assistance of teachers with special education training.
B) provision of note takers.
C) use of computer-assisted technology.
D) all of the above.

Question 19

Which of the following is most likely to be of the least benefit to teachers who use the computer to communicate with busy parents in ways that potentially foster their children's learning.

A) Inform parents of assignments and class activities.
B) Gather information about content to be taught in classroom.
C) Share individual class work and progress reports with parents.
D) Provide ideas, questions, and home project ideas for parents to reinforce and supplement class instruction.

Question 20

Using multisensory activities throughout a lesson provides positive experiences for all students since motivation is enhanced through working with materials.

Question 21

Students with special needs frequently encounter stereotypes in their daily lives.

Question 22

Teachers in the United States should expect that all students will respond in a similar manner when he/she speaks in a loud voice.

Question 23

Using a smartboard and other twenty-first century technology are tools that can help teachers to provide for the individual needs of students.

Question 24

Including students with special needs in a regular classroom is a practice that provides learning experiences that support democratic civic ideals.

Question 25

Writing key words on the chalkboard or an overhead projector can be especially helpful to students with a hearing impairment.

Question 26

An underlying assumption of constructivist learning is that when all students are engaged in a social studies lesson students will help each other to learn.