I would love input from elementary and secondary on this topic!
Lucy and I are trying to find the readibility level for the new South Carolina Encyclopedia (Walter Edgar - published last summer). All of Edgar's resources I've used have been hard for 8th graders to understand, but this may be geared towards a younger or more general audience.
Question 1: Does anyone know if this is appropriate for 3rd grade SC History?
Question 2: What other resources have you found that might help 3rd, 8th and high school teachers with South Carolina History?
3 comments:
You may wish to view the ITV series, Detective Bonz and the SC History Mystery. It's available in StreamlineSC or your DELC may have it. You could also contact ITV if you need a re-feed. The teacher's guide is here:
http://www.itv.scetv.org/guides/DetectiveBonz.pdf
Detective Bonz and the SC History Mystery
Grade 3, 16-27 Minutes/6 Lessons
Highlighting SC history to support the third-grade social studies curriculum, this series uses animation, historical footage and dramatizations as Detective Bonz tries to solve the mystery of the missing history books. His student assistants go back in time using his "paw" pilot to explore our state's history.
There are also numerous resources available on www.knowitall.org. In particular, you may wish to take a look at Scoot, the online game that teaches SC history. You may also wish to visit Let's Go! (for virtual tours) and the History of SC Slide Collection.. In addition, you may wish to visit the Social Studies area of Knowitall at
http://www.knowitall.org/subject/index.cfm#Social for a complete list of social studies resources that are available on www.knowitall.org.
I just conducted a Fry readability on Edgar's new SC Encyclopedia. It's upper high school/college level reading.
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