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The Academic Language of History and Social Studies
For the past decade, Social Studies , History , government, geography, and civics have beenrelatively neglected subjects in our school systems. Because they are not required to betested through the No Child Left Behind legislation, these subjects have appeared less important than reading and math. Even science is tested now and thus has a more elevatedstatus than in the past. Time for Social Studies instruction has been cut in elementaryschools to make way for more time for reading and Language arts and/or mathematics. Social Studies has also been considered a less rigorous subject: the telling of stories, therevisiting of familiar things like your neighborhood and community workers, the sharingof information of cultures and traditions around the world. History has been the story ofwar and victors, geography, map reading. And we know how successful that has been withthe ever-increasing sales of global positioning devices for vehicles!chapter 1 The Academic Language of History and Social Studies2nd proofYet, take a good look around us.
For the past decade, social studies, history, government, geography, and civics have been relatively neglected subjects in our school systems. Because they are not required to be tested through the No Child Left Behind legislation, these subjects have appeared less
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