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Drew Garrett discusses his personal teaching philosophy on social studies. He believes history is best taught by focusing on how historical events impacted everyday people and society, rather than just facts and dates. A key part of this approach is teaching students the "bigger picture" of why events were significant and how they shaped the modern world. As a teacher, Garrett plans to teach in this manner to help students better understand how the past influences the present.
Drew Garrett discusses his personal teaching philosophy on social studies. He believes history is best taught by focusing on how historical events impacted everyday people and society, rather than just facts and dates. A key part of this approach is teaching students the "bigger picture" of why events were significant and how they shaped the modern world. As a teacher, Garrett plans to teach in this manner to help students better understand how the past influences the present.
Drew Garrett discusses his personal teaching philosophy on social studies. He believes history is best taught by focusing on how historical events impacted everyday people and society, rather than just facts and dates. A key part of this approach is teaching students the "bigger picture" of why events were significant and how they shaped the modern world. As a teacher, Garrett plans to teach in this manner to help students better understand how the past influences the present.
When thinking about social studies, I envision the teachers displaying the content to me as a student. I think of the enthusiasm each showed while teaching about the American Revolution, Civil War, Civil Rights, and World Wars. The best teachers seemed to always cherish the moments in which they stood in front of their classroom teaching. It was easy to see they felt that the subject of history deserved the same recognition as those of Math, Science, and English. In my opinion, great teachers teach more than just their content area because they seek to show the students the "big picture" of what each key event in history meant to the United States as well as the rest of the world. I feel that teaching history should revolve more around how it affects everyday people instead of just memorizing facts and dates. When one understands the effects each event had on the world, it becomes easier to learn the material and results in a higher level of thinking for the students as they see how society progressed to where it is today. Furthermore, students are more prone to listen if they understand how a particular event impacted their own way of life. As a future teacher, I plan to teach similar to the way my favorite teachers taught. I'm a firm believer in teaching "bigger picture" themes to the children because it helps them understand the deeper meanings behind why our country, and our world, function the way they do. For instance, had it not been for World War II, the world would not have known the magnitude
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of destruction a nuclear weapon can cause or the lasting effects it has on a
nation and its population. From this one event in history, researchers have gathered and compiled large quantities of data that show why launching a nuclear bomb should be the last option used in warfare. Most importantly, history should be taught as completely relevant to today's modern society. We as a nation have learned from past events, whether they were big or small. Without these past experiences, arguments could be made that we would not be sitting atop the metaphorical "food chain," which every country seeks to unseat the United States from. Furthermore, the world as a whole has benefited from one another's successes and failures, which allows societies to continue trending in the right direction in terms of technology and improvements. However, the world does not always remember what has happened in the past, which can lead to future problems. In closing, Winston Churchill, Great Britain's leader during World War II, once said, "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it" (www.age-of-the-sage.org). This statement alone embodies my entire social studies philosophy and feelings towards the importance of history.