*****Aspirations

Aspirations can be found here

And below:


 * to our work today, I //aspire// to integrate . . .**
 * Integrate more contemporary history – from the last fifty years
 * Looking at our small of where we are to big and bigger, students from where they are here and keep the global perspective of how they are connected to where they come from.
 * Helping students to internalize that a firm grounding in the social sciences is as powerful a tool as any in learning to problem solve
 * To find more time within the departments defining what we think is essential for the learners to know**. What is it really that we want our kids to know????** This takes a lot of work and time.
 * I don’t have a clear picture of where we begin from elementary to high school. So much is similar in terms of history studied 10, 15 years ago. Can we create a different framework around interconnections so students see the building process from elementary right through high school.
 * About connections and relevance. Aspire to make the subjects we teach relevant to their current experiences
 * Keeping an openness of mind as an instructor and [knowing] we have the permission of administration.
 * Remove the compartmentalization of the topic
 * To help students become functioning, literate member of a global world community (where have I heard this exact phrase before???)
 * //To get down to the essential things – make it better. Connecting the what with the “so what” and the why.//
 * Still go through the process integrating National Standards to make this a viable project to address all above aspirations.
 * The idea that we don’t lose sight of how important Social Studies is in the academic process – as the only one that addresses identity. Not what we want them to know, but who we want them to be.
 * More social studies into other curricular areas (e.g., Google Maps) and to serve as a conduit