{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"11286781","dateCreated":"1240263148","smartDate":"Apr 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"ATulppo","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ATulppo","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/wisconsinsocialstudies.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/11286781"},"dateDigested":1531982614,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Content vs. Coverage","description":"We've been having a debate within our 6-12 social studies department regarding content vs. coverage in some of our social studies courses. The middle school social studies teachers seem to want to cover their textbooks during the course of the year so their students have background knowledge for high school. However, the students are not matriculating to the high school with a good grasp of the material that was covered in their middle school courses.
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\nThere has been a movement within our high school department to spend more time exploring specific topics or content with our students. As a district, we've begun focusing more on 21st Century Skills and it seems that in the debate over coverage vs. content, focusing on content is the best practice. I'd be curious to know what other districts are doing with regards to this topic.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"10532356","dateCreated":"1238014143","smartDate":"Mar 25, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"WSSBob","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/WSSBob","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/wisconsinsocialstudies.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/10532356"},"dateDigested":1531982614,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"WSS 09 Conference","description":"I found the entire conference edifying and energizing. I'd like to comment on Sunday evening's screening of "The Devil Came on Horseback." For one who has heard snippets about Darfur, this was a great immersion. A gripping and powerful overview of the tragedy, "Devil" artfully and poingantly told the story of the people who have and continue to suffer so needlessly. To follow the drama of Brian Steidle's quest to understand, document and respond to the horrid reality made for a moving evening. What a plus to have his sister and co-author present afterwards to share the audience's response and share her own background and convictions! As an introduction to a conference on "Global Challenges and Changes," this was an ideal beginning.
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\nThe most powerful moment of the film captured Brian's deep struggle with his own response. After plunging into his assignment and finding more than he ever could have imagined, he takes an emotional and ethical journey to responding. From his decision to inform the New York Times to his heightened status which included interactions with top United States' officials including the Secretary of State, Brian was torn apart by reflecting on all that he had experienced. The roller coaster of deciding to tell the world, then getting its attention and then realizing the world was not going to respond sent him to a grave intersection of conscience, duty, humanity and helplessness.
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\nHis example must inspire us all to be globally aware, globally responsive and globally compassionate. How do we activate our inspiration, we who work to open our students' and our colleagues minds and hearts to the global community? It will take time, patience and hope to realize we are the ones who must change the world, one event and one person at a time. We must begin with ourselves, and make small commitments every day to look out beyond our daily patterns and contacts, and connect to our global community.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"11286407","body":"I found Gretchen's luncheon presentation informative and meaningful. We offer a coures in Peace Studies at our high school, and the teacher for the course has done much to raise the awareness of her students to the plight of victims of the genocide in Darfur. Many of her students have taken it upon themselves to host events to raise funds to help those who are caught in such horrible circumstances.
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\nYou mentioned that you had heard snippets of what was happening in Darfur. I think that is the case for many people. I am dissappointed that more attention has not been paid to this great humanitarian crisis by the international community. It really makes you wonder whether or not we as a global community really remember what has happened in the past when there was a somewhat muted response to the persecution of different groups of people.","dateCreated":"1240262456","smartDate":"Apr 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"ATulppo","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ATulppo","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"11312625","body":"Thanks for your thoughts. A Peace Studies course is an excellent way to raise consciousness and plant the seeds of solutions. We, (at least I) and our culture continue to miss too much of what is happening in our world. In that regard, the Conference theme this year was an outstanding reminder that social studies must focus on the global community.","dateCreated":"1240332722","smartDate":"Apr 21, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"WSSBob","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/WSSBob","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}