Addressing Current Events in Age-Appropriate Ways: Learning about the Confederate Flag Controversy

Autor/inn/en	Alarcón, Jeannette D.; Marhatt, Pratigya; Price, Emily
Titel	Addressing Current Events in Age-Appropriate Ways: Learning about the Confederate Flag Controversy
Quelle	In: Social Studies and the Young Learner, 29 (2017) 3, S.21-26 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1056-0300
Schlagwörter	Current Events; Teaching Methods; History Instruction; Decision Making; State Legislation; Democracy; Slavery; Social Values; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Citizenship; Transformative Learning; Elementary School Students; Conflict Resolution; Grade 1; Student Centered Learning; Group Discussion; South Carolina; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktualität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Landesrecht; Demokratie; Sklaverei; Sozialer Wert; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Staatsbürgerschaft; Pädagogische Transformation; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Gruppendiskussion
Abstract	The purpose of this lesson is to engage young students in thinking about the complexity of socio-historical symbols in the present day. After careful preparation, the authors decided to teach about the decision by the state legislature in July 2015 to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds. Presenting the Confederate flag as a persistently controversial symbol helps young students understand that, in a democracy, it is important to pay attention to how citizens reconcile differing ideals and values. The outcome of such a lesson should not be simply asking students to name whether the flag represents something "good" or "bad." Rather, the emphasis should be on helping students to see that symbols carry complicated meanings that could spur civic disagreement. Further, in a democratic society, engaged and informed citizens can discuss a controversial issue and then use the democratic process to reach a resolution. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01