Social Studies
CASE STUDIES, ORAL HISTORIES and TECHNOLOGY
Assignment Simulations Case Studies Art & Music Cultural Artifacts & Primary Sources Field Trips Student Research Syllabus	"Case studies" is being used in a a relatively new way with social studies education (in the CTC standards for social studies). There are not a large number of examples of activities labeled "case studies". You will need to look at some case studies in other areas to determine what are the components of case studies and then compare those to topics and activities in social studies to determine if case studies have been completed in social studies in the past, but have not been labeled as such. Questions: What exactly is a case study? What are some important criteria for creating and/or implementing case studies? Oral histories may be an important part of a case study. What are oral histories? How can teachers/students located oral histories? How can students conduct oral histories? What are some specific case studies and/or oral histories for which grade levels? Are case studies and oral histories used differently at primary grades compared to upper grades? Law related education uses mock trials and case studies. What is available and how might these be used at different grade levels. How can technology support social studies curriculum? What are strengths and limitations, advantages and disadvantages of this topic? Resources: Be sure to check out the book resources. Look at the computer software by Tom Snyder: Decisions, Decsions, Decisions. Web pages: Case studies http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/airbags/buckleplan/Cases/Texas.html http://www.aiias.edu/academics/sgs/info/v3n2/taylor_ending_up_ahead.html http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/teaching/good-case.html http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/teaching/flesch.html http://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/ted/tuna3.htm http://www.californiaprehistory.com/reports02/rep0027.html http://www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies civic education http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/civwbdig.htm Computer use in social studies (general) http://www.mdk12.org/practices/good_instruction/projectbetter/social/ss-9-11.html http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/guide/int7.htm http://teachersplanet.com/subjects/history.shtml http://www.thinkquest.org/ http://www.webcom.com/journal/rice.html If you have time, do a search for case studies, oral history, law related education. (Try http://www.google.com). What other questions or topics should the next group studying this topic focus upon?   POWERPOINT
EdTe 305	California State University, Sacramento February, 2003