Blog Post #4

 In my newsletter, I posed myself as a fourth grade social studies teacher, and I will continue with that line of reasoning here. One of the most interesting standards that I noticed surrounded identification of simulation ideas, such as imaginary and / or computer generated environments. As a social studies teacher, this is incredibly important: if not for simulated ideas, teaching history would be an impossible feat. As such, I believe these benchmarks absolutely would and should be implemented. 

The resources provided on CPALMs for a social studies teacher primarily focus around lesson plans, and any one of these relating to the topic in class would absolutely help. It could serve as a guideline for me (the teacher) and help to centralize the subjects of the class for the students. As a resource, it could prove invaluable in saving time. Resultantly, I cannot now imagine a lesson plan in which I would not use it. 

Being able to search the web efficiently allows you to discover the tools vital to your teaching ability. Just the same as research / archiving in the library, effectively searching the internet provides access to a vast array of opportunity a teacher would not normally have. However, there are plenty of internet searching tools that were not listed here that I find to be much more effective. The state archives specifically would give much needed credence to a social studies teacher of any grade, allowing them to teach with resources that have historical context.