Social Studies Higher-Level Thinking Questions Years 3-12 Australian Edition
Use the hundreds of open-ended higher-level thinking questions in this book to venture beyond the basic facts of social studies. Watch as your students voyage into a whole new realm of thinking and learning. Includes intriguing questions for sixteen of the most popular social studies topics and themes including: Culture, Current Events, Explorers, Government, Historical Characters, Historical Events, Aboriginals and more! Stretch the many facets of your students’ minds with these thought-provoking questions: “What do you think would happen if parliament tried to establish an official religion? What does your culture have in common with this culture? Australia wasn’t discovered, it was stolen from the Aboriginals? Do you agree or disagree?” Questions are provided in convenient reproducible question card format, perfect for the engaging cooperative questioning activities provided. Also includes reproducible prompts for journal writing and activities for student-generated questions. Simultaneously explore social studies in depth and promote higher-level thinking! 169 pages
- Contains 16 social studies concepts including: Australian Constitution Cultural Geography, Current Events, Explores, Historical Characters, and more!
- Questions are provided in convenient reproducible question card format, perfect for engaging cooperative questioning and analytical thinking.
- Over 100 question starters to engage students’ thinking skills.
- Includes reproducible prompts for journal writing and activities for student-generated questions.
Robyn –
As a trainer of teachers, I am sometimes asked to visit classrooms and teach. I recently visited a high school and was asked to do a lesson on current events. I chose Higher Level Thinking Questions, Social Studies as a resource for my lesson the next day.
Current events in my classroom used to be ME leading them in a discussion. I seemed to be the only one reading the newspaper or following what was happening in the news and I found it depressing and sad that I couldn’t motivate students to become interested in what would someday be in history books. Well, things have changed dramatically since I started using the questions from this book.
We recently used the current event questions in this book to discuss the recent happenings with suicide bombing events in Iraq. We then did some reading and sharing what we knew about the cultural, economic and physical geometry of Iraq with other questions from the book and finally did writing about the bombings and its implications for peace in the Middle East.
I am changed forever in the ways I will teach current events. You should have SEEN and HEARD them! I walked around and listened as they talked about current events and I was so proud, I couldn’t help but smile. These are MY students discussing current events with real interest! WOW! Social Studies Higher Level Thinking Questions is fantastic!!!