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This document outlines a 4 C's Thinking Routine to analyze a text about incorporating artifacts into social studies lessons. It challenges the idea that students are not using textbooks for social studies. Key concepts are that trade books can convey social studies topics for targeted audiences and grades. The text suggests that technology now plays a larger role in gaining information and shaping history, and that writing has evolved as a learning tool over time.

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VT 4cs

This document outlines a 4 C's Thinking Routine to analyze a text about incorporating artifacts into social studies lessons. It challenges the idea that students are not using textbooks for social studies. Key concepts are that trade books can convey social studies topics for targeted audiences and grades. The text suggests that technology now plays a larger role in gaining information and shaping history, and that writing has evolved as a learning tool over time.

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4 C’s Thinking Routine

Connections Challenge
What connections do you draw between the text and your What ideas, positions, or assumptions do you want to
own life or your other learning? challenge or argue with in the text?

It talked about artifacts and how it is important to Students are not using textbooks for social studies.
incorporate these into the students learning. When I was Social studies have not been taught at any of my
in middle school, we had a lesson where we create placements.
artifacts for a make-believe group of people that had their
own language and culture. We had to hide the artifacts for
another group to dig up and discover.

Writing process is something used in social studies and


outside subjects. It is used to help students understand
different material. Often times we used the writing
process to gain information on certain things like the
declaration of independence, etc.

Concepts Changes
What key concepts or ideas do you think are important What changes in attitudes, thinking, or action are
and worth holding on to from the text? suggested by the text, either for you or others?

Trade books are for targeted audiences to convey a Technology plays a more important role in gaining new
message on different social studies topics. This becomes information along with making history itself.
useful for teachers since it can be for specific age groups Writing for learning is new idea that has changed
or grade levels. throughout time to make you write aloud, write it out,
etc.

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