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NCSS Conference Insights. Social Studies Literacy.

Kristin Rimal

I recently attended the National Conference for Social Studies in Boston. During one of the breakout sessions we learned about what the Tribute System was and what it was not during trade along the Silk Road. At one point, the presenter stopped and as an aside said, "Can we all agree to start using the word POLITY  during instruction when talking about any kind of government? 

 Do you know any new specific words in Social Studies that we should be using throughout the year? 

I know that using B.C.E and C.E. Is preferable to B.C and A.D.  

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  • Going from BCE/CE from BC/AD has been an ongoing process for me, but I'm in.  It just took a while, I still catch some of the old labels in some of my materials. I'll be honest, polity is new to me.  Am I the only one? Worth a Google search for me and certainly a conversation with colleagues. 

    I know it's not a new term, but one term I have found myself using a lot more in my classes over the past few years has been: zeitgeist.  I've found that it really shows me that students understand a topic, unit, time period, etc. if they can describe the zeitgeist for a time, place or group of people.  

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  • Going from BCE/CE from BC/AD has been an ongoing process for me, but I'm in.  It just took a while, I still catch some of the old labels in some of my materials. I'll be honest, polity is new to me.  Am I the only one? Worth a Google search for me and certainly a conversation with colleagues. 

    I know it's not a new term, but one term I have found myself using a lot more in my classes over the past few years has been: zeitgeist.  I've found that it really shows me that students understand a topic, unit, time period, etc. if they can describe the zeitgeist for a time, place or group of people.  

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