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LanguageOne of my favorite things to teach in social studies is about human culture. I shared that passion last week with students as we covered languages, religion and standard of living in Europe. Students learned about English, German, French, Italian and French and their linguistic roots. We even learned a little German, Russian and French (thanks to YouTube) and watched a music video in French! English and Germanic are categorized as Germanic languages. Italian and French are Romance languages. Russian is a Slavic language. Students should be able to categorize each language as Germanic, Romance or Slavic. ReligionReligion is the next cultural characteristic we learned about. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are in the Georgia Performance Standards so like a tell my students "I am teaching NOT preaching." Students should be able to differentiate between the religions by factors such as founder, holy book and basic beliefs and practices. The majority religion in Europe is Christianity, mainly Roman Catholicism and Protestant as seen in the map below: Standard of LivingStandard of living is the last cultural characteristic we discussed .The Georgia Performance Standards focuses on literacy rate (the ability to read and write over the age of 15) as a major factor that affects standard of living. The correlation generally goes like this: If a country has a high literacy rate then it will most likely have a high standard of living. If a country has a low literacy rate then it will most likely have a low standard of living. Discuss with your child how the ability to read and write affects people, a community and a nation. Check out the literacy rates below. How does Europe compare to North America? How does Europe compare to Africa and parts of Asia?
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AuthorVanessa Ellis has been teaching middle grade social studies for 7 years. She is the 2017 Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year and a teacher leader in Muscogee County. She loves to teach and have FUN while doing it! Who says social studies has to be boring? Archives
March 2017
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