ORGANIZING IDEAS

MODULE 25

GENERALIZATIONS

• STATEMENTS FOR WHICH WE CAN PROVIDE EXAMPLES BECAUSE THEY APPLY TO MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

FOR EXAMPLE IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES:

FREEDOM OF SPEECH MEANS YOU CAN SPEAK FREELY WITHOUT CENSORSHIP OR LIMITATION

PRINCIPLES

• -SPECIFIC TYPES OF GENERALIZATIONS THAT ARTICULATE RULES OR RELATIONSHIPS THAT APPLY TO A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC SITUATIONS

FOR EXAMPLE IN SOCIAL STUDIES:GENERALIZATION:FREEDOM OF SPEECH MEANS YOU CAN SPEAK FREELY WITHOUT CENSORSHIP OR LIMITATIONPRINCIPLE:THERE ARE SOCIETAL LIMITATIONS TO THE APPLICATION OF FREE SPEECH

CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATION• CONTINUING WITH THE CONCEPT OF

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

STUDENTS WILL BE ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING GROUP WORK :

1. Please define free speech

2. Please provide an example of what free speech looks like in contemporary American

3. Are the following examples depicting free speech or illegal activities.

Schenck vs. U.S. “clear and present danger”

Texas vs. Johnson “flag burning”

Tinker vs. DeMoines, Iowa “black arm band protest”

• The following class there will be a teacher led discussion on free speech and its applications

• Then students will be assigned a research paper on current supreme court cases that deal with issues of free speech and present that information to the small groups with powerpoint presentations and then engage in a debate style discussion.

Research and Uses for Generalizations in the Classroom

• www.ritter.tea.state.tx.us ~ social studies

• www.ldx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/24/7/427 ~ promoting generalization

strategy

• www.paec.org

~teaching specific types of knowledge