Topical Issues in the Classroom

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This paper examines two topics that have been of topical political and socio-cultural importance within the United States during the past year. Through identifying the core issues found within the War in Iraq and the Terry Schiavo case, this paper attempts to prove that studying current events in the social studies classroom is a fundamental process of helping engage the student in social studies education.

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"Curricular Issues in Secondary Social Studies Education Introduction Teaching students in current events is a remarkably difficult task for the social studies teacher at the secondary level. Typically, the curriculum has leeway constructed into its schedule that enables the educator to focus on topics of current events; many school curricula enable the social studies teacher to spend one to two days per week focusing on recent political and socio-cultural topics instead of historical content. This creates opportunities for the educator to engage students in a broad and meaningful discussion regarding current events and the purpose of social studies teaching in general. While there has been a longstanding debate regarding curriculum issues within the planning phase of the social studies curriculum, the result of this debate is a general acceptance of core content that can be taught to students without fear of alienating or offending community members."

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