Social Studies Teacher Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative High School located in Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, Chicago IL school website: www.jefferson.cps.k12.il.us
Adjunct Professor Technology for Teachers (ED 110) Instructor Social Studies Methods for Middle and High School (ED 363/ED 6830) Instructor Division of Education Trinity International University
Education
Ed.S. in Educational Technology (In Progress) Walden University Minneapolis, MN Illinois Type 10 Technology Specialist
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership '09 American College of Education Chicago, IL Illinois Type 75 General Administrative Certificate
M.A.T. in Secondary Education '07 National-Louis University Chicago, IL Illinois Type 09 Social Studies Certificate U.S. & World History Endorsements
B.A. in Bible Theology '02 Moody Bible Institute Chicago, IL
Professional Learning Organizations
International Society for Technology Educators (ISTE) Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Digital Spaces
minerclass.wikispaces.com (wiki portal to my high school and college course wikis) minerclass.edublogs.org minerclass.blogspot.com
Social Studies Quotes/Reflections
"Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results." Machiavelli
Teaching history and social science effectively is one of the most important functions that the educational system does for its citizens and future voters. Involving students in the social sciences through creating and implementing authentic learning experiences is essential to assisting students to become 21st century global citizens. In our global, digital world full of technologies and diversions we must be able to empower students to become critically engaged in the study of history and current events. It is also essential to provide them with the information literacy skills so that students can navigate and sift through the overwhelming waves of information so that they can become productive U.S. citizens. Another fundamental component that social science instruction should involve is to provide students with inter-cultural skills to interact and collaborate with others throughout the world. All of these parts work together to create the conditions for successful social science instruction.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years." Alexis de Tocqueville
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Social Studies TeacherNancy B. Jefferson Alternative High School located in Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, Chicago IL
school website: www.jefferson.cps.k12.il.us
Adjunct Professor
Technology for Teachers (ED 110) Instructor
Social Studies Methods for Middle and High School (ED 363/ED 6830) Instructor
Division of Education
Trinity International University
Education
Ed.S. in Educational Technology (In Progress)Walden University
Minneapolis, MN
Illinois Type 10 Technology Specialist
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership '09
American College of Education
Chicago, IL
Illinois Type 75 General Administrative Certificate
M.A.T. in Secondary Education '07
National-Louis University
Chicago, IL
Illinois Type 09 Social Studies Certificate
U.S. & World History Endorsements
B.A. in Bible Theology '02
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, IL
Professional Learning Organizations
International Society for Technology Educators (ISTE)Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Illinois Computing Educators (ICE)
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Digital Spaces
minerclass.wikispaces.com (wiki portal to my high school and college course wikis)minerclass.edublogs.org
minerclass.blogspot.com
Social Studies Quotes/Reflections
"Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results." Machiavelli
Teaching history and social science effectively is one of the most important functions that the educational system does for its citizens and future voters. Involving students in the social sciences through creating and implementing authentic learning experiences is essential to assisting students to become 21st century global citizens. In our global, digital world full of technologies and diversions we must be able to empower students to become critically engaged in the study of history and current events. It is also essential to provide them with the information literacy skills so that students can navigate and sift through the overwhelming waves of information so that they can become productive U.S. citizens. Another fundamental component that social science instruction should involve is to provide students with inter-cultural skills to interact and collaborate with others throughout the world. All of these parts work together to create the conditions for successful social science instruction.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years." Alexis de Tocqueville