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History is one of the more despised subjects among middle school students. This is mainly because of the laws that went into affect putting more emphasis on English Language Arts and Mathematics. Because of this, students only get about one hour of Social Studies in elementary and enter middle school with a lack of social studies skills such as map reading and using political cartoon to draw conclusions. Because of this and a lack of experience with technology in a technologically based world, I look to use technology every year to close the gap that students have in social studies skills. In addition using technology to enhance lessons, we look to use this to also give supplemental activities to help solidify information learned as well as grow a love for students under the social studies umbrella. The other positive side effect of this is the constant exposure that it gives students to gain in other educational areas

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History is one of the more despised subjects among middle school students. This is mainly because of the laws that went into affect putting more emphasis on English Language Arts and Mathematics. Because of this, students only get about one hour of Social Studies in elementary and enter middle school with a lack of social studies skills such as map reading and using political cartoon to draw conclusions. Because of this and a lack of experience with technology in a technologically based world, I look to use technology every year to close the gap that students have in social studies skills. In addition using technology to enhance lessons, we look to use this to also give supplemental activities to help solidify information learned as well as grow a love for students under the social studies umbrella. The other positive side effect of this is the constant exposure that it gives students to gain in other educational areas

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