You should see:

• Primary / Secondary Source Documents
• Artifacts and Replicas of Artifacts
• Books and Magazines
• Charts and Graphs
• Maps and Globes
• Pictures and Images
• Video Clips
• Graphic Organizers
• Interactive Student Notebooks

You should see students:

• Reading and analyzing multiple sources to understand an event
• Looking for similarities / differences and the patterns that form
• Comparing / contrasting history to a child's world
• Engaging with a variety of reading experiences
• Retelling a narrative
• Re-enacting an event
• Responding through writing
• Making a timeline
• Brainstorming different solutions to problems of the past, present and future
• Discussing topics

You should see teachers teaching how to:

• Read informational text, a map and a chart
• Write an expository or argumentative essay, journal entry, an editorial and a family history
• Predict and confirm ideas using evidence from sources
• Evaluate sources, artwork and music
• Make decisions
• Skim and scan text
• Develop good research and interview questions

You should hear:

• Laughter
• Music
• Rhythms
• Rhymes
• Chatter
• Discussion
• Problem solving
• Questions

Social studies is EVERYTHING, so you should see a little bit of EVERYTHING!