Angela Scavone in Investigating Inquiry in the Social Sciences

Putting Ideas to Action

While Mies van der Rohe made famous the term “less is more,” in the context of architecture and design, I have come to find that it is just as applicable in the context of teaching, as well.

Angela Scavone in Investigating Inquiry in the Social Sciences

Dec 11, 2018

Putting it all together

While designing my unit plan I was mindful in using Vygotsky’s scaffolding to build students’ knowledge and guide them towards answering the big question of “why is Milwaukee the most segregated city in the country?” Throughout my education, I have come to realize that a major key to…

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Angela Scavone in Investigating Inquiry in the Social Sciences

Dec 4, 2018

Rethinking Segregation in a 21st Century Multi-ethnic Urban Environment

Throughout this blog I have built an inquiry unit around segregation in Milwaukee, but have primarily focused on African-American segregation, which historically has been the dominant narrative, and is a…

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Angela Scavone in Investigating Inquiry in the Social Sciences

Oct 29, 2018

Taking Action

In my previous posts I have been developing the idea of formulating an inquiry into the question, “why is Milwaukee the most segregated city and what steps should be taken to alleviate the problem?” Ideally, I would like students to comb through the different topics and articles about segregation…

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Angela Scavone in Investigating Inquiry in the Social Sciences

Oct 15, 2018

Cultivating Inquiry through Multimedia Sources

In curating sources for teaching Milwaukee’s Civil Rights Movement, I came…

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Angela Scavone in Investigating Inquiry in the Social Sciences

Sep 16, 2018

How much has Changed in the 50 years since the March on Milwaukee?

Analyzing Milwaukee’s Race Relations Then and Now

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Investigating Inquiry in the Social Sciences

A future teacher currently taking my social studies methods course. Join me as I document my experience creating a Social Studies inquiry unit at the high school level!

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