My Experience: A Negative Experience In Social Studies

Social studies is one subject in school that I really enjoy. Throughout this paper I will reflect on my experiences from when I was a student. I have thought back and can remember one positive experience, negative experience, and a memorable experience. All of these experiences have changed how I feel and think about Social Studies. First I would like to remember a positive experience from Social Studies. This one was hard to narrow down to just one, but I would have to say it was in fifth grade, in Mrs. Fitch class. We were learning about the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Preamble, and The Declaration of Independence. She would always show us “School House Rock” videos and they were great to watch. This experience was positive because I

I was in sixth grade and thinking about it still to this day makes me upset. The teacher gave us textbooks and we would read from them as a class and learn about the civilization discussed in that chapter. One day, the entire class wasn’t very interested and we weren’t paying very close attention. He got upset and closed the book and threw it on the ground. He yelled at us for not paying attention and it was really scary. I had no idea if the teacher was going to throw a book at one of the students. He picked up the book and we started reading again. We were all glued to the book but it was because we were all so scared. Later I had to go up to him and get his approval for a topic I was doing for our Social studies project. I explained it to him, and he kept asking questions that I didn’t really know the answer to. He made me feel stupid and told me that I couldn’t do that topic. I felt horrible and hated that teacher. This experience was not directly related to Social Studies but it did happen while I was learning about Social Studies. The teacher has retired and is no longer

We would get together once a day and sometimes they would call up a number and every group had to send that person up to the front of the room. The teacher would read a passage and it would describe an incident that happened to that person or their family. For example, my number was called up once and they had said my fake son fell out of the wagon and drowned. I lost some other items as well when he fell out. I had to write in my journal about what happened and what it would have felt like if I were actually on the Oregon Trail. This was the most memorable experience because it was hands on and you felt like you were actually on the Oregon Trail. It was a great way to experience it in a safe environment. I hope that I can do this with my students one