Social Studies 브리핑 자료

언젠가 아이들이 공부하고 있는 ACE 교재인 PACE 공부방식에 대해 설명드린 적이 있습니다. 제일 먼저 진단 테스트를 받아, 자기의 실력대로, 과목별 진도계획이 세워집니다. 학년에 따라 페이지 수는 다르지만, 아이들은 각 학년당 과목별로 12권씩의 책을 끝내야 합니다. 순서는 먼저 책을 읽으면서 스스로 공부하고, 책에 있는 연습문제를 풉니다. 그리고 책에서 배운 내용을 선생님 (제가 합니다.) 앞에서 영어로 브리핑을 합니다. 교사는 교과서 내용에 나오는 몇 가지 중요사항에 대해 질문을 하고, 여기에 효과적으로 답을 하면 브리핑에 대한 점수를 주고, 학생은 교과서의 연습문제 답지를 받아가서 스스로 점수를 매깁니다. 교과서를 교사에게 제출하면 교사는 다시한번 내용을 체크하고 다음 교과서를 내줍니다. 이렇게 세권의 책이 끝나면 시험을 봅니다. 이 시험은 교사가 직접 체크합니다. 여기서 학년별과 80-90점의 점수가 나오면 다음으로 진행하고 미비하면 다시 공부하도록 합니다.   저희 학교가 이 교재로 공부하는 다른 학교와 다른 점이 브리핑과 한 학년을 진급할 때 하는 프레젠테이션입니다. 다른 학교에도 오럴 테스트라는 것이 있어서 교사가 학생이 제대로 공부했는지를 구두로 평가하는 제도가 있지만, 한국 학생의 경우 익숙치 않은 언어 때문에 제대로 공부했는지 잘 평가가 되지 않는 것 같아 도입한 제도입니다. 브리핑은 구두로만 진행하기 때문에 원래 기록이 남지 않지만, 이번에 상진이가 사정이 있어 구두진술을 하지 못하고 레포트로 대체했습니다. 학부모님들께 참고가 되실 듯 하여 올려드립니다. 아직 문법적인 실수가 눈에 띄지만 수정 없이 올렸습니다.   상진이는 지금 Social Studies (사회) 를 공부하고 있습니다.                The late Middle Ages is called the Age of Exploration. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> RAVUS (상진이가 스스로 붙인 미들네임입니다.) <o:p> </o:p>            In 1255, Marco Polo from a merchant family of Venice travelled to China and India. He wrote the book titled ‘The Adventures of Marco Polo’. He also travelled to Far East by land.            Prince Henry the Navigator had instituted a school for navigators in Sagres, Portugal. Vikings, Eric Thorwaldson (Eric the Red) founded Greenland while his exile from Norway and settled then. His son, Leif Ericsson was not accepted by his father and travelled to America. There were many other explorers like Prince Madoc of Wales.            In America, we can see many things which are not Indians’. They are supposed to be came from Irish Culdee Monks and others. Irish also travelled and found many islands.            After many explorers, Christopher Columbus came out. He was supposed to Sephardic Jew who were persecuted at that time. He was fluent in many languages and he believed that the earth is round and the east India could be reached by sailing west. He was a Christian. When he landed on the America for the first time, he thought he reached India.            On his third voyage, he reached to Venezuela and he claimed the land known then, and called the land ‘Other     World’. Columbus may have taken his voyages to flee from Catholic Inquisition-anti Semitism. <o:p> </o:p>            A Florentine navigator Amerigo Vespucci made voyages to South America. He called the land ‘Mundus Novus’ or the New World. And he found out the land could not be a part of Asia unlike Columbus. A cartographer Martin Waldseemuller named the land America for the honor of Vespucci.            Spain and Portugal were on rivalry. They sent explorations and took wide lands. They set the Line of Demarcation. Most West were Spanish and the East, Portuguese. The great empire in America-Mexico-Aztec and Inca Empire has fallen under Europeans and they enslaved many natives and blacks.            Many expeditions has sent to America to find a water passage. Many great expeditions has been started. England showed her interest in America. Virginia is named to honor Elizabeth I who were virgin and Jamestown later for King James.            Many colonization has been to America. Most of them were failures. While that, Spanish got a part succession and the French. Persecuted Jews fled to America.            John Smith was not a normal man as his name. He raised Jamestown almost all by himself and honored as ‘The Admiral of New England’ for life.            Separatists Pilgrims from Britain then arrived to America. They settled in former Indian village and helped by Indians. They met some failures but stood still. They survived winters and well settled and later paid all the dept they borrowed to get to America.