Document Type
Article
Abstract
This content activity shows how Robert Stahl’s negotiation activity approach can promote decision-making in the social studies classroom. The effects of the activity on students’ ability to replicate the actions of settlers taking the journey to the western territories in search of gold. Incorporating Robert Stahl’s four decision-making phases, students negotiate social, political, and economic issues associated with the mining town of Bodie, California. In doing so, students must, individually or in small groups, decide and prioritize a series of proposals to better the living conditions, economic struggles, and social problems that have plagued Bodie for some time.
Recommended Citation
Shilling, Presley; Byford, Jeffrey; and Milam, Alisha
(2023)
"Creating Law and Order: A Content-Centered Manifest Destiny Activity,"
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies: Vol. 85:
No.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/the_councilor/vol85/iss1/1
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