Description - Devise a buddy system with students who need special attention.

Goals National Council of Social Studies

• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of people, places, and environments.
• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people create and change structures of power, authority, and governance.

Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people organize for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

Facts and Figures

Children have different learning styles; teachers, therefore, are continually searching for innovative ways to help all students learn.

Action Steps - To provide a learning environment that meets the needs of all students:

• Identify students who have special needs and match them with a buddy. Teachers should be sensitive to each individual student when pairing them. Select lessons that can be used with the buddy system.
• Teachers work together to plan lessons that met the SCOS.
• Provide a buddy activity that supports learning for all students. Teachers plan activities that support the learning of each student.
• Gather needed resources and materials for the lesson.
• Design activities that are fun and creative to enhance the lessons. Such activities include game playing, artistic projects, and presentations.

Other options for book donation

• Reading Buddies
• Learning Buddies
• Project Buddies
  
• Fieldtrip Buddies
• Character Education Buddies
  

Evaluation

Ask students to evaluate the buddy system. Have them explain why they think
the buddy system helped or hindered their own learning as well as the learning
of their buddy.