The Clio Club: An Extracurricular Model for Elementary Social Studies Enrichment

This article describes an extracurricular social studies enrichment program called the Clio Club. "Clio" is derived from the Greek muse of history, and the club offers a variety of activities to help students discover and interpret social studies beyond the traditional school hours. They m...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inThe International journal of social education Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 103 - 117
Main Author Morris, Ronald Vaughan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published International Journal of Social Education 2008
Subjects
After School Programs
Clubs
Enrichment
Enrichment Activities
Family School Relationship
Field Experience Programs
Field Trips
Historical Interpretation
Indiana
Information Dissemination
Investigations
School Newspapers
Social Studies
Travel
Indiana
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:This article describes an extracurricular social studies enrichment program called the Clio Club. "Clio" is derived from the Greek muse of history, and the club offers a variety of activities to help students discover and interpret social studies beyond the traditional school hours. They meet after school and on weekends both at their public school and off site on field trips to learn additional content and skills that are not possible during the regular school day. The members of the club engage in learning that compliments their school studies by allowing them to go into greater depth and to engage topics the classroom would never cover in a regular curriculum. The essence of the Clio Club's activities focuses upon four types of experiences: study travel, reenactment, field experiences, and sharing information. Students learn content knowledge through investigations that they conduct based upon their study travel experiences. The format of the Clio Club adapts easily for grades three through six. The author describes how to establish the Clio Club. (Contains 11 notes.)
ISSN:0889-0293