SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS CLASS
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Feb. 5 Unit Info |
Feb. 8 & 12 | Feb. 15 & 19 | Feb. 22 & 26 | March 1 & 5 | March 8 & 12 | March 15 & 19 | |
| March 22 & 26 | April 5 & 9 | April 12 and 16 | April 19 & 23 | April 26 & 30 | May 3 & 7 | May 10 & 14 | May 17 |
South
Dakota Social Studies Standards
National
Council for the Social Studies
National Council for the Social Studies Ning
Social Studies Online Portfolio
"21st Century Learning: The Skills Movement"
SOCIAL STUDIES - INTEL UNIT - Week 1 - Friday - Feb. 5th
General Classroom Tips for working with diverse students
Videos you can use in your lesson plans -
SqoolTube;
WatchKnow Videos
PowerPoints - PowerPoint Palooza;
PPPST
Theme
Resources
Presentations and Activities
Lesson Plans
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Introduction to Developing an Intel Unit of Study – choosing a topic Unit Topics List |
Intel Unit
Questions Development |
Unit Plan Template |
GANAG Lesson Plan Lesson Plan Template Lesson Plan Checklist |
| Intel Unit Checklist | Intel Unit Sample 1 | Intel Unit Sample 2 | Behavioral Objective Verbs |
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Create Lesson 1 of Intel Unit review >corrections>graded Due Feb. 22 |
Create Lesson 2
of Intel Unit review >corrections>graded Due March 1 |
Create Lesson 3 of Intel Unit review >corrections>graded Due |
Create Lesson 4 of Intel Unit graded Due March 15 |
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Create Lesson
5 of Intel Unit graded Due March 22 |
Create Lesson
6 of Intel Unit graded Due |
Create Lesson
7 of Intel Unit graded Due |
Intel
Template Due May 7 |
| Introduce GANAG Lesson
Plan Format Lesson Plan Schema - Jane Pollock GANAG and Madeline Hunter |
GANAG: (Jane
E. Pollock) G--Goal of the Lesson A--Access Prior Knowledge N--New Knowledge A--Apply New Knowledge G--Restating the Goal/Summary of Lesson |
G = State the GOALS (or standards) intended for the lesson
A
= ACCESS prior knowledge that relates to lesson
N
= Introduce NEW information or concepts
A
= ANALYZE the new information or concepts |
Signup for your class lesson presentation on the class Wiki.
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 2 - Monday - Feb. 8
| The Ron Clark Story | Ron Clark Video Gallery | Advice From Ron Clark | Ron Clark Academy |
ASSIGNMENT: Journal Article #1 Open topic on Social Studies – from Social Education, or Middle Level Learners, or Social Studies & The Young Learner - DUE: Feb. 15
Journal Critique Checklist - Social Studies
Middle Level Learner Archive
SOCIAL STUDIES Week 2 - Friday - Feb. 12
SMARTBOARD TRAINING - Glidden Lab
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SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 3 - Monday - Feb. 15
| *Discuss journal article critique #1 in class |
Teaching Social Studies -
ppt. Thematic Strands |
*Social Studies Themes in
Textbooks
Activity *Social Studies Scope and Sequence |
Literature
in the Social Studies Curriculum -Social Studies 2008 Trade Books *Bring two children’s lit books to class on social studies topics to share |
Multiple Intelligences Find a social studies lesson plan on the Internet and label all the Multiple Intelligences used in the lesson. |
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Teaching Social Studies - video |
What is Social Studies? Powerful Teaching and Learning Social Studies |
| Lesson
#1 on Unit GANAG Lesson Plan Lesson Plan Template Lesson Plan Checklist |
TEN THEMES OF SOCIAL STUDIES
The ten themes that serve as organizing strands for the social studies curriculum at every school level are:

SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 3 - Friday - Feb. 19
Work on Intel Unit of Study - Glidden Lab
GANAG
Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan
Template
Lesson Plan Checklist
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SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 4 - Monday - Feb. 22
GLIDDEN COMPUTER LAB - Work on Social Studies Online Portfolio
Peterson K-8 Social Studies Sites
Interesting Sites
| Newsmap | Shmoop |
Glogster *Video |
Life Magazine Pictures | Time Tube |
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*Today's Front Pages *News Map |
EarthCam | Big Eye in the Sky Panoramas | The Big Picture | PBS BeesWax |
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Integrating Technology into Social Studies
-ppt Social Studies Online Videos – preview 5 |
Thinkfinity Type in your social studies unit topic to find sites for it. |
Portportal
assignment on portfolio sample page |
Find 3
WebQuests
for each of the 5 Social Studies Standards topic example |
Find 10
teacher sites
and 10
student sites
for
each of the 5 Social Studies Standards topic |
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*Online
Google Sites *Online Social Studies Portfolio Sample Create a Social Studies Online Portfolio |
Create a WIKI to use for vocabulary words from your unit of study. Wikispaces.com |
Find 3
PowerPoint Sites
for each of the 5 Social Studies Standards topics Find 3 Literature Sites for each of the 5 Social Studies Standards |
Find 5
SmartBoard sites
for each of the 5 Social Studies Standards
topic |
Find 5
Videos or songs for each of the 5 Social Studies Standards topic |
K-8 Social Studies Sites
ASSIGNMENT:
Journal Article #2 Open topic
on Social Studies –Social Studies & The
Young Learner DUE: March 1
Portaportal due on May 10th
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK
4 – Friday - Feb. 26 – 1st CLASSROOM PRACTICUM 12:30-2:30
Practicum Evaluation
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SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 5 - Monday - March 1 - Geography and History
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PRAXIS SOCIAL STUDIES TEST |
States and Capitals SmartBoard quiz | Quizlet |
USA
Jeopardy Standards Game |
Map Test States and Capitals - final test |
Brainpop Topic List Brainpop Jr. List |
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 5 - CLASSROOM PRACTICUM – March 5
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SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 6 - Monday - March 8 - GOVERNMENT (CIVICS), ECONOMICS
Theme Resources
Presentations and Activities
Lesson Plans
Work on Social Studies Lesson presentation
Presentation Groups
Presentation Evaluation
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 6 - CLASSROOM PRACTICUM – March 12
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SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 7 - Monday - March 15 - DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 7 - CLASSROOM PRACTICUM – March 19
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SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 8 - Monday - March 22 - ASSESSMENT, CONTENT AREA STRATEGIES
| Video #7 session addresses two questions that are central to social studies assessment: How do we know students are learning? and How do we know our teaching is effective? Because assessment often provides only a snapshot of learning, social studies teachers need a variety of tools and strategies to gauge students' knowledge. |
“Assessing
Students’ Learning” online video
http://www.learner.org/resources/series176.html
View the video |
Graphic Organizers Worksheets My Studiyo -View handouts -Can you use any of them in your unit lessons? |
Strategies for Reading
Comprehension -Preview some of the strategies that you could use in your unit of study |
Work on Social Studies Lesson presentation Presentation Groups Presentation Evaluation Presentations start on April 12th |
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 8 - CLASSROOM PRACTICUM – March 26
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SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 10 - Monday - April 5 - SPRING BREAK
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 10 - CLASSROOM PRACTICUM – April 9
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PRESENTATIONS
Presentation Evaluation
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 11 - Monday - April 12 - Presentations 30-45 minutes
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US History Lesson Plan Presentation K-5
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US History Lesson Plan
Presentation 6-8 |
Work on Intel Unit |
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 11 - CLASSROOM PRACTICUM – April 16
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No classroom practicum the week of April 19-23
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 12 - M & T - April 19-20 Attend two hours of the TIE Conference at the Convention Center
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 12 - W & TH - April 21-22 Attend the NASA Seminar at the Washington Pavilion 8:00 - 3:30 W & Th
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SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 13 - Monday- April 26 - Presentations 30-45 minutes
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Geography Lesson Plan Presentation K-5 |
Geography Lesson Plan
Presentation 6-8 |
Work on Intel Unit |
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 13 - CLASSROOM PRACTICUM – April 30
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SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 14 - Monday - May 3 - Presentations 30-45 minutes
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Economics Lesson Plan Presentation K-5 |
Economics Lesson Plan
Presentation 6-8 |
Work on Intel Unit |
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 14 - CLASSROOM PRACTICUM – May 7
INTEL UNIT OF STUDY DUE
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SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 15 - Monday - May 10 - Presentations 30-45 minutes
| Political Science/Civics Lesson Plan Presentation K-5 | Political
Science/Civics Lesson Plan Presentation 6-8 |
Work on Intel Unit |
PORTAPORTAL DUE May 10
SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 15 - CLASSROOM PRACTICUM – May 14
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SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK 16 - Monday - May 17 - Presentation 30-45 minutes
| Anthropology - Lesson Plan Presentation K-8 |
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