| TBTE 412 - Elementary Social Studies Methods - Summer 2007 - Tom Hammond |
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Assignments to complete in preparation for next class (or to start after class and complete at a later date). Reminder: please consult the rubrics as you work on the assignments |
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Thu, 5 July | Syllabus Intro to elem SS, curriculum, TBTE |
Opening survey Who, what, when, where, how, and why Overall theme: Know your curriculum (and hence content), know yourself, know your context, know your options - What is social studies? - Where does it fit within the context of elementary ed? - What is the elementary social studies content? (Curriculum scavenger hunt) - What are elementary social studies methods? - How does technology fit into all of this? - (T(P(CK))) - Professional associations: NCSS, Tapped In Demo: Weaving the Globe Q&A Tech & Teaching support time |
Finish curriculum scavenger hunt Read Parker, Ch. 1-2, take some notes Join NCSS, or at least subscribe to its listserve Start thinking of a favorite text (fiction or non-fiction) from your elementary days. If you can, bring it in to class for Thursday, 12 July. If you''re interested: Download and experiment with Google Earth. If you're interested: Read Shulman, L. (1987). Knowledge and teaching: Foundations of the new reform. Harvard Education Review, 57(1), 1-22. --TPCK builds on this, obviously. |
| 2 | Tue, 10 July | Pico-quiz on Parker, Ch. 1-2 Elementary students: ages, stages, curricula |
Turn in curricular scavenger hunt Take pico-quiz on Parker, Ch. 1-2 Theory on young learners and social studies: Piaget, Skinner, Bruner, Bransford Politics of young learners and social studies: History vs. Social Studies; Heritage vs. Inquiry; CORE (or other assertions of "the canon") vs. expanding environments vs. Alleman & Brophy Education research on young learners and social studies: Bransford, Barton & Levstik End results: Purposes of identification, moral response, analysis, exhibition. (Adapted from a history ed text--Barton & Levstik, 2004--but applicable to the entire field.) Education for miniature disciplinarians vs. preparation for participatory democracy. Demo activity (Parker 116-117) Unpacking the activity Q&A Explaining curriculum characterization assignment Tech & Teaching support time |
Read Parker, Ch. 3 & 4 (just skim 4 if you're pressed for time); take notes Select a favorite text (fiction or non-fiction) from your elementary days. If you can, bring it in to class on Thursday, 12 July. Otherwise, bookmark it on Amazon or somewhere else on the web. Look over your assigned section of the curriculum and prepare < 5 powerpoint slides describing/characterizing that section. (These will be posted to Tapped In and made available to classmates.) Begin elementary social studies manifesto assignment. If you're interested: Read Barton, K. (1997). "Bossed around by the queen": Elementary students' understanding of individuals and institutions in history. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 12(4), 290-314. If you're interested: Read Barton, K., & Levstik, L. (1996). "Back when God was around and everything": The development of elementary children's understanding of historical time. American Educational Research Journal, 33, 419-454. If you're interested: Brophy & Alleman did a fantastic series of studies with elementary students, all published in Theory and Research in Social Education. |
| 3 | Thu, 12 July | Content journal check-back Curriculum by age level Planning |
Feedback on content journals Curriculum reports Planning: From curriculum to instruction, and more specifically, from the curriculum to the lesson plan - chunking - curriculum map - unit plan - lesson plan - - importance of variety in activities: rote, construction, transfer - - know your tasks: reproduction learning, mastery learning, experiential learning - - tool-task fit Backwards Design & social studies Integration: social studies & language arts? math? science? Demo: Literary place-markers Explanation of lesson plan assignment Explanation of resource list assignment Nifty tech tool for tracking web resources: del.icio.us Q&A Tech & Teaching support time |
Finish reading Parker, Ch. 4. Take notes. Read Parker, Ch. 12. Take notes. Start work on lesson plan Start work on resource list |
| 4 | Fri, 13 July | A potpourri of instructional methods History & Geography |
Visual discovery Demo: Poster activity Demo: World religions via Flickr maps Q&A Tech & Teaching support time |
If you haven't already: Generate content journal entry for the week. Read Parker, Ch. 5. Take notes. |
| 5 | Tue, 17 July | Integrating content, method, and technology | Take a pico-quiz on Parker. (Emph = methods) Introduction to the matrix Demo: Five-picture charades and digital movie-making Q&A Explanation of digital video assignment. (Demo: Off-the-shelf vs. teacher-created geography instruction videos) Tech & Teaching support time |
Compose rough cut of your digital video assignment Write the x-axis for your midterm |
| 6 | Thu, 19 July | Assessment | Assessment discussion - grading vs. evaluation vs. assessment vs. feedback - formative vs. summative - instruments: authentic vs. "inauthentic" (rubrics, portfolios, demonstration tasks, multiple choice, constructed response, etc.) - large-scale testing (state-level tests, NAEP) - teacher vs. peer vs. self assessment Pair-and-share on x-axis of midterm Feedback on rough cut of digital video assignment Q&A Tech & Teaching support time |
Write one square of your midterm Finish up a rough draft of lesson plan Read Parker, Ch. 7. Take notes. If you haven't already: Generate content journal entry for the week. |
| 7 | Tue, 24 July | Turn in first square of midterm Pair-and-share feedback exercise on lesson plan rough drafts via Tapped In |
Work on digital video assignment. (Help will be available via Tapped In.) |
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| 8 | Thu, 26 July | Receive feedback on first square of midterm If you haven't already: complete pair-and-share feedback process on lesson plans in Tapped In |
Post revised cut of digital video assignment Finish midterm If you haven't already: Generate content journal entry for the week. |
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| 9 | Tue, 31 July | Citizenship, government & current events | Turn in midterm Citizenship education - What is citizenship? - Can citizenship be taught? - Frameworks for citizenship ed Citizenship vs. government |
Finish lesson plan Read Parker, Ch. 6; take notes. |
| 10 | Thu, 2 Aug | Economics | Turn in Demo: Wise Pockets |
Finish resource list assignment If you haven't already: Generate content journal entry for the week. |
| 11 | Tue, 7 Aug | Cleaning up our content, methods, and/or technology |
Unit plans returned Show resource lists Explanation of final portfolio Q&A Tech & Teaching support time |
Finish elementary social studies manifesto Finish final portfolio |
| 12 | Thu, 9 Aug | Conclusion and continuation | Turn in final portfolio Beginnings of conversations that you will carry on forever: - classroom management - parent management - administrator management - teaching controversial topics - life-long learning and technology, social studies, and elementary education Graduation ceremony |
Celebrate! Just for the heck of it: Why not post another content journal entry? You'll be taking that first step beyond the class-driven activities and into your own, personal learning cycle. |
| Final work due |
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