TLT 412 - Summer 2008 - Course map (i.e., intended curriculum; see record of activities for enacted curriculum)

Session Date Topics Activities Assignments to complete before the next session
1 Tues, 1 July

Intros

Social studies content vs. methods

Purposes & contexts

 

Reading

  • NCSS, 1993
  • Wade, 2002
  • Brophy & Alleman, 2002
  • Keeler & Langhorst, 2008
  • Lee, Ch. 1-2

Assignments

  • Prepare first tech product to share in class next session
  • HTCE: Start thinking of an interviewee!
2 Tues, 8 Jul

Review of social studies

Early elementary: students, curriculum, content, methods

Discussing tech products, part 1

 

Reading

  • Zhao & Hoge, 2005
  • Lee, Ch. 4

Assignments

  • Start working on second technology product
3 Thurs, 10 July

Upper elementary: students, curriculum, content, methods

Discussion: Early vs. upper elem.

Methods taxonomy: KB/giving, CKE/prompting, DKE/making

 

Reading

  • Barton, 1997
  • Lee, Ch. 8 & 11

Assignments

  • Prepare proof-of-concept of curriculum binder (i.e., initial organizing framework)
4 Tues, 15 July

History education

Wikipedia as an object lesson in powerful social studies

 

Reading

  • Lee, Ch. 5
  • Barton & Levstik, 2003
  • VanSledright, 2004
  • (if I can locate an electronic copy, I'll be adding a piece by Hicks on SCIM-C)

Assignments

  • Finish second technology product, write reflection
5 Thurs, 17 July

Schema & scaffolds

Working with primary sources

Return to methods taxonomy

 

Reading

  • Lee, Ch. 3 & 9
  • Hicks, Doolittle, & Ewing, 2004

Assignments

  • Finish HTCE
  • Finish curriculum map
6 Fri, 18 July

Geography education

Google Earth as an object lesson in geography education

Enactive: Population density

 

Reading

  • Lee, Ch. 6

Assignments

  • Prepare unit plan outline
7 Tues, 22 July

Government/civics education

Legislative simulation

 

Reading

  • Lee, Ch. 7

Assignments

8 Thurs, 24 July

Assessment

Enactive: Silent timeline

 

Reading

  • Lee, Ch. 13

Assignments

9 Tues, 29 July

Children's literature in elementary social studies

Micro-teaching

 

Reading

  • Lee, Ch. 10

Assignments

10 Thurs, 31 July Economics in elementary social studies

Micro-teaching

 

Reading

Assignments

  • Complete unit plan
11 Tues, 5 Aug

Integrating social studies instruction with other content areas

Micro-teaching

 

Reading

Assignments

  • Finish preparing your curriculum binder, write reflection
12 Thurs, 7 Aug

New frontiers with technology

  • Digital video activities
  • GPS/GIS activities
  • SmartBoards
   
  Fri, 8 Aug     FINAL WORK DUE; NO LATE SUBMISSIONS PAST THIS POINT
         

 

 

 

 


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