Extractions: My classroom is at the first grade level. There are 25 students who are of average or high intelligence. Their ages range from 8-9. They sit in 5 straight rows; each row contains 5 desks. The rows are titled Monday through Friday for organizational purposes. The students do have many differences in learning however; the biggest differences are aural, visual, and kinesthetic learners. Objectives:
Social Studies In Action: Applying Themes And Disciplines With so much to teach and so little time to teach it, organizing a social studies curriculum can be a daunting task. This session http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/socialstudies/session4/
Extractions: Other Workshop Sessions With so much to teach and so little time to teach it, organizing a social studies curriculum can be a daunting task. This session addresses the question: How do we decide what to teach? It is designed to help teachers use the NCSS themes and related academic disciplines as building blocks for the social studies curriculum, and to make teaching more comprehensive. To help you improve your lesson planning, in this session you will: View this video==> Learning Goals At the end of this session you will be able to: Identify themes and disciplines in social studies. Identify theme-based concepts and strategies used to teach them. Apply content and methodology to your own teaching. Engage Session 4 Engage Explore Explain Apply ... Site Map The Annenberg/CPB Channel is produced by Annenberg/CPB
Social Studies School Service Search Our Catalog Welcome to social studies School Service serving the educational community for 35 years! USING INTERNET PRIMARY SOURCES TO teach CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@0/Pages/product.html?record@TF32836 af@ep
Social Studies School Service Search Our Catalog Welcome to social studies School Service serving the educational community for 35 years! INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNTS FOR THE TOPICS YOU teach StepBy-Step http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@0/Pages/product.html?record@TF33013 af@ep
Great Picture Books To Teach Social Studies, 46 Great Picture Books to teach social studies, 46. By Tarry Lindquist. To kindle my students interest in social studies, I launch http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/instructor/social98a.htm
Great Picture Books To Teach Social Studies, K3 Great Picture Books to teach social studies, K3. By Terry Lindquist. To kindle my students interest in social studies, I launch http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/instructor/social98b.htm
Classroom Lesson Plans: Helping Teachers Teach History an annotated guide to 500 us history sites in collaboration with the American social History Project whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, and http://hnn.us/articles/875.html
Extractions: Below are links to sites specifically designed to help teachers use the Internet in designing courses in history. Please feel free to send us other links we should post. Just drop an email to the editor. Note: Descriptions of the sites are taken from the sites themselves. THE SYLLABUS FINDER The Syllabus Finder : This site, run by George Mason University's Center for History and New Media, features an automated search tool that locates relevant syllabi on any topic. The Syllabus Finder scans the largest database of history syllabiover 11,000 and growing dailyin combination with a powerful Google-based search of thousands of others on the web. You can compare courses at different universities, see how widely assigned a specific book is, or use it to plan your own course. (Authors: You can use it to find out how widely assigned your own book is.) FOR K-12 TEACHERS The New York Times Learning Network: This site is geared towards students in grades 3-12, their teachers and parents. Teachers can access daily lesson plans for grades 6-12, as well as quizzes built around NYT articles. Previous lessons are available in the archive and in thematic lesson plan units. Teachers can also use News Snapshot, aimed for grades 3-5, to explore current events through New York Times photos and related questions. The site also provides them with the latest education news from the newspaper.
BIE : Problem Based Social Science BIE believes that using a problem based approach to teach social studies will make an important contribution to the high school reform movement and the http://www.bie.org/pbss/index.php
Social Studies (B.A.) Mission The primary mission of the social studies major is to provide students with the content competency to teach social studies in secondary schools. http://www.csuohio.edu/undergradcatalog/a_s/degrees/socstu.htm
Extractions: At-a-Glance Mission: The primary mission of the Social Studies major is to provide students with the content competency to teach Social Studies in secondary schools. It forms the content knowledge basis for students to initiate teaching professions and provides the necessary critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and academic judgement skills upon which to embark on a lifetime of intellectual growth. Hours Required in the Major: 73 - 82 hours of specific courses or thematic areas chosen from history, anthropology, economics, political science and sociology. Some of these courses also can be used to partially fulfill General Education requirements. Major Field Requirements: The curriculum for the Social Studies major consists of a common core and one area of concentration chosen from three areas. The following courses are required of all Social Studies majors:
Ms. Shaw's Instructional Technology Survival Guide The Language Arts and social studies sections are under construction. Byte into social studies SOLs with Technology An inservice presentation for 3-5 teachers. http://www.hopewell.k12.va.us/techsol/
Extractions: This web site is designed to assist elementary students and teachers with technology integration in the four core areas. The lessons are correlated to the Virginia SOLs. This will also be the new home for teacher technology training pages. Make sure you check out my "Favorite Sites" page. I hope you find the links and activities helpful. Please send any comments or suggestions to Ms. Shaw Phase III Technology Training for Instructional Personnel Advanced PowerPoint Workshop ... Ms. Shaw's Favorite Sites Be sure to visit my favorite sites for many resources that support instruction of the Virginia SOLs. SOL REVIEW - GRADE 3 SOCIAL STUDIES SOL REVIEW - GRADE 3 SCIENCE SOL REVIEW - VIRGINIA STUDIES GRADE 4 (OR 5) SOL REVIEW - GRADE 5 SCIENCE ... Virginia SOL Assistance
Border Studies Curriculum special attention and focus on the usMexico border. The curriculum has a social studies emphasis, but is The Border studies Curriculum (BSC) is portable and http://www.nmsu.edu/~bsc/
Extractions: Border Lessons Borders: Metaphors and Realities (Lesson 1) Border History (Lesson 2) Language: Border, Bridge, or Barrier?(Lesson 3) BilingualismSpanglish: A Way of Speaking, A Way of Thinking (Lesson 4) Border Identity: AngloChicaNorteNa (Lesson 5) Borders Within: Social Interaction on the Border (Lesson 6) Cultural Borders: Similarities, Differences, Influence (Lesson 7 Crossing the Border: Practicalities (Lesson 8) The Border Goes to Hollywood (Lesson 9) The Border in News Media (Lesson 10) Mapping the Border (Lesson 11) Border Math (Lesson 12) Border Music (Lesson 13) Border Teatro (Lesson 14) Border Legends, MythFolklore (Lesson 15) Border Icons (lesson 16) Border Sports: Bullfighting (Lesson 17) The Border Forum (Lesson 18) Border Poetry Workshop (Lesson 19) Border Project (Lesson 20) Appendix A: NCSS National Standards for Social Studies Teachers The NMSU Center for Latin American and Border Studies, with a grant from the federal Title VI program, has developed an integrated curriculum unit focusing on the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. The twenty lessons, which are downloadable from this website, are aimed primarily at a high school audience, for use as an adjunct in the study of U.S. history, border state history, or world history. However, the lessons can also be adapted for a middle school audience . In addition, The Border Forum (Lesson 18) provides a guide to the resources of the on-line border news service
Lakeland:KidPix Lessons lesson into your current literature selection (ie draw a cat instead of a bear for Lesson 2 if you are reading Millions of Cats) or social studies or science http://www.littlelake.k12.ca.us/Lakeland/onlineleskidpix/onlinekidpix.html
Extractions: This is a series of sequenced lessons for young children to learn how to use the KidPix tools. They should probably print the lesson page before they begin the lesson. lesson English Name (use typewriter and fill tools, choose font) Escribe tu nombre Bear (use drawing tool, choose line width) Stamps (use rubber stamp tool and vary size) Estampas, estampas Circles (use circle tool) Rectangles (use rectangle tool) Grass and sun (use of straight line tool) Zacate y sol Show me a pattern (make a pattern using stamps) Snakes alive! (using the paint tool to make a border) Serpiente viva Party hats (decorate party hats with designs) Gorras de fiesta A Perfect Day (drawing and stamps to make a scene) Animal talk (two animals with speech bubbles) Los animales platican Hats on the move (moving van to move hats) Las gorras en marcha Do consider modifying the lesson to integrate the "tools lesson" into your current literature selection (i.e. draw a cat instead of a bear for Lesson 2 if you are reading Millions of Cats ) or social studies or science unit (i.e. stamp insects in Lesson 3 if you are studying them). For the speedy kids, who are done before other students even have their names written, think about ways to enhance these simple lessons by making a more complex picture or combining and reviewing use of tools presented in previous lessons.
We Teach History-Social Science National Council for the social studies (NCSS) NCSS is the largest association in the country devoted solely to social studies education, engaging and http://tepd.ucop.edu/tepd/content/history.php
Extractions: National Council for History Education (NCHE) : A non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting the importance of history in schools and in society. NCHE links history in the schools with many activities sponsored by state and local organizations. They provide a communications network for all advocates of history education, whether in schools, colleges, museums, historical councils, or community groups. Lesson Plan Publications : Created by teacher-participants in the California History-Social Science Project, these classroom-tested lesson plans are offered as part of the CH-SSP's ongoing commitment to facilitate the professional development efforts of California's history and social science teachers.
SBC Knowledge Network Explorer Online Learning Blue Web N Narrow History social studies Search By Early Childhood of very talented media professionals who want us to challenge are included for each area of study. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/contentarea.cfm?cid=8
The Richard III And Yorkist History Server curriculum for a high school social studies unit. at the International Congress on Medieval studies, May 1998; a page with listings of us university centers of http://www.r3.org/learn.html
Extractions: Share your experiences, ask for feedback from your colleagues! Use our online form , or view the forum. Your comments will be shared with the Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages Subcommittee on Secondary Education, and with other educators developing curricular materials for studying the later middle ages and the English Renaissance at the secondary school level.
Extractions: Overseas Opportunities in Social Work By Sara Kershner, MSW School of Social Work and Peer Advisor, International Center, University of Michigan January 2003 Index to links on this page: This handout describes resources for researching international opportunities for U.S. undergraduates, graduate students, and doctoral students interested in the field of social work. Highlighted are programs and positions, UM and non-Um Resources for Finding Organizations, funding sources and other resources. All publications listed are available for your use in the Overseas Opportunities Office at the U-M International Center, 603 E. Madison Street (next to Michigan Union), 647-2299 I. STUDY/INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS Academic Year Abroad (New York: Institute of International Education, updated annually) www.iiepassport.org
About History Matters WWW.History This feature is our annotated guide to the most useful Web sites for teaching us history and social studies. We http://historymatters.gmu.edu/expansion.html
Extractions: More About History Matters Welcome to History Matters , a project of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning of the City University of New York and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation. For contact information, and to find out more about the people behind the site, visit the About Us page. Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents and threaded discussions on teaching U.S. history. We emphasize materials that focus on the lives of ordinary Americans and actively involve students in analyzing and interpreting evidence. We welcome your participation in expanding and improving the site. We recently received a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. With that funding, we are launching a major expansion of the site, including the addition of new annotated Web sites, primary documents, visual documents, and interactive features. We are also introducing several new features, such as scholarly reviews of Web sites in collaboration with the
Social Studies For Kids social studies for Kids gives you articles, fun facts, glossaries, and tons of links for all subjects of social studies, with a focus on what kids and their teachers/parents are learning. women http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
Extractions: National Geographic, as always, has come out with another excellent book, this one on the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy known as D-Day. Author Ronald J. Drez has filled his book with rare photographs and familiar maps, illustrating the harrowing and horrific challenges faced by the Allied soldiers and commanders in finding a way to pierce Germany's Fortress Europe and turn back the tide of Hitler's Nazi expansion. Book Review: On This Spot
Abcteach.com >> Theme Units >> Social Studies >> Constitution www.abcteach.com. abcteach directory. If you like this category you might also like abcteach.com Theme Units social studies United States Activities. http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/social_studies/constitution/
Extractions: Now there's a better way to earn your master's degree! Canter partners with Walden University, an accredited institution, to offer teachers the best in specialized master's degree programs, combining the flexibility of distance learning with practical skills you can adapt to meet your classroom needs. Click here for more info. Item Description American Heroes Bill of Rights writing activity Book Report goes with the book "Shhh! We're Writing The Constitution" by Jean Fritz Classroom Bill of Rights Election Reading Comprehension Famous Person Report for the book "Shhh! We're Writing The Constitution" by Jean Fritz Freedom of Speech I just have to ask these questions! KWL Lilterature Circle Notes for "Shhh! We're Writing The Constitution" by Jean Fritz Literature Circle Mark those words! Literature Groups Planner Report Cover Report Form ... We're Writing Our Classroom Constitution
