ABCs of Social Studies Rebecca Neill Aldine ISD Jan. 27, 2009 Todays Objectives Explore research-based strategies to support students in social studies. Participate in hands-on training that will model thinking strategies. Simulate a grade-specific lesson for immediate implementation. Analogy Relating characteristics from one item to another A BD C as An American Frontiersman Individually look at each of the 4 items in the baggie. Record an analogy for the qualities of leadership and that item. Turn to someone at your table and share your ideas. Share analogies with the whole group. Analogy Vocabulary Word Is Like a-Because- Farmer 49er Pioneer Settler Social Studies Teachers are Frontiersman Farmer Peacemaker Trouble shooter Good at resolving conflicts and solving problems Ideas considered unique Encourager 49er Independent Unique ideas Frustrated by the norm Unappreciated Loud and outgoing Pioneer New ideas and opportunities Go-to person Leader of a group Energized and focused Often get promoted and rewarded Settler Organize programs with technology Person with facts and figures Coordinator of a project Overwhelmed when task is not complete Big Picture Organizing small key components into a large concept/theme Recall Questions Identify 10 details you see in this scene. How would you describe the scene? Who are the people involved? What do you hear, smell, taste, and feel in this scene? What action do you see in this scene? Application Where does this event take place? How do you know? If you were a soldier in this scene, how would you be feeling now? Why is this event taking place? Is this picture like any others you have seen? How is it similar or different? How is this view different from The Alamo? Reasoning What will soon happen in this place? Support with details. Why is this event happening now? Support with details. Write a short caption for this picture. The Bastille In the French imagination this medieval, dark dungeon was a place where vast numbers of people who had displeased the King would disappear to lead a tortured existence. In fact, by the time of Louis XVI, living conditions inside the Bastille were not at all dire; food was adequate, and prisoners were free to bring in many of their own possessions. On July 14, 1789 this towering symbol of royal oppression held only seven prisoners: two who were mentally ill, four forgers, and one person who had been incarcerated for incest. Cubing Using sides of a cube or die to determine a strategy to perform Label the Sides Cube 1 1-Who 2-What 3-When/ Where 4-Why 5-How 6-Which Cube 2 1- Compare 2- Explain 3- Describe 4- Classify 5- Analogy 6- Metaphor Your Cube Side 1- Term Side 2- Definition Side 3- Examples Side 4- Classify Side 5- Analogy Side 6- Drawing Discussion Web Presenting different points of view to come to a consensus Enable students to actively participate in a discussion Provide a framework for evaluating both sides of an issue or question Help students develop and organize support for their positions Did the Industrial Revolution Help People? YESNO Machines did most of the heavier work. Workers received very low pay Provided jobs for many immigrants Mass production dehumanized the worker into just a cog on a wheel More products were affordable to the common people Working conditions were unhealthy and dangerous Cost of living dropped Workers worked long hours without time off for family Labor saving devices became available Workers were no longer skilled laborers Many workers had a tough time in the previous agricultural economy Workers were crowed into cities living in tenements Inside-Outside Circle Review technique that is student centered Review Technique Inside and outside circles of students face each other. Within each pair of facing students, students quiz each other with questions they have written. Outside circle moves to create new pairs. Repeat. Can utilize flashcards. Looping Cards Requires the group to agree on the reasonableness of the answer for the correctness Groups of 4-5 members with one dealer Dealer shuffles cards and deals out cards to each of the members until all cards are dealt. Person to the right of the dealer begins: Who has..? and places card on table. Person who thinks has the answer, places the card below previous card and states I have .. then reads bottom half and asks Who has..? Play continues until all cards are placed down and loop back to first card. I have Command Economy. Who has the kind of agriculture practiced most widely in the world, especially in less developed countries? I have Subsistence Agriculture. Who has the production of manufactured goods in a market economic system? Mind Map Connecting words to form relationships with a unit Mapping Newspapers the process of critical analysis TAKS Objective 5 use of primary source documents, maps, graphs, political cartoons, photographs What are the details? What is some prior knowledge that helps? What can you infer from this? What is a conclusion? What would be a caption? What title would you give it? Political Cartoons Isolating vocabulary, point of view and message from a visual USA TODAYSeptember 21, 2004 Are there any vocabulary words you need to understand? What is the time frame influencing this cartoon? What is the subject? Can you identify any symbolism in the placement of people or words? Their size? What is the message? Whose point of view is being expressed? What are the big ideas being presented? PEOPLE WORDS THIS POLITICAL CARTOON Think- Pair- Share Affirm the opinions of group members for a common understanding PAIR SHARE THINK INK Take turns talking about all you know about a topic. Person A talks for 1 minute without stopping. Person B listens and encourages person A. Reverse roles. Turn to your partner/group and discuss the following: What are the major difficulties ESL students face when taking a Social Studies test? ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE The underpaid young teacher Prints the letters t,r,e,e On the blackboard and imagines Forests and gardens springing up In the tired heads of her students. But they see only four letters; A vertical beam weighed down By a crushing crossbar And followed by a hook And after the hook, two squiggles Arcane identical twins Which could be spying eyes or ready fists, could be handles, Could be curled seedlings, could take root, Could develop leaves. --Lisel Mueller Where are you headed? Institutions, including our own educational system, have a natural tendency to solidify their ways, requiring people to do things the same way they have traditionally been done. This is despite the fact that the world is changing around us all the time! Your Challenge If we continue to do what weve always done, well continue to get what weve always gotten. And in doing so, we will fail ourselves by failing our children. So I challenge you to Not just find better ways for you to instruct, but give your learners better opportunities to construct.