class two: big ideas january 22nd
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Class Two: Big Ideas
January 22nd
Professor:
Tina Rasori, Ed.D.
rasori@aol.com
Agenda Course Learning Outcomes: 2 TPE’s:1,4,5,6,9
Analyzing Social Studies California Standards and NCSS Standards
What is the big idea of a social studies unit?
Group Work: Create Big Ideas for your grade level standards
Using Timelines in the Social Studies Classroom
Create a timeline for your grade level: What would it look like??
Analyzing Standards Read your grade levels California State Standards for History/Social Studies
Using the NCSS National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: A Framework for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment to Meet State Social Studies Standards
http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7404/7404217.pd
The Revised Social Studies Standards (Optional)
http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7404/7404204.pdf
The Revised NCSS Standards: Ideas for the Classroom Teacher (Optional)
http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7404/7404210.pdf
Analyzing Standards Cont.
Look at the standards for California and NCSS with your group and discuss them in general.
What do you notice about the standards throughout the grade levels?
What are some patterns that you notice between them?
What are some differences between the two standards?
Be ready to share out.
Big Idea of Social Studies Unit
Social Studies Big Ideas http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/seced/Propel/PROPELSSE/PropelSSEBigIdeas.htm
Read Article: What is a big idea?
How does it help teach Social Studies?
Group Work: Create Big Ideas
Examples of Big Ideas for Units (4th and 5th)
Work with a grade level of your choosing to create Big Idea Units
Create a poster about your big idea
Be ready to share out!
Using Timelines in Social Studies
Using Timelines to Enhance Comprehension
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/13033/
Creating a Timeline
http://otis.coe.uky.edu/ccsso/cssapmodules/sbp/sbp/Time%20Lines%20in%20Social%20Studies%20Instruction.html
Group Work:Create a Timeline
Examples of Timelines
Pick a grade level to work with
Create a timeline for a unit or for the entire school year for a grade level
Be ready to share out your timeline and why you organized it the way you did
Next Class:
Readings:
-Social Studies Alive Textbook, pp. 66-84; pp. 125-134
-Bring Social Studies Alive to class and other resources that you would use to plan a lesson in your placement classroom
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