cracking the code: enduring issues in social studies
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TUESDAYS WITH EE 19 May 2015
Meagen Farrell
Meagen FarrellTeacher Trainer
farrellink.comessentialed.com
1. Engage in The Great Conversation
2. Recognize enduring issues on the HSE Tests
3. Consider instructional strategies that prepare students for critical thinking
By the end of this session you will:
What is The Great Conversation?
Test Prep vs. Conversation
One Correct Answer Multiple Possible Answers
Constructed Situations Real-Time Situations
Select a Response Responses Can Change
Process of Elimination Research and Exploration
Preparing for an Event Participating in an Event
High Stakes High Stakes
Test Prep vs. Conversation
Talk about issues!
1. What is an enduring issue presented here?
2. What evidence indicates that is the enduring issue?
3. When else has this issue been discussed?
What enduring social issue...?
What enduring social issue...?
What enduring social issue...?
What enduring social issue...?
Enduring Issues on the HSE Tests
HSE Test Examples
GED25 minute extended response
Make an argument about an enduring issue in response to a quote and a passage.
TASCCivics & Government
Evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding personal, economic and political rights.
HiSETInterpret and Apply
Make evidence-based inferencesInfer unstated relationships
Extend conclusions to related phenomena
Take Time to Read!
Take Time to Read!The passage is an excerpt from the diary of President Harry S. Truman, written on July 25, 1945 after he had given the order to use the atomic bomb on Japan. In your response, develop an argument about how Truman's position in his diary reflects the continuing concern expressed in the quotation from Thomas Jefferson. Incorporate relevant and specific evidence from the passage and the quotation, as well as from your own knowledge of World War II, in particular the war against Japan in the Pacific, to support your analysis and your argument.
Social Studies asks you to take a stand about issues!
1. What is an enduring issue presented here?
2. What evidence indicates that is the enduring issue?
3. When else has this issue been discussed?
Instructional Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking
1. Take Time to Read the Prompt!
2. What Enduring Social Issue...?
3. Have a Conversation
4. Practice Proper Citation
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