Post on 13-Apr-2017
Reaching Today’s Students (and CCSS)
with today’s resources Teaching Creatively Without Breaking The Bank!
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Addressing CCSS ² Requires reworking curriculum
² Demands attention to reading in
the Social Studies classroom
² Steps up the accountability for engaging instruction
² Necessitates the use of primary
sources and challenging texts
² Allows room for diverse teaching strategies and utilization of diverse
teaching materials
What does this mean for the
Social Studies classroom? Curriculum Changes – Few
Instructional Strategy Changes – YES Resource Changes -‐ DEFINITELY
How must instructional strategies change?
Students Must: • Read more • Analyze more • View more • Evaluate more • Compare more • Consider more • Integrate more • Assess more
Teachers Must: • Use strategies that will
engage students • Be creative to interest
students • Be motivational to
encourage student reading
• Keep curriculum moving to cover all standards and address all content
Strategies to help reach students
AND implement CCSS
Centers & Stations
Walking Tours
Archeology Digs
Investigation Activities
Discovery Tasks
Research Projects
Centers & Stations Walking Tours/Gallery Walks
Investigation/Discovery Tasks Research Projects
Presentation Projects
Role-‐Playing Image/Video/Music Analysis
Games & Competitions Collaborative Activities
Centers & Stations
Image/Video/Music
Analysis
Presentation Projects
Role-‐Playing
Games
Class Competitions
What resources will address CCSS AND keep student attention?
• Primary Sources (find intriguing topics)
• Images, Video, Music
• Activities Involving Movement (Walking Tours)
• Activities Involving Curiosity (Archeology Digs)
• Controversial Activities (Response Groups)
• Hands-‐On Activities (Discovery/Investigation)
• FUN Stuff! (Games and Competitions)
What resources to AVOID
Anything Repetitive
Anything Ordinary
Technology Engagement
A note about “texts”
The Common Core Standards refer to the use of texts in almost every standard. This does NOT mean a textbook. It simply means any content provided to students, most
often that in written form.
Be creative. Use a variety of written (and visual) sources in your classroom to keep your students curious and
interested in reading and learning.
And finally… The Resources
In no particular order…
• NCSS: www.socialstudies.org
• Smithsonian: www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators
• National Archives (Primary Sources): www.archives.gov/education/lessons and www.digitalvaults.org
• Discovery Education: www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers
• The History Channel: www.history.com/shows/classroom
• PBS Teachers: www.pbslearningmedia.org
• Teaching American History: www.teachingamericanhistory.org
• White House Official Site: www.whitehouse.gov
• United States Memorial Holocaust Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/educators
• Teaching Tolerance: www.teachingtolerance.org
• Facing history & Ourselves: www.facing.org
• European Union Lesson Plans & Resources: www.Euintheus.org
• Modern Germany from the Goethe Institute: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/top/mat/enindex.htm or for print materials: http://reports.balmar.com/goethe/goetheform.aspx
• Books by the Foot Library Books: www.booksbythefoot.com
Classroom resources are all around us every day. It’s identifying those
resources and learning to use them effectively in your classroom that
makes all the difference.
Another thing to consider is the amount you invest in your classroom
each year for resources. If your school only provides textbooks, you may want to utilize the free materials you can find, yet sometimes, even
the resources that cost can save you valuable time, energy, and stress!
My Favorites! • Blogs
• K-‐1 -‐ Mrs. Jump’s Class: http://mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com/ • Elementary -‐ Rachel Lynette’s Minds in Bloom: http://www.minds-‐in-‐bloom.com/ • Middle School Blog Log (All Content Areas):
http://2peasandadog.blogspot.ca/p/middle-‐school-‐blog-‐log.html • High School:
• ELA – Ms. Orman’s Classroom: http://www.traceeorman.com/ • Social Studies – MY BLOG: A Lesson Plan for Teachers:
http://www.alessonplanforteachers.blogspot.com/
• Facebook: Teacher Made Freebies @ https://www.facebook.com/TeacherMadeFreebies
• TeachersPayTeachers • Michele Luck’s Social Studies:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Michele-‐Lucks-‐Social-‐Studies • Many others can be linked to from my blog, A Lesson Plan for Teachers!