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Transcript of 21 st Century Social Studies Beth Ratway WCSS 2009 [email protected].
Where are we now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRBchZLkQR0
What is social studies
Write down your definition of social studies…
What do our students need to know and be able to do
in the 21st century?
“This is a story about the big public conversation the nation
is not having about education… whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can’t
think their way through abstract problems, work in
teams, distinguish good formation from bad, or speak
a language other than English.”
How to Build a Student for the 21st Century, TIME Magazine,
December 18, 2006
Overview
6
Current National Debate
7
Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes
Standards & Assessment
Information, Media, and Tech Skills
Curriculum & Instruction
Professional Development
Learning Environments
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Learning and Innovation Skills
Life & Career Skills
21st Century Skills Maps
• http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/ss_map_11_12_08.pdf
Core Content Maps
The maps are designed to:– Raise awareness about the intersections
between core subjects and 21st century skills
– Provide examples of what it looks like to teach these skills in a core subject classroom
The audience for the maps:– Educators– Administrators– Policymakers
Creativity and Innovation
HS students create a simulation, role play, or webquest on a current or historic event (e.g., global climate change, Battle of the Little Bighorn). Product can be presented to a local school with analysis of most creative and innovative elements in each of the products.
Mike Schlotterback, Fisheye Photography
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• MS students use online databases (www.census.gov) to determine immigration patterns and compare to changes in community demographics
• HS students use county voting patterns, demographic & socio-economic data from US Census bureau to predict outcomes of upcoming election. Display election projection & supporting information on a digital map. Create a podcast that suggests election strategies that political parties might use for their candidates.
Communication
• MS - Research information on the local implications of a global issue of concern (e.g., child poverty, hunger, homelessness). Students organize their information and a possible solution and write a persuasive letter that is to be proof-read, peer edited, and finally sent via e-mail to a local public official.
Collaboration
• Working in small groups, elementary students encourage and engage other classmates to assist with a group service-learning project. Using digital media, students demonstrate the need to raise the awareness of their classmates on an issue within their community, (e.g., students create a digital poster that persuades classmates to participate in a school fundraising project).
Information Literacy
• Students will examine information about federal tax policy from various sources. Focusing on the federal income tax, excise tax, and other forms of federal taxation, students will compare opinions as presented through several information outlets including popular digital and print media, online communities (e.g., district-approved blogs, online interest groups), and community resources, and articulate why some opinions are more compelling or effective than others.
Media Literacy
• MS students analyze how media format influences media messages.– Use history
websites & primary sources to compare & contrast historic & current presidential election campaigns.
– Hypothesize how 19th & 21st century media influence political campaigns
ICT Literacy• Elementary students examine interaction of
human beings & physical environment, land use, towns, local ecosystem changes (e.g., mining in Lead, SD) – Compare dated aerial photos of the local community
to recent satellite images. – Compare and evaluate the changes.
• HS students use search engines, online data bases, identify and join a list serve to access national, and international media to examine an international conflict. – Examine interactions of ethnic, national, or
cultural influences on the conflict.– Create an online document with hyperlinks to help
MS students understand the conflict.– Embed evaluation questions in the online document
to encourage students’ critical thinking
What does this look like in WI?
“Stop asking me if we’re almost there!We’re nomads, for crying out loud!”
CONTENT LITERACY
Thinking Like A…
Historian Economist
Psychologist
Behavioral Scientist
Geographer
Political Scientist
Anthropologist
Sociologist
HSI
• Historical Scene Investigation Project
• http://web.wm.edu/hsi/?svr=www
Next Steps
• What are the steps we need to take to move forward?
Go to the SS Wiki for more information and resources:
http://wisconsinsocialstudies.wikispaces.com/
