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+ Common Core and the Humani/es: Global Approaches for Social Studies and ELA Liz Howald, Program Director
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PowerPoint from Primary Source's "Common Core and the Humanities: Global Approaches for Social Studies and ELA" workshop at the PGL 2012 Conference. June 29, 2012.
Transcript of Primary Source Common Core PowerPoint
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Common Core and the Humani/es: Global Approaches for Social Studies and ELA
Liz Howald, Program Director
+Workshop Agenda
“The Big Changes”
Informational Texts for Social Studies & ELA
Strategies & Activities Korea Children & War
Resources
Q/A & Discussion
+Warm Up
Group Introductions
Paired Introductions Introduce Yourselves Know, Wonder, Fear, and Hope (Think/Pair/Share)
+The Big Changes & Informa8onal Texts
+Common Core: The Big Changes
Interdisciplinary: shared responsibility for literacy
Emphasis on college and career‐readiness
Internationally benchmarked (to ensure students are globally competitive and collaborative)
Skills are cumulative
Reading: greater emphasis on informational texts (esp. in ELA)
Reading: greater focus on text complexity
Writing: strong emphasis on argument and informative/explanatory writing, writing about sources, and using evidence to inform argument
+ Common Core Standards for ELA and Literacy in History/Social Studies
Demonstrate independence
Build strong content knowledge through research
Adapt communication to demands of audience, task, purpose, & discipline
Comprehend as well as critique
Value evidence
Use technology and digital media strategically, capably
Come to understand other perspectives and cultures
Students who are “College and Career Ready”:
From CCSS for ELA (p. 7)
+Reading Standards for Literacy
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Categories for History and ELA
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What types of informa8onal texts are you using to teach about the world?
What types could you use?
+Types of global informa8onal texts
Historical accounts Debates
Memoirs TED talks
Oral histories Essays
Blogs Investigative journalism
International newspapers Opinion pieces/ op‐eds
International NGO reports Manuals
Speeches/rhetoric A Constitution or other foundational gov’t document
News broadcasts
+Strategies & Ac8vi8es
+ Ac8vity 1: Korean Labor Strike Integra8ng Mul8ple Quan8ta8ve and Qualita8ve Sources to Answer a Ques8on
1. Learning from Charts
2. Reading a Photo
3. Answering a Question
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Koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/05/117_87577.html
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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/24/riot-police-break-up-sit-down-strike-at-south-korean-auto-parts-plant/
+ Korean News Ar8cle
Text‐Dependent Questions What words are used to describe or characterize the nature of the strike?
What details does the article provide about the events leading to the strike breakup?
What does the quote by the KCTU tell us about how they view the law enforcement’s interference?
“Big Picture” Questions What is the purpose of the article? How does the article inform your understanding of the images and graphs? In what ways do the images and graphs inform your understanding of the article?
+ Student Assessment
Character Procile Research Reclect/evidence Inference/critical thinking/evidence
Extensions Bringing in literature
ciction sijo poetry
North Korea v. South Korea
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earthlights_in_nkorea.jpg
+ Ac8vity 2: Children & War Analyzing the structure of texts & Developing Research Ques8ons
1. Structure and Purpose of Texts
2. Integrating Information
3. Developing Research Question
+ Excerpts from Impact of Armed Conflict on Children & Beyond the Fire: Teen Experiences in War
Part 1: Popcorn read UN Report Note & Introduction Structure: What are the Main Parts?
Title Opening Note—Purpose, Tone (words?), Type of Writing Report/Summary—Purpose, Tone (words?), Type of Writing How does each part inform our understanding of the other?
Text‐Dependent What words and details does the author use to describe war’s effect on children?
Integra8ng informa8on from mul8ple global sources
+ Excerpts from Impact of Armed Conflict on Children (UN Report, 1996)
Major Issues Identicied in UN Report Forced cleeing & displacement Recruitment to military & participation in war Breakdown of family support systems Violent attacks Threats to health (walking, water, food, illness) Gender‐based violence Risk of dying
Identify evidence for issues in oral history transcripts.
Write strongest evidence on back of paper.
Structure & Purpose of a Global Informa8onal Text
+ From Reading to Research
Task: Develop a Research Question About the War in Somalia What do you need to know? Write a paragraph:
How did you decide on this question? Why?
Criteria Question is clearly‐stated and research appropriate Paragraph uses evidence from Beyond the Fire and cites passages correctly
Follow Up Options
Wri8ng informa8ve/explanatory texts and conduc8ng short research projects
+ Pairing Informa8onal Texts with Literature
+Resources
+More on the Common Core
Common Core State Standards Initiative http://www.corestandards.org/
Partnership for 21st Century Skills Common Core Toolkit http://www.p21.org/tools‐and‐resources/publications/p21‐common‐core‐toolkit
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers http://www.parcconline.org/ and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium http://www.k12.wa.us/smarter/
Measuring Text Complexity (Kansas DOE) http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4605
+Resources for Informa8onal Texts
Nonciction Resource Guide (Primary Source) http://resources.primarysource.org/nonciction and other regional guides: http://www.primarysource.org/resourceguides
Primary Source World http://www.primarysource.org/primarysourceworld
World Digital Library http://www.wdl.org/en/
Online Newspapers http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
