Aug 13 presentation

Effective Strategies for

Small Group Instruction in

Social Studies

Berkeley County School District

Planning for

Instruction

Essential Elements

for Teaching

Social Studies

Resources and

Strategies

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"All learning pivots on who we think we are, and who we see ourselves as capable of becoming." Frank Smith

The Learner

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The Challenge of Teaching Social Studies in the K-5 Classroom

How will you assess the learning?

What is the essential learning?• Know• Understand• Do

What will the instruction design look like?

Reflective Activity #1Using the support document, discuss with your partner or group aboutthe possible ways of differentiating instruction to meet the needs of thediversity of learner in the classroom. How will you plan for student learning plans, multipleintelligences, learner’s modality, and student’s cultural and life experience influenceyour instructional planning? What other things need to be considered in planning instruction? How will you plan for assessment?

Three Key Elements of an Effective Social Studies Instruction

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Books as Hooks to Online Primary Sources

Check out more books about Lincoln!

BookHook

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Books as Hooks to Online Primary Sources

You’ll find many more Civil War books?

BookHook

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Books as Hooks to Online Primary Sources

Students can read the book and locate “evidence” that supports the story.

Winnick, Karen. Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 1996.

BookHook

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Books as Hooks to Online Primary Sources

Teaching Strategy: Compare books written on the same topic.

BookHook

BookHook

Historical Thinking

Learning that takes place from examining

primary sources

History Reasoning

Skills

Reasoning Skills

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Activity: Connecting With Primary Sources

Library of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKSLibrary of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKS

Education Outreach www.loc.gov/teachers/

Activity: Connecting With Primary Sources

Library of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKSLibrary of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKS

Education Outreach www.loc.gov/teachers/

Activity: Connecting With Primary Sources

Library of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKSLibrary of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKS

Education Outreach www.loc.gov/teachers/

Activity: Connecting With Primary Sources

Library of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKSLibrary of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKS

Education Outreach www.loc.gov/teachers/

Activity: Connecting With Primary Sources

Library of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKSLibrary of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKS

Education Outreach www.loc.gov/teachers/

Activity: Connecting With Primary Sources

Library of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKSLibrary of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKS

Education Outreach www.loc.gov/teachers/

Activity: Connecting With Primary Sources

Library of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKSLibrary of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKS

Education Outreach www.loc.gov/teachers/

Activity: Connecting With Primary Sources

Library of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKSLibrary of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKS

Education Outreach www.loc.gov/teachers/

Activity: Connecting With Primary Sources

Do you see a connecting

theme?

PD Builder: Connecting With Primary Sources

Library of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKSLibrary of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKS

Education Outreach www.loc.gov/teachers/

Activity: Connecting With Primary Sources

PD Builder: Connecting With Primary Sources

What does this group of

documents have in common?

Library of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKSLibrary of Congress Teacher Page for Social Studies TEKS

Education Outreach www.loc.gov/teachers/

Books as Hooks to Online Primary Sources

T ra v e lin g o n th e s h ip …

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Books as Hooks to Online Primary Sources

First view of the Statue of Liberty…

Teaching Strategy: Use an image as a story starter or a prompt for writing

dialogue.

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Books as Hooks to Online Primary Sources

Arrival at Ellis Island…

ENGAGE LEARNERS

•Relate to learning • Encourage research and

inquiry•Must connect the literacy

element • Make learning real

Reflective Activity #2

Building upon your previous discussion, discuss how historical thinking, historical literature, and student engagement will influence learning strategies in your classroom.

Resources

http://bgaskins.pbworks.com/FrontPage

Cicero

Library of Congress

TeachingHistory.Org

District Portal

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"All learning pivots on who we think we are, and who we see ourselves as capable of becoming." Frank Smith

For more information, contact Bill Gaskins.gaskinsb@berkeley.k12.sc.us