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Integrating Web Based Resources into Social Studies Instruction
Angela Kenes, M.Ed.Rachel Hanzes, M.Ed.Intermediate Unit 1
Session Highlights
Welcome and Introductions
Library of Congress
Scholastic: Explore Immigration Data
Newseum
Digital History
Questions
Smore/Padlet (Technology Tools)
Library of Congress
Nation's oldest federal cultural institution
Research library of Congress
One of the largest libraries in the world
Vast amount of online materials and resources
Library of Congress
Education Link: Displays all educational resources for students and teachers
Click on the Teacher Resources Link
Teacher Page: Menu box to the left of screen
Classroom Materials: Categories of available teacher resources.
Classroom Materials• Primary Source Sets
Sets of primary sources on specific topics.
• Lesson PlansTeacher-created lesson plans using Library of Congress primary sources.
• Presentations & ActivitiesMedia-rich historical context and opportunities for both teachers and students to explore.
• Themed ResourcesThe Library’s best exhibitions, activities, primary sources, and lesson plans on popular curricular themes.
• Collection ConnectionsHistorical context and ideas for teaching with specific Library of Congress primary source collections.
• Top three links most helpful• Tutorials on using
resources on this site
Classroom Materials
• Another search option would be to search all of these resources by standard, state, grade, and topic.
• Since the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education are closely aligned to the K-12 Common Core standards, you could use this tool if you wanted to address a specific skill by standard.
• Let’s say that you are working with a HIABE group of students. You can indicate that you want to see what Common Core standards are at 6th grade, but rather than use History/Social Studies category, select English Language Arts. The reason is that the K-12 Common Core Standards under English Language Arts closely align to the College and Career Ready Standards for Adult Education.
• In addition, the Adult Education standards do not include separate Social Studies or Science standards.
Correlation of Standards• Here’s an example of the correlation between the
PA State Common Core and the Adult Ed standards: – RI.6.2: Determine a central idea of a text and how it
is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
– CCR Anchor 2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Presentation and Activities Link• RI 6.2, with RI standing for
Reading Informational Text, you will see 228 Resources that address that standard alone!
• Resources and lesson plan ideas that correlate to our Adult Ed standards and address content knowledge required on the GED.
• Presentation and Activities Link: Click on Activities: First Two Links under Activities
Creating the United States Word Search
• Interactive word search introducing basic vocabulary from the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and a Challenge Word category.
• Students click and drag the cursor over the words.
• Use as an introduction, the focus of a vocabulary lesson, ask students to make inferences based on the word list, etc.
• Nice tool for reinforcing vocabulary with lower level students or practicing computer related skills.
Declaration of Independence Rewriting the Rough Draft
Second link is The Declaration of Independence, Rewriting the Rough Draft activity.
Appropriate with lower level students with some vocabulary review
View a copy of Thomas Jefferson’s rough draft.
They click on a window and can select the original or edited text
When complete, students compare their draft to the actual Declaration of Independence
Declaring IndependenceDrafting the Documents
Can view the documents side by side online or print them.
Discussion/writing activities that ask students to discuss similarities/differences between the draft and final version.
Compare content of Declaration of Independence to other primary sources from that time period.
Lesson Plans
Go to Classroom Materials link and select Lesson Plans
Will see a set of topic headings
Select Government, Politics, and Law topic link
See listing of lesson plans and grade levels.
Last one on the list is The U.S. Constitution: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States
The U.S. Constitution: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States
Rather than a single lesson, it is a collection of four lessons with some of these goals: Interpret primary source documents in historical
context Analyze changes in the final drafts of the Constitution Describe the evolution of the Bill of Rights Compare issues facing the Continental Congress and
present-day Congress
Feature portion of lesson dealing with the Bill of Rights.
Lesson Two: Bill of Rights Higher level students
Compare and contrast Virginia’s proposed amendments to the US constitution and the actual Bill of Rights
Virginia’s Proposed Amendments
Bill of Rights
There is great online tool that can assist students with the analysis process
Analysis Tool for Students
Tool is great for any type of primary source
Located under the Using Primary Sources: Analysis Tool for Students
Select the type of document and the tool provides prompts specific to the document type
Allows for typing practice and a basis for discussion or writing
Document can be downloaded, saved, and printed
Library of Congress
Application to GED Social Studies skills identified at the GED Testing Service website: Determine what is explicitly stated in primary sources
and make inferences based on evidence Compare treatments of the same social studies topic
in primary sources and noting the discrepancies between them
Key historical documents that have shaped American constitutional government
Revolutionary and Early Republic Periods Individual Rights and Civic Responsibilities
Scholastic: Immigration Data Tour Ellis Island, Interactive Tour, Listen to
Stories
All information is from 1820-2010
Various graphs and charts
Immigration Data
Shown by Decade, Region, and by 50-year Periods and Regions
Different graphs and charts display the data
CCR Anchor 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Exploring Data
Download data to get handouts for students
Questions at the bottom of the page – easy way to make it into a lesson
Choose one of the countries you selected in the question above. During which decade or time period did most of the immigrants come to the United States? Why do you think that is? Research your answer.
Small group activities
Historical Timeline
Scroll to top of the page to the timeline featured at the right
Color coded timeline
Easy for lower level students to understand key events during that time period
Explore Ellis Island
On the main page there is a tab that lets you explore Ellis Island
Main parts of Ellis Island that Immigrants would travel through
Labeled from where Immigrants would begin their journey
10th Spot- Kissing Post
Stories, photos, and audio
Ellis Island
Free search of passengers on website (must make an account)
There is a “Sign in” and then you will see a box asking if you are new to the site
Register on the site in order to gain access to documents
Great way for students to explore to find relatives
Can see actual documents from passengers
Newseum Museum
Official website for Newseum Museum, devoted to news and journalism.
Numerous online exhibits, interesting interactives, and information related to First Amendment.
Today’s Front Pages Exhibit is a unique site feature
Newseum Museum
Today’s Front Pages
You can view the front page of over 800 newspapers by gallery, list, or a map.
Select the geographic region and each dot represents location of the paper.
Another feature is the Top 10, selected by a different editor each day, highlighting 10 front pages from around the world.
Under View Archived Images link, view dates and events with historical significance, such as the 9-11 attacks or the war in Iraq.
Today’s Front Pages Lesson Plan
Possible lesson ideas include: Compare and contrast two of
the Top 10 or any other front pages for bias and propaganda
Demonstrate how to distinguish between fact and opinion
Explain how specific evidence is used by an author to support a claim
These skills are part of the Adult CCR Standards in Reading and required for the GED
Digital Classroom
Click on the Education link
See a series of links to the left of the screen
Click on the third link, Digital Classroom
It does require you to register with the site, but is a short process and free
Separate email account for registering for any online activity, which is my live.com account, and then submit my password.
Feature Civil Rights and Women’s Suffrage Movements
Making the ChangeFirst Amendment and Civil Rights Movement
My two favorite are the ones that address the Civil Rights and Woman’s Suffrage Movements.
Both have two features that you could easily incorporate into lessons:
Interactive Timeline
Media Maps
Interactive Timeline
Timeline explores how people have used First Amendment rights to make or prevent change across the United States.
Text, photos, videos, and newspapers from the event
"Start Over" to return to a view of all events
Use filters to find events about specific civil rights issues (legal, social or economic), people, or places
First Amendment rights in parentheses to see how Americans used freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition to fight for and against change
Media Map
Click on a year to see multiple front pages about a major civil rights story
Click on a map pin to view the newspaper from that city or scroll down in the column on the right to browse all of the front pages
Read descriptions of each newspaper
“View larger image“ feature
Find evidence of the effects of each newspaper's history and location on the civil rights story
Consider how their reports may have influenced public opinion about the civil rights movement
Women, Their Rights and Nothing Less
Investigates how suffragists utilized the First Amendment as a tool to help achieve their goal.
Explains how suffragists exercised all five freedoms (speech, press, assembly, religion, petition) and pioneered new forms of dramatic protest.
Deeper understanding of the suffrage movement and its impact on today's social and political movements.
Interactive Timeline
History of the women's suffrage movement, including leaders, strategies, victories, setbacks and use of the First Amendment
Text, photos, newspapers and videos from that event
Use filters to find events related to specific people or places
"Marching for Women's Rights" is online exhibit to download primary sources seen in timeline
Media Map
Map explores how the suffrage movement — and the people who opposed it — tried to influence public opinion.
Displays artifacts, billboards, cards, buttons and cartoons.
Describes how geography and other factors shaped the form and content of communication.
Pin shows location and image of artifact on the right
"View larger image" feature
Digital Classrooms
The timelines are very interesting and the content is not overwhelming
Media Maps reinforce geography
Explains how historic events are connected to movements, providing a sense of continuity and insight into the “bigger picture”
At the end of many of the information “snippets” are discussion questions that do address the various levels of Webb’s Depth of Knowledge
Digital History
Scrolling Timeline
Beginning pre-1492 to 2010
Abundance of historical information
We will focus on one particular era – American Revolution found under “Eras”
American Revolution
Overview of American Revolution
Tabs - Documents, major event timeline, images, quizzes, etc
Click the tab “For Teachers” – lessons and handouts that can be used with students
Teacher Resources
Lesson plan gives summary of events
Chapter 5: French and Indian war
Suggested students exercises:Definitions
Constructing an essay
Typing skills
Maps and Glossary
Under ‘References’ tab there are links to various teaching tools to use with students
Focus on Maps
Maps by Topic
United States Maps
Maps by State, Territory, Region, and City
Landmark Documents
Organized by Era
Great way for students to analyze and interpret informational text
Lincolns Inaugural Address compared to JFK’s Address
Court Cases
Trial Transcripts
Rodney King beating trial Timeline of Events
Transcript Excerpts
Key Figures
Supreme Court Ruling
Obituaries
Scroll through by name or year
Dr. Seuss Gives Date of Death
Gives quick description of role in history
Web link opens to new page
Dr. Seuss
Can look through obituary
Died from an infection of jaw bone
Major works are displayed
Smore Flyer/Padlet Wall
Online resources for you to be able to use
Smore: Features links to the home page of the four websites that we featured today and a link to our Padlet Wall
Padlet: A virtual wall where we would like for you to share your thoughts on the session or any of the resources we have shared
Today’s presentation is available on our Padlet Wall
Stay Tuned…
Second Session: Sharing how you used resources from this session and then introducing some additional social studies resources
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