“Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not

determine the quality of a child’s

Education or success in the future workforce,”

Bob Wise Former Governor of West Virginia

“The more states that adopt these college and career

based standards, the closer we will be to

sharing innovation across state borders and becoming

more competitive as a country.”

Bill Gates Co-Chair, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Since all state standards are unique, the need for a common set of standards nationwide become more and more important if we are to

compete in our globalized world .

So where does the social studies teacher fit in???

How do we create students of the 21st Century with these common core standards?

Document Based Questions

Blogs

Trade Books/Editorials

Socratic Seminars

Collaborative Research UsingWeb 2.0

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Resources

Variety of SourcesSUBJECT PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY

Art and Architecture Painting by Manet Article critiquing art piece ArtStor database

Chemistry/Life Sciences Einstein's diary Monograph on Einstein's life Dictionary on Theory of Relativity

Engineering/Physical Sciences Patent NTIS database Manual on using invention

Humanities Letters by Martin Luther King Web site on King's writingsEncyclopedia on Civil Rights Movement

Social SciencesNotes taken by clinical psychologist

Magazine article about the psychological condition

Textbook on clinical psychology

Performing Arts Movie filmed in 1942 Biography of the director Guide to the movie

Mercator MapGall-Peters Map

Eurasian Centric Map Upside Down Map

Anagrams for Social Studies ThemesCornell Notes

SPEC• S- Social

• P- Political

• E- Economic

• C- Cultural

SPICE• S-State Building

• P-People and Place

• I-Interaction: Humans and the Environment

• C-Culture

• E- Economic Systems

G-Persia• G- Geographic

• P-Political

• E-Economic

• R-Religious

• S-Social

• I-Intellectual

• A-Artistic

• Since information is everywhere, the quality of teaching will make a difference in the effectiveness of the learning.

Document Based Questions• Evaluate various documents• Use them as a “proof” to help you answer a specific

question• Can be persuasive, but not always required• Does not have cookie cutter responses

Trade Books/Editorials

The On-Line Discussion - Blogs

Socratic Seminars

http://youtu.be/PtYABBs6LLc

Collaborative Research Projects

Examples of Hybrid Sites

• Stockbridge Moodle Site – Class website• World History/Biology- Crash Course

Video Lectures on Youtube.com• Glogster – Interactive posters/portfolios • Prezi- Presentation Tool• Edmodo – Social Networking

Examples of Hybrid Sites

• Google docs• iTunesU• Interactive simulations/Games – icivics.org,

Redistricting Game and Budget Hero• Let’s continue the conversation: Follow @Hist_teacher