Presentation for teachers that provides information on free or low cost resources for classroom use to address CCSS and keep students engaged.

1. Reaching Today’s Students (and CCSS)
with today’s resources
Teaching
Creatively
Without
Breaking
The
Bank!
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2. Addressing
CCSS
² Requires
reworking
curriculum
² Demands
attention
to
reading
in
the
Social
Studies
classroom
² Steps
up
the
accountability
for
engaging
instruction
² Necessitates
the
use
of
primary
sources
and
challenging
texts
² Allows
room
for
diverse
teaching
strategies
and
utilization
of
diverse
teaching
materials

3. What does this mean for the
Social Studies classroom?
Curriculum
Changes
–
Few
Instructional
Strategy
Changes
–
YES
Resource
Changes
-­‐
DEFINITELY

4. How
must
instructional
strategies
change?
Students
Must:
• Read
more
• Analyze
more
• View
more
• Evaluate
more
• Compare
more
• Consider
more
• Integrate
more
• Assess
more
Teachers
Must:
• Use
strategies
that
will
engage
students
• Be
creative
to
interest
students
• Be
motivational
to
encourage
student
reading
• Keep
curriculum
moving
to
cover
all
standards
and
address
all
content

5. Strategies
to
help
reach
students
AND
implement
CCSS
Centers
&
Stations
Walking
Tours
Archeology
Digs
Investigation
Activities
Discovery
Tasks
Research
Projects
Centers
&
Stations
Walking
Tours/Gallery
Walks
Investigation/Discovery
Tasks
Research
Projects
Presentation
Projects
Role-­‐Playing
Image/Video/Music
Analysis
Games
&
Competitions
Collaborative
Activities
Centers
&
Stations
Image/Video/
Music
Analysis
Presentation
Projects
Role-­‐Playing
Games
Class
Competitions

6. What
resources
will
address
CCSS
AND
keep
student
attention?
• Primary
Sources
(find
intriguing
topics)
• Images,
Video,
Music
• Activities
Involving
Movement
(Walking
Tours)
• Activities
Involving
Curiosity
(Archeology
Digs)
• Controversial
Activities
(Response
Groups)
• Hands-­‐On
Activities
(Discovery/Investigation)
• FUN
Stuff!
(Games
and
Competitions)

7. What
resources
to
AVOID
Anything
Repetitive
Anything
Ordinary
Technology
Engagement

8. A note about
“texts”
The
Common
Core
Standards
refer
to
the
use
of
texts
in
almost
every
standard.
This
does
NOT
mean
a
textbook.
It
simply
means
any
content
provided
to
students,
most
often
that
in
written
form.
Be
creative.
Use
a
variety
of
written
(and
visual)
sources
in
your
classroom
to
keep
your
students
curious
and
interested
in
reading
and
learning.

9. And
finally…
The
Resources
In
no
particular
order…
• NCSS:
www.socialstudies.org
• Smithsonian:
www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators
• National
Archives
(Primary
Sources):
www.archives.gov/education/lessons
and
www.digitalvaults.org
• Discovery
Education:
www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers
• The
History
Channel:
www.history.com/shows/classroom
• PBS
Teachers:
www.pbslearningmedia.org
• Teaching
American
History:
www.teachingamericanhistory.org
• White
House
Official
Site:
www.whitehouse.gov
• United
States
Memorial
Holocaust
Museum:
http://www.ushmm.org/educators
• Teaching
Tolerance:
www.teachingtolerance.org
• Facing
history
&
Ourselves:
www.facing.org
• European
Union
Lesson
Plans
&
Resources:
www.Euintheus.org
• Modern
Germany
from
the
Goethe
Institute:
http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/top/mat/enindex.htm
or
for
print
materials:
http://reports.balmar.com/goethe/goetheform.aspx
• Books
by
the
Foot
Library
Books:
www.booksbythefoot.com
Classroom
resources
are
all
around
us
every
day.
It’s
identifying
those
resources
and
learning
to
use
them
effectively
in
your
classroom
that
makes
all
the
difference.
Another
thing
to
consider
is
the
amount
you
invest
in
your
classroom
each
year
for
resources.
If
your
school
only
provides
textbooks,
you
may
want
to
utilize
the
free
materials
you
can
find,
yet
sometimes,
even
the
resources
that
cost
can
save
you
valuable
time,
energy,
and
stress!

10. My
Favorites!
• Blogs
• K-­‐1
-­‐
Mrs.
Jump’s
Class:
http://mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com/
• Elementary
-­‐
Rachel
Lynette’s
Minds
in
Bloom:
http://www.minds-­‐in-­‐bloom.com/
• Middle
School
Blog
Log
(All
Content
Areas):
http://2peasandadog.blogspot.ca/p/middle-­‐school-­‐blog-­‐log.html
• High
School:
• ELA
–
Ms.
Orman’s
Classroom:
http://www.traceeorman.com/
• Social
Studies
–
MY
BLOG:
A
Lesson
Plan
for
Teachers:
http://www.alessonplanforteachers.blogspot.com/
• Facebook:
Teacher
Made
Freebies
@
https://www.facebook.com/TeacherMadeFreebies
• TeachersPayTeachers
• Michele
Luck’s
Social
Studies:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Michele-­‐Lucks-­‐Social-­‐Studies
• Many
others
can
be
linked
to
from
my
blog,
A
Lesson
Plan
for
Teachers!