The document outlines strategies and resources for teaching social studies at the 6th grade level in Union County, focusing on collaboration, critical thinking, and technology integration. It showcases various project-based learning activities, lesson plans, and digital tools like Google Apps and Moodle to enhance student engagement. Additionally, it provides links to external resources, videos, and websites that facilitate global awareness and understanding of social studies topics.

1. All Aboard the Social
Studies Train
NCMSA Conference Session 8
tinyurl.com/ncmsass

2. Welcome!
● Teaching Social Studies in Union County for
7 years.
● Currently teaching 6th grade at Porter Ridge
Middle School
● County Vision: GIG
● We're a 1:1 School/County
● School Focus: PLC
● Global Teacher Leader and Model 1
Teacher
Contact Me: Ashley.Ponscheck@ucps.k12.nc.us

3. Did You Know?
Social Studies Drum Roll
● Drum Roll- Unit Opener
● Before: Students created
a KWL on Asia, Africa &
Australia
● After: Students
completed a Stop & Jot:
Based on what you just watched what
do you now better understand about
Africa, Asia or Australia? Why do you
think it is important to study these
continents now?

4. F115
● Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Discussion & Research
● My 2012-2013 Focus: Google Apps and Primary Sources/DBQ's
● Daily lesson plans centered around backwards unit planning
Essential Lesson/Class Components
○ Drum Roll- Introduce Units
○ Group Work
○ Social Studies Notebook
○ Class Website: Moodle
○ Project Based Learning
○ Digital Media
○ Talk Like a Historian Word Wall
○ Time Zones Clocks
○ Where In The World Map
○ Student of the Month
○ Unit Wrap Up: Wordle & Unit in 1 Word

5. A Picture's Worth a Thousand
Words....

6. A Student Must:
Social Studies Notebook
● Digital Glue: OneNote
● Sections: Daily Warm Ups, tab for each unit, Class
Tools, Missing Work
● Students upload work from their notebook; especially
weekly warm up's
Class Website: Moodle
● Both Information & Interactive
● 1 toggle bar for each unit, parent section, turn in bin,
twitter feed, games & websites
http://moodlemid.ucps.k12.nc.us/course/view.php?id=1070

7. Project Based Learning
Examples: Student Artifacts:
○ Hebrew Leader Scrolls
○ Shelved Countries
○ 5 Themes 3D Collage
○ Time Travel Brochures
Projects are assigned with assignment
sheet & grading rubric

8. Technology Based Learning
Examples Student Artifacts:
● 5 Themes of Geography Class
Atlas Google Doc
https://docs.google.com/a/ucps.k12.nc.
us/presentation/d/1v7X0kcfDkSG9qXHgMg
k62d4v4xGEQv_MAAD3xxbMGoY/edit#sli
de=id.p
● Stone Age Comic Books
● Virtual Field Trips
○ Carolina Navigators
○ Arounder
● Webquests
● Ancient Civilizations Wiki's
http://ancientcivilizations2011blk2.
wikispaces.
com/Daily+Life+in+Ancient+Egypt

9. Learning Centers
Examples: Student Artifacts:
● Primary & Secondary Source
Stations
○ Evaluating different sources
● 5 Themes of Geography
○ One station for each theme
● Ancient Egyptian Culture
○ Pharaoh's, Religion,
Mummification, Architecture
● Mapping Lab Stations
○ Parts of a Map, Speciality
Maps, Physical & Political
● Africa Wrap Up
○ Music on I-Pods, Comparing
Food, Vanishing Gorilla's
comic... http://moodlemid.ucps.k12.nc.
20 minute activities; 3/6 activities us/course/view.php?id=1070

10. Globally Focused Lessons
Examples: Artifacts:
● World Religion Panel
● Human Rights
Lesson
● $2 Dollars a Day
Project

11. My Top Go To's:
Go To Video:
Ancient Mesopotamia Song by Mr. Nicky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84y2q4giihY
Go To Website(s):
Flocabulary
http://www.flocabulary.com/subjects/
Water for Sixth Grade
http://waterforsixthgrade.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-11-09T08:58:00-06:00&max-
results=10&start=40&by-date=false
Go To Organization(s):
Carolina Navigators
http://cgi.unc.edu/navigators
Go To Book
Every Human Has Rights: What You Need to Know About Your Human Rights By National
Geographic

12. Resources
Class Dojo Mr. Donn SS Website
http://www.classdojo.com/ http://www.mrdonn.org/
*VIF International Education Mr. Manko's SS Resources
http://learningcenter.vifprogram.com/ http://staff.hcpss.
CNN Student News org/~jmanko/Socialstudiesresources.html
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/index.html RubiStar
*Brain Pop http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
http://www.brainpop.com/ iCivics
*Flocabulary http://www.icivics.org/
http://www.flocabulary.com/subjects/ SAS Curriculum Pathways
YouTube:History For Music Lovers http://www.sascurriculumpathways.
http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers com/portal/#/search?
New Global Citizens searchString=&searchSubject=4&searchCategor
http://www.newglobalcitizens.org/ y=32
Quizlet Sweet Search
http://quizlet.com/ http://www.sweetsearch.com/
Winston Salem Curriculum Guide Symbaloo
http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/975 http://www.symbaloo.com/
Regents Exam Prep Center A Students Friend
http://regentsprep.org/ http://www.studentsfriend.com/
Globaloria World History Teachers Blog
http://www.globaloria.org/ http://worldhistoryeducatorsblog.blogspot.com/
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13. Changing Education Paradigms