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- 1. Reaching Today’s Students(and CCSS) with today’s resources Teaching Creatively Without Breaking The Bank! Find this complete presentation and all links at my blog, A Lesson Plan for Teachers Or link with the QR code below: By Michele Luck ©Another Michele Luck Creation! Copyright protected.
- 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 thismean 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!