Benchmark - Social Studies and the Arts Integrated Unit Plan  Throughout this course, you have had the opportunity to research and implement a learning activity that is cross-curricular with social studies and the arts, along with appropriate instructional strategies, questioning strategies, and differentiation. Part 1: Social Studies Unit Plan For this benchmark, you will plan a weeklong unit using the “Social Studies Unit Plan.” The unit plan should include social studies integrated with the visual arts and require students to research a country of their choice. You may adapt any previous assignments and lesson plans in the creation of this mini-unit plan, as long as the lessons form a planned cohesive unit. The unit plan will focus on government and economics of the selected country, U.S. and world history (comparing the selected country to the U.S), and geography and social studies of the selected country.          Use the “Class Profile” for background information on your students in order to differentiate to meet the diverse needs of students. Design the unit plan so that it: Develops students' abilities to make informed decisions in a culturally diverse democratic society and interdependent world. Integrates visual arts to promote communication, inquiry, and engagement. Incorporates responsible use of media, digital tools, and resources, including: Virtual pen pal options with students from the selected country. Safety measures for using the Internet in the classroom. Research of performance and visual arts of the selected country. How students can communicate and collaborate with students of other cultures. Part 2: Rationale Along with the unit, submit a 250-500 word rationale that explains the reasoning behind your instructional strategies and choices. Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice. APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the  LopesWrite Technical Support articles  for assistance. This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies [and professional standards]: MA in Elementary Education 1.4 Promote responsible student use of active technologies to collaborate in positive face-to-face and virtual local and global environments through applying effective interpersonal communication skills. [ACEI 1.0; InTASC 3(b), 3(g), 3(h), 3(m), 3(n), 3(o); ISTE-T 4a, 4c; MC1, MC4, MC5] 2.4: Use the major concepts and modes of inquiry from the social studies—the integrated study of history, geography, the social sciences, and other related areas—to promote elementary students’ abilities to make informed decisions as citizens of a culturally diverse democratic society and interdependent world. [ACEI 2.4; InTASC 4(b), 4(.

1. Benchmark - Social Studies and the Arts Integrated Unit Plan
Throughout this course, you have had the opportunity to
research and implement a learning activity that is cross-
curricular with social studies and the arts, along with
appropriate instructional strategies, questioning strategies, and
differentiation.
Part 1: Social Studies Unit Plan
For this benchmark, you will plan a weeklong unit using the
“Social Studies Unit Plan.” The unit plan should include social
studies integrated with the visual arts and require students to
research a country of their choice. You may adapt any previous
assignments and lesson plans in the creation of this mini-unit
plan, as long as the lessons form a planned cohesive unit. The
unit plan will focus on government and economics of the
selected country, U.S. and world history (comparing the
selected country to the U.S), and geography and social studies
of the selected country.
Use the “Class Profile” for background information on your
students in order to differentiate to meet the diverse needs of
students.
Design the unit plan so that it:
Develops students' abilities to make informed decisions in a
culturally diverse democratic society and interdependent world.
Integrates visual arts to promote communication, inquiry, and
engagement.
Incorporates responsible use of media, digital tools, and
resources, including:

2. Virtual pen pal options with students from the selected country.
Safety measures for using the Internet in the classroom.
Research of performance and visual arts of the selected country.
How students can communicate and collaborate with students of
other cultures.
Part 2: Rationale
Along with the unit, submit a 250-500 word rationale that
explains the reasoning behind your instructional strategies and
choices. Explain how you will use your findings in your future
professional practice.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is
expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Refer to the
LopesWrite Technical Support articles
for assistance.
This benchmark assignment assesses the following
programmatic competencies [and professional standards]:
MA in Elementary Education

3. 1.4 Promote responsible student use of active technologies to
collaborate in positive face-to-face and virtual local and global
environments through applying effective interpersonal
communication skills. [ACEI 1.0; InTASC 3(b), 3(g), 3(h),
3(m), 3(n), 3(o); ISTE-T 4a, 4c; MC1, MC4, MC5]
2.4: Use the major concepts and modes of inquiry from the
social studies—the integrated study of history, geography, the
social sciences, and other related areas—to promote elementary
students’ abilities to make informed decisions as citizens of a
culturally diverse democratic society and interdependent world.
[ACEI 2.4; InTASC 4(b), 4(m), 4(o), 4(p) 5(g); MC2, MC5]
2.5: Use—as appropriate to their own understanding and
skills—the content, functions, and achievements of the
performing arts (dance, music, theater) and the visual arts as
primary media for communication, inquiry, and engagement
among elementary students. [ACEI 2.5; InTASC 5(e), 5(n),
8(h), 8(m), 8(q); MC1, MC2]
Pen Pals in the 21st Century
Read “Pen Pals in the 21st Century,” located on the Edutopia
website.
URL:
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/pen-pals-in-21st-century-lisa-
mims
Clinical Field Experience D : Assessment and Feedback
Allocate at least 1 hour in the field to support this field

4. experience.
For this field experience, you will assess students, provide them
feedback, and reflect on the summative assessment
implementation.
Part 1: Assessment
In the previous field experience, you designed and implemented
a lesson that provided additional learning support to the
selected group of students. In the final part of the assessment
process, you will conduct a summative assessment for the same
group of students.
Your summative assessment should be designed to determine
mastery of identified standards. Prior to completing the
assessment, review the pre-assessment to ensure appropriate
concepts are measured in the final assessment. Once your
summative assessment is complete, ask your mentor teacher to
review it for approval.
Administer the assessment to the group of students. You may
provide multiple assessment methods (oral, written, technology
driven, etc.), and differentiate assessment based on the needs of
the students.
Part 2: Provide Feedback
Individually review each student’s assessment results with him
or her. During each conference, ask the following questions to
engage the student:
How do you feel about the lesson?

5. What was most difficult?
What was easy?
During this time, provide effective, descriptive feedback that
starts with a positive strength of each student and ends with
identifying instructional goals for the student to continue
working on.
Part 3: Reflection
Submit a 250-500 word reflection of your experience creating a
summative assessment, implementing it, and providing
feedback. Did the data you collected in the pre-assessment help
you prepare an applicable summative assessment? What
challenges did you run into during the summative assessment
and how did you deal with them? Explain how you will use this
process in your future professional practice.
Submit a description or copy of your assessment, along with a
250-500 word reflection on giving instructional feedback to the
students, as one deliverable.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is
expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Refer to the
LopesWrite Technical Support articles
for assistance.

6. Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on
your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.
Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to
LoudCloud in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be
found on the College of Education site in the Student Success
Center.