crossroads: ideas for thematic teaching

Crossroads: Ideas for Thematic Teaching

Kelly McKeeLake Forest High Schoolkmckee@lfschools.net

Overview of Presentation

• Common Core

• 10 NCSS Themes

• China First!

• Four “P” Themes

• Classroom Application

Let’s begin….

• One Minute Essay!

Common Core

One Minute Essay!

• What does Common Core mean to you and your students?

• How has Common Core changed your teaching?

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RH/9-10

10 NCSS Themes

1. Culture

2. Time, Continuity and Change

3. People, Places and Environment

4. Individual Development and Identity

5. Individuals, Groups and Institutions

10 NCSS Themes

6. Power, Authority and Governance

7. Production, Distribution and Consumption

8. Science, Technology and Society

9. Global Connections

10. Civic Ideals and Practices

10 NCSS Themes

Application of NCSS Themes to the Ancient Crossroads exhibition…..

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Selecting Themes

• Everyday Life• Power and Glory• Influence and Innovation

The Four “P” Themes

• Progress

• Power

• Population

• Poverty

POWER PROGRESS

POPULATION POVERTY

CHINA

FIRST

MING to MAO!

Zhu Yuanzhang – Hongwu Emperor Mao Zedong

CHINA FIRST!

MING (1368-1644)

QING (1644 – 1911)

REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1911-1949)

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1949-Present Day)

MING DYNASTY

Global Events?

Forbidden City

Great Wall

Columbus

Constantinople 1453

Elizabeth and Akbar

Martin Luther

Mayflower

EAST ASIA:CHINA/JAPAN/

KOREA

EUROPE MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA

SOUTH/SOUTHEAST

ASIALATIN AMERICA

1500 – 1700

1700 – 1800

1800 – 1900

1900 – today

MAKING CONNECTIONS

POWER PROGRESS

POPULATION POVERTY

Taiping Rebellion 1850-1864

• Emancipation of serfs in Russia• U.S. Civil War• Colonial conquest of Africa• Unification of Italy and Germany• Perry arrives in Japan• Meiji Restoration in Japan• Sepoy Mutiny in India• French conquest Indochina

The Learning Process

What instructional strategies most impact student learning?

Robert J. Marzano “Classroom Instruction that Works: Research Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement”

The Learning Process

-Question, Cues and Advance Organizers-Identifying similarities and differences -Summarizing and note taking -Setting objectives and providing feedback-Homework and Practice -Nonlinguistic Representations-Cooperative learning -Generating and testing hypotheses

The Learning Process

Identifying similarities and differences = 45%Summarizing and note taking = 34%Homework and Practice = 23%Nonlinguistic representations = 27%Cooperative learning = 27%Setting Objectives and providing feedback=23%Generating and testing hypotheses = 23%Questions, cues and advance organizers=22%

Classroom Application

Board Games!

Monologues

Commonplace Book

Commonplace Book

• Thematic Application• Finding Common Ground…– PAST– PRESENT– FUTURE

Commonplace Visual Book

• Four ‘P’ Themes + Global Context– Thematic approach across regions and eras

• Past-Present-Future– Indentifying similarities and differences

• Visit to the Art Institute– Promoting Visual Literacy– Selecting objects at the museum

• Student Voice– Cooperative Learning

Commonplace Art Talk

• Is this Common Core curriculum?

谢谢你！kmckee@lfschools.net