crossroads: ideas for thematic teaching
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Crossroads: Ideas for Thematic Teaching. Kelly McKee Lake Forest High School [email protected]. 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!. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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?
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…..
?
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?
