Ideas for Teaching on the Block

MNPS Social Studies In-Service8/10/10

Doug TrotterJohn Overton High SchoolJames.trotter@mnps.org

Guiding Principle

Time is a resource to be maximized.

www.mnpsblockideas.wikispaces.com

What We Do

Assessment

Review

Application

New Learning

Bridge to Prior Knowledge

Challenges & Benefits of Block?

• What are they?

• Can we use the benefits to address the challenges?

Teaching Strategies – a Sampling• Quick Writes• SOAPS/APPARTS• Defend/Refute/Qualify• Think/Write/Pair/Share• Expert Jigsaw• Lecture/Discussion• Group Presentation• Frayer Models• Graphic Organizers• Association Chains• It Says/I Say

• Dialectical Notebooks• Learning Centers• Videos• Socratic Seminar• List/Group/Label• Debate• Simulation• History Frames• Induction/Deduction• Posters/Charts• Textbook QuestionsTeacher-Centered vs. Student-Centered?

What We Do

Assessment

Review

Application

New Learning

Bridge to Prior Knowledge

Qui

ck W

rite

- 5 M

in

Revi

ew -

10 M

in

Lect

ure

- 30

Min

Pairs

Doc

umen

t An

alys

is -

15 M

in

Grou

p Pr

ojec

ts -

Crea

te C

arto

on

Stor

yboa

rds -

20

Min

Pres

enta

tions

- 10

M

in

Bridge to Prior Knowledge New LearningApplicationReview Assessment

American StudiesRace in the Gilded Age/Progressive Era

John Hope, Booker T. Washington, WEB Dubois

Text

Qui

z - 1

5 M

in

Revi

ew -

5 M

in

Thes

is St

atem

ents

- 10

Min

Vide

o Cl

ip -

10 M

in

Jigsa

w A

ctivi

ty -

40

Min

Revi

ew/C

larif

y -

10

Min

Bridge to Prior Knowledge New LearningApplicationReview Assessment

AP US History Politics of Immigration mid-to-late 1800s

Rise of NativismClip from Gangs of New York

Selections from The American Reader & The American Spirit

AP US GovernmentCivil Rights & Liberties – 14th Amendment

Case Presentations

Qui

ck W

rite

&

Disc

ussi

on -

10 M

in

Revi

ew- 1

0 M

in

Lect

ure

- 20

Min

Not

es Q

uiz -

5 M

in

Grou

p W

ork

- Pr

ojec

ts -

40 M

in

Revi

ew /

Cla

rify

– 5

Min

Bridge to Prior Knowledge New LearningApplicationReview Assessment

Standard US HistoryIntro 1960s

Textbook Reading Exercise1960s Social Change

SOAP

S - 1

0 M

in

Hand

bac

k &

Go

over

te

st -

15 M

inIn

tro

New

Uni

t - 5

Min

Pairs

Wha

t Do

You

Know

? - V

ocab

ular

y As

soci

ation

Acti

vity

- 15

Min

utes

Grou

ps -

It Sa

ys/I

Say

Ch

apte

r Pre

view

Ac

tivity

- 20

Min

Lect

ure

- 20

Min

.

Chec

k fo

r U

nder

stan

ding

- 5

Min

Bridge to Prior Knowledge New LearningApplicationReview Assessment

AP US HistoryPhotos – Soup Kitchens Then & Now

Great Depression & New DealD/R/Q – Hoover’s Response to GD

Revi

ew -

5 M

in

Docu

men

t Ana

lysi

s - 5

M

in

Lect

ure

- 30

Min

Defe

nd/

Refu

te/

Qua

lify

- 10

Min

Chec

k fo

r Und

erst

andi

ng

- 5 M

in

Lect

ure

- 25

Min

Not

es Q

uiz -

10

Min

Bridge to Prior Knowledge New LearningApplicationReview Assessment

Observations1. Over-plan at first.2. Don’t go slower…go faster– You have less time, so prioritize!

3. Students must do more on their own.– At home & in classroom (student-centered)– Find ways to hold them accountable.

4. Review, review, review.5. You don’t have to change who you are.

Strategies: A Sampling

Frayer Model

Imperialism

List – Group - Label

17th AmendmentReferendumPure Food & Drug ActNAWSACarrie NationIda TarbellFederal Reserve Board

Recall ElectionTheodore Roosevelt19th AmendmentFederal Trade CommissionMuckrakersAnne Dallas Dudley18th Amendment

• SOAPS

• APPARTS

Association Chains with Thesis

Billie Holiday - ___________ _______________________ ___________ _____________

Topic Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

HISTORY FRAME: Story Mapping Name: ________________________

TITLE OF EVENT PARTICIPANTS/KEY PLAYERS

PROBLEM OR GOAL

WHERE:

WHEN:

KEY EPISODES OR EVENTS

RESOLUTION OR OUTCOME

THEMES/LESSONS/SO WHAT?

Writing Thesis StatementsPentagon PapersMy Lai MassacreWalter CronkitePublic Opposition to WarTelevisionTet Offensive

Topic Sentence: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Graphic Organizers

A Word About Technology

• Twitter• Google Docs• Wordpress, Blogspot, Ning, etc.

Resources

• Teaching in the Block: Strategies for Engaging Active Learners, Canady & Retting

• Websites

• www.mnpsblockideas.wikispaces.com