ohio’s social studies competency-based program brad ross ed 417-02 dr. ronald helms
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OHIO’S SOCIAL STUDIES OHIO’S SOCIAL STUDIES COMPETENCY-BASED COMPETENCY-BASED
PROGRAMPROGRAM
BRAD ROSSED 417-02
DR. RONALD HELMS
INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION WILL INTRODUCE OHIO’S MODEL COMPETENCY-BASED PROGRAM TO FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS; IN ADDITION, IT WILL COVER THE SIX STRANDS PRESENTED IN THE OHIO COMPETENCY-BASED PROGRAM.
AMERICAN HERITAGE AMERICAN HERITAGE OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES
• PROGRAM OBJECTIVE The students will understand how the American Society has been shaped
• SUBJECT OBJECTIVE• The students will listen to and
reconstruct the chronology of an historical narrative.
• The students will differentiate broad categories of historical time.
• The students will explore placing events on a time line.
• The students will raise questions about the past.
• After listening to an historical narrative, the students will identify what happened in the beginning, middle, and end.
AMERICAN HERITAGE AMERICAN HERITAGE ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
• Have students consider what life was like in an Indian tribe and how they communicated their stories on to their children; making stories that resemble old Indian leather paintings.
• Students can link to the Oregon Trail web site and interactively learn about Ohio Pioneers.
• Students can choose a famous person from Ohio, and present their findings to the class.
ACTIVITIES (CONT).ACTIVITIES (CONT).
• Students can examine historical documents, sites, and artifacts in order to formulate questions for further investigation.
• Students will develop an ability to assemble clues and decipher various indicators concerning one person's life and family background. In this way, he or she will develop and understanding of the way in which present day archaeologists "dig" for the unlocking of our past.
AMERICAN HERITAGE AMERICAN HERITAGE WEB SITESWEB SITES
• http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Sites.html
• http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/Greenway/leahy/ot/index.htm
• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Archaeology/ARL0003.html
• http://www.ohiokids.org/games/ohv/index.html
• http://www.kidport.com/
PEOPLE IN SOCIETY PEOPLE IN SOCIETY OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES• The students will recognize the
diverse nature of American Society.
SUBJECT OBJECTIVES• The students will recognize that
citizens of the United States today can trace their origins.
• The students will identify various groups to which the student belongs.
• The student will identify ways members of the community are affected by changes in the community that occur over time.
• Given a chance in the community, the student will indicate how members of the community are affected.
PEOPLE IN SOCIETY PEOPLE IN SOCIETY ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
Use the Internet as a means to research famous people from Ohio.
Have the students create a Venn diagram to show how their community is different from other communities in Ohio that they know about.
Identify cultural differences in relationship to personal "space,” and experience discomfort with alien cultural
practices. Create their own government laws that deal with the
combination of different cultures in Ohio
Make a map of Ohio and where different cultural groups live within the state.
PEOPLE IN SOCIETY PEOPLE IN SOCIETY WEB SITESWEB SITES
• http://www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Sociology/SOC0001.html
• http://www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Sociology/SOC0006.html
• http://www.abs.ohiohistory.org• http://www.amish-heartland.com• http://www.ourheros.com
WORLD WORLD INTERACTIONS INTERACTIONS
OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES• PROGRAM
OBJECTIVES• The students will develop an
understanding of ways Americans are like people in other parts of the world
SUBJECT OBJECTIVES• The students will explore
recent historical events of different countries
• The students will recognize that things exist in spatial relations.
• The students will develop map skills
• The students will compare natural and human features in the local area to those in pictures of other countries.
• The students will recognize similarities among people around the world
WORLD WORLD INTERACTIONS INTERACTIONS
ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES• As students use the Internet to become familiar with
Australia, they will create a giant travel brochure. • Students will recognize aspects of the culture's ideas,
beliefs and customs, recognize that they live within their own culture understand that other cultures exist and can live peaceably together, and use the computer to correspond and learn about other cultures.
• Students will describe the customs and lifestyles of the Early American settlers in Plymouth and Jamestown
colonies. • The students will describe the traditions involved with a
fiesta, and plan their own fiesta based on previous
knowledge of the unit. • Students will gain new knowledge about the Japanese
extended family.
WORLD WORLD INTERACTIONS WEB INTERACTIONS WEB
SITESSITES• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/
Social_Studies/World_History/WRH0012.html• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/
Social_Studies/World_History/WRH0006.html• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/
Social_Studies/World_History/WRH0028.html• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/
Social_Studies/World_History/WRH0008.html• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/
Social_Studies/World_History/WRH0005.html
DECISION MAKING & DECISION MAKING & RESOURCES OBJECTIVESRESOURCES OBJECTIVES
• PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
• The students will explore resources; their location, their utilization, and their transformation to satisfy wants.
• SUBJECT OBJECTIVES
• The students will list and identify resources necessary for the production of a good or service.
• The students will identify choices people make to satisfy wants with limited resources.
• The students will describe how people work to earn income in order to satisfy wants.
• Given a want, the students will identify choices people make to satisfy that want when a particular good or service is not available
DECISION MAKING & DECISION MAKING & RESOURCES RESOURCES ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
• Students will be able to pick up clues in the wordage of a sentence to
determine if it is factual and be able to give reasons for their feelings. • Students will be able to define the term law, be able to explain
benefits gained from laws and appreciate these benefits in daily life.
• The purpose of this activity is to provide an unfair situation to introduce the concept of justice. It is a hypothetical problem which
students will try to solve through critical thinking skills. • encourages students to think of different ways in which they may
solve their problems. • Explain how supply and demand affects choices such as: careers,
types of cars made, etc.
DECISION MAKING & DECISION MAKING & RESOURCES WEB RESOURCES WEB
SITESSITES• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/
Social_Studies/Process_Skills/SOP0001.html• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/
Social_Studies/Civics/CIV0012.html• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/
Social_Studies/Civics/CIV0022.html• http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst113.html• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/
Social_Studies/Economics/ECO0011.html
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES
• PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
• The students will explore the purpose of government and how the purposes are achieved.
• SUBJECT OBJECTIVES
• The students will recognize the need for rules in different settings.
• The students will suggest and consider reasons for having people in authority.
• The students will recognize the need for fairness in rules and by people in authority.
• Given a rule in a particular setting, the student will identify why that rule is needed.
DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC PROCESS ACTIVITIESPROCESS ACTIVITIES
• Learn about the President's job and get to know some of
our nation's most important leaders • Communicate effectively with their members of Congress;
investigate and take positions on national issues; and
recognize how they can take action to solve problems. • Assemble a time line of the key events in Abraham
Lincoln's life. • Identify the parts of the Presidents Symbol and what it
stands for.
• Identify the White House and list where it is; along with , basic historical information
DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WEB SITESPROCESS WEB SITES
• http://www.respecteen.org/• http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/results/view.asp?
SubjectID=2&SubheadID=1&TopicID=171&GradeID=&PageURL=%2Flessonrepro%2Freproducibles%2Finstructor%2Fcrossword%2F0001%2Findex%2Ehtm
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/results/view.asp?SubjectID=2&SubheadID=1&TopicID=171&GradeID=&PageURL=%2Flessonrepro%2Freproducibles%2Fprofbooks%2Fwildabe%2Ehtm
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/results/view.asp?SubjectID=2&SubheadID=1&TopicID=171&GradeID=&PageURL=%2Flessonrepro%2Freproducibles%2Fpressymb%2Ehtm
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/results/view.asp?SubjectID=2&SubheadID=1&TopicID=171&GradeID=&PageURL=%2Flessonrepro%2Freproducibles%2Fprofbooks%2Fwhitehouseinternetscavenger%2Epdf
CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES RESPONSIBILITIES
OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES• PROGRAM
OBJECTIVES• The students will explore
positive aspects of citizens working together to accomplish common ends and the importance of citizens involving themselves in public affairs.
• SUBJECT OBJECTIVES• The students will observe and describe
changes to the local community brought about by natural and human activities.
• The students will develop citizenship traits.
• The students will balance own desires with desires of others when appropriate.
• The students will exhibit citizenship traits as evidenced in being trustworthy, demonstrating accountability for actions, displaying self-direction, and showing pride in their accomplishments.
CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES• Student will be able to compare two
stories/cultures and point out how they are alike and how they are different.
• Students will be able to discuss the Bill of Rights and create a bill for the classroom.
• Students will learn about the Presidential Election.• students study the life of George Washington and
the history of the most famous memorial to him. • students read books about Abraham Lincoln, then
write compositions explaining why they would or would not vote for President Lincoln today
CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES& RESPONSIBILITIES
WEB SITES WEB SITES• http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst058.html
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/results/view.asp?SubjectID=2&SubheadID=1&TopicID=10&GradeID=&PageURL=URL%3A+%2Flessonrepro%2Flessonplans%2Fprofbooks%2Fbillrights%2Epdf
• http://www.ccle.fourh.umn.edu/rulesbellevue.html• http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/
62wash/62about.html• http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/lessons/l4.hts?
id=7783&core=1103
CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION• THROUGH THE SIX STRANDS OF
OHIO’S SOCIAL STUDIES COMPETENCY BASED PROGRAM FORTH GRADERS REVIEWING THIS MATERIAL WILL BE PREPARED TO PASS THE FORTH GRADE PROFICIENCY TEST.