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Social Studies Toolkit. Sara Piotrowski ICSS Conference-Fall 2012. Social Studies Best Practices. Engaged learning Reading & writing Project-based learning Debates & discussions Current Events Professional Development. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Social Studies ToolkitSara PiotrowskiICSS Conference-Fall 2012
• Engaged learning• Reading & writing• Project-based learning•Debates & discussions• Current Events• Professional Development
“You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.”
-Abraham Lincoln
“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”
-Dwight Dr. Eisenhower
“He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.”
-Benjamin Franklin
Social Studies Best Practices
• “Prosperity is just around the corner.”
• The trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they’re too damn greedy.”
• “With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment”
• “Our economy is on the move and we are creating thousands of new jobs, but we need to keep our foot on the gas pedal.”
• “We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.”
• “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”
•Economic Primary Source QuotesWho said this quote? What is your reasoning?
• “Prosperity is just around the corner.”
• Herbert Hoover
• The trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they’re too damn greedy.”
• Herbert Hoover
• “With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment”
• Barack Obama
• “Our economy is on the move and we are creating thousands of new jobs, but we need to keep our foot on the gas pedal.”
• Mitt Romney
• “We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.”
• Herbert Hoover
• “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”
• FDR
•Economic Primary Source QuotesWho said this quote? What is your reasoning?
• http://playspent.org/
• http://www.stockmarketgame.org/
• http://www.genirevolution.org/
•EconomicsThrough simulation
• “Trip of a Lifetime” • “Proposing a Franchise”
•Economics Application Lessons
• What is the title of the game?• When was the game first created?• What does the time of when the game
was created tell us about the aspects of socialization?
• Which agent of socialization does the game cater to?
• What aspects of culture are incorporated into the game? (values, norms, mores, etc)
• What sanctions are included in the game?• Do you gain more about socialization
from the game or from the group you are working with? Why?
•SociologySocialization Through Board Games
•SociologySerial Killers Project
Slide 1: Serial Killer & Group Members names 5 points
Slide 2: Dates of murders and locations 10 points
Slide 3: Killing pattern/signs/clues 10 pointsSlide 4: When, where, and how captured 10 points
Slide 5: Information on personal history 10 points
Slide 6: Sentence & Trial 10 points
Slide 7: Primary or Secondary Deviant (along with an explanation)
10 points
Slide 8: Positive or Negative Deviance & explanation (this primarily depends on the motive)
10 points
Slide 9: How would the labeling theory describe this circumstance?
10 points
Slide 10: How would the control theory explain this event?
10 points
Slide 11: How would the differential association theory explain this event?
10 points
Slide 12: How would the anomie theory explain this?
10 points
Slide 13: Bibliography slide 10 pointsTechnology Usage 30 points Total points =
155
• http://visualization.geblogs.com/visualization/aging/
Primary Source• Aging Population Data
•Sociology
•Geography NCAA LessonSlide Number
Information to Include Points available
1 Name of college, location 10
2-3 Highlights of city and state 15
3-4 Name of mascot and how it’s related to the name/geography/etc
15
5-6 History of school and how it relates to the state
20
7 What is the college “known for?” Why should someone go there?
10
8 Why should your state win our class bracket? 10
Technology utilized and pictures included on each slide
10
Enthusiastic presentation, included all group members
10
After all the presentations, the class will fill out a brackets based on the how the group “sells” their schools to the class. Whatever college the class decides should win the tournament (based on your presentations, NOT their real chances of winning) will earn extra credit.
• Awesome interactive map• http://show.mappingworlds.co
m/world/
• United States Census Bureau • http://www.census.gov/scho
ols/for_teachers/
•GeographyMap Primary Sources
•Government Lesson PlansWho Would Make the Best President?
Troops ordered to middle east
New Chief Justice Approved
President Impeached
Spy Sentenced to Life
Chinese Trade Treaty Approved
Huge Tax Increase Proposed
New Arms Treaty Negotiated
School Prayer Amendment Proposed
Tax-Cut Veto Overridden
New Draft Law Passed
Internet Regulations Declared Unconstitutional
Nevada-Arizona Water Dispute Settled
Cuban Refugee Granted Citizenship
President Acquitted of Impeachment Charges
U.S. Enters War
Ambassador to China Nominated
Welfare Reform Bill Vetoed
Convicted Bank Robber Pardoned
Legislative ExecutiveJudicial
•Government Lesson PlansExtra! Extra! Newspaper Headlines Lesson
• Online Resources• http://www.redistrictinggame.org/• http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/• http://
crf-usa.org/teachers/teacher-s-lounge.html
• http://www.congresslink.org/print_lp_electionsim_intro.htm
• http://www.dirksencenter.org/• http://www.shockwave.com/gamelan
ding/donkeys-vs-elephants.jsp
• Primary Sources• http://www.crmvet.org/info/lit
home.htm• http://www.270towin.com/• http://www.livingroomcandida
te.org/
•Government Resources
8-PAGE LITTLE BOOK TRADING CARDS
•Psychology Lessons
• http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/WhatWeHave/SpecialCollections/Donovan/Hitler/upload/Vol_XC_Sec_3.pdf
• Dr. Henry A. Murray commissioned by the OSS during WWII to psychoanalyze Hitler from a distance
• “Counteractive Narcism," a type that is stimulated by real or imagined insult or injury.
•PsychologyPrimary Source
• Social Explorer-over 18,000 maps and data reports
• http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx
• 100 Milestone Documents• http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content
.php?flash=true&page=milestone• Word Clouds
• http://www.tagxedo.com/• Create your own newspaper headline
• http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
• Converts Text• http://www.wordsift.com/
• If your school allows phones in school• http://www.polleverywhere.com/
• Build a class or project wall• http://wallwisher.com/
• Jeopardy Labs• https://jeopardylabs.com/
• FaKebook• http://
www.classtools.net/fb/home/page• Museum Box
• http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
• Ed Teacher Tech• http://
thwt.org/index.php/lessons-activities
•The Best of the Best“Must Haves” for Social Studies Teachers
“If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. ” -Michael Crichton
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