TE 401: Teaching Social Studies to Diverse Learners

Class 11November 6, 2008

PASS Video, Planning, Civics, andSimulation Group Microteaching

Agenda

Reflections on the Election Civics PASS Video Brophy and Alleman Ch.9 Planning Workshop Micro-teaching: Simulation

Reflections on 2008 Election

State News Editorial

Rock the Vote

Your thoughts?

Civics – Brophy & Alleman pp. 156-168

Civics – “because democracy is not a spectator sport” – civics is about educating citizens about the how government works

Elementary students civic knowledge:– Limited to leaders (i.e. President)– Government is benevolent– Core democratic values

Building civic knowledge: classroom constitution

Other activities to build civic knowledge

Mock election and Kids Voting

Simulations (mock congress, mock budget)

Debate public policy issues

Photo essay – how government is involved– p. 163-164 Brophy and Alleman

What do these all have in common?

Government Regulation

Assessing the Video for Authentic Pedagogy

On a piece of paper or on your computer, make a chart on which to write down examples of how the instruction reflected:– Higher Order Thinking– Deep Knowledge– Substantive Conversation– Connections to the World Beyond the Classroom– https://angel.msu.edu/section/default.asp?id=GR

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Video Discussion

How did the teacher meet/miss the criteria:– Higher Order Thinking– Deep Knowledge– Substantive Conversation– Connections to the World Beyond the Classroom

Ch. 9 – Brophy and Alleman

Video accentuates Ch.9 themes Activities should include:

– Goal relevance (follows your objectives)– Scaffolding in a child’s Zone of Proximal

Development (ZPD)– Motivating (i.e. mind’s on)– Applicable to life– Feasible and cost effective– Complete

Metacognitive Moment

Twitter – like – Go to te401social.wikispaces.com, click

Discussion and post a message– Or if you belong to twitter.com, you can twitter it– Write a summary of what you learned in 140

words or less. – If you have a question, you can write that as well.

For Next Time

Joint Committee on Geographic Education (coursepack)

Brophy and Alleman, Chapter 6 Muir and Frazee (coursepack) Microteaching: Literature Circle

– Any readings?

Workshop Time

Finish your digital stories, email to ebyker@gmail.com

Final Lesson Planning

Microteaching

Micro-Teaching: Simulation

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