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Ideas for Teaching on the Block

Ideas for Teaching on the Block. MNPS Social Studies In-Service 8/10/10 Doug Trotter John Overton High School James.trotter@mnps.org. Guiding Principle. Time is a resource to be maximized. . www.mnpsblockideas.wikispaces.com. What We Do. Challenges & Benefits of Block?. What are they?

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Ideas for Teaching on the Block

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  1. Ideas for Teaching on the Block MNPS Social Studies In-Service 8/10/10 Doug Trotter John Overton High School James.trotter@mnps.org

  2. Guiding Principle Time is a resource to be maximized.

  3. www.mnpsblockideas.wikispaces.com

  4. What We Do

  5. Challenges & Benefits of Block? • What are they? • Can we use the benefits to address the challenges?

  6. 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 Questions Teacher-Centered vs. Student-Centered?

  7. What We Do

  8. American Studies Race in the Gilded Age/Progressive Era John Hope, Booker T. Washington, WEB Dubois Bridge to Prior Knowledge • New Learning Application ReviewAssessment

  9. AP US History Politics of Immigration mid-to-late 1800s Rise of Nativism Clip from Gangs of New York Selections from The American Reader & The American Spirit • Bridge to Prior Knowledge • New Learning • Application • ReviewAssessment

  10. AP US GovernmentCivil Rights & Liberties – 14th AmendmentCase Presentations • Bridge to Prior Knowledge • New Learning • Application • ReviewAssessment

  11. Standard US HistoryIntro 1960sTextbook Reading Exercise1960s Social Change • Bridge to Prior Knowledge • New Learning • Application • ReviewAssessment

  12. AP US HistoryPhotos – Soup Kitchens Then & NowGreat Depression & New DealD/R/Q – Hoover’s Response to GD • Bridge to Prior Knowledge • New Learning • Application • ReviewAssessment

  13. Observations • Over-plan at first. • Don’t go slower…go faster • You have less time, so prioritize! • Students must do more on their own. • At home & in classroom (student-centered) • Find ways to hold them accountable. • Review, review, review. • You don’t have to change who you are.

  14. Strategies: A Sampling

  15. Frayer Model Imperialism

  16. List – Group - Label 17th Amendment Referendum Pure Food & Drug Act NAWSA Carrie Nation Ida Tarbell Federal Reserve Board Recall Election Theodore Roosevelt 19th Amendment Federal Trade Commission Muckrakers Anne Dallas Dudley 18th Amendment

  17. SOAPS • APPARTS

  18. Association Chains with Thesis Billie Holiday - ___________ ____________ ___________ ___________ _____________ Topic Sentence: __________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________

  19. HISTORY FRAME: Story Mapping Name: ________________________ TITLE OF EVENT PARTICIPANTS/KEY PLAYERS PROBLEM OR GOAL WHERE: WHEN: RESOLUTION OR OUTCOME KEY EPISODES OR EVENTS THEMES/LESSONS/SO WHAT?

  20. Writing Thesis Statements Pentagon Papers My Lai Massacre Walter Cronkite Public Opposition to War Television Tet Offensive Topic Sentence: ___________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________

  21. Graphic Organizers

  22. A Word About Technology • Twitter • Google Docs • Wordpress, Blogspot, Ning, etc.

  23. Resources • Teaching in the Block: Strategies for Engaging Active Learners, Canady & Retting • Websites • www.mnpsblockideas.wikispaces.com

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