Children Have the Right to Say!

1. http://longwayfromla.tumblr.com/post/19761681155 Children Have the Right to Say! Dr. Michael Kopish & Dr. Alison Wenhart Plymouth State University Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

2. https://nhsocialstudieseducation.wikispaces.com/ makopish@plymouth.edu adwenhart@plymouth.edu Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

3. Standards Standards Influencing Social Studies Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

4. Learning Progression Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

5. What questions come to mind when you view this image? Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

6. What questions come to mind when you view this image? Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

7. Keys for Designing Issues-Based Units • Aims for planning: • Controversial issues • Current events • Relevant to students • Guide instruction through questions: • Policy level issues • Sub issues (e.g., factual, definitional, ethical, legal) Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

8. Types of Issues-Based Questions for Planning Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

9. Breaking Down a Policy Issue • 1845 Territorial Dispute with Mexico

10. Matching Appropriate Methods and Strategies All teachers make pedagogical choices to best match appropriate methods and strategies to standards, objectives, and skills. Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

11. KNOWLEDGE OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES Best practices from the field of social studies Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

12. Reading Strategies Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

13. Reading Strategies Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

14. Strategy: Question-Answer Relationship Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

15. Readings

16. QAR - Example Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

17. Alignment of QAR Strategy to Common Core Standards Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

18. Participation Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

19. Infographic of Roman Technology • Multimodal text for a unit on Rome. • Skill of reading multimodal text is transferable across content area. Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

20. Tools for Creating Infographics 20+ Tools to Create Your Own Infographics http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/infographic-tools/ 9 Awesome Powerful Free Infographic Tools http://www.infographicsarchive.com/create-infographics-and-data-visualization/ Infographic Lesson Plan http://i.ciconline.org/CicWebResources/Articles/iKeepCurrent%20Lesson%20infographics.pdf Links to Several Inforgraphic Sites http://www.teachersfirst.com/tags/infographics/ Visual Language http://www.asmallbrightidea.com/pages/backtothefuture.pdf Infographic Design Framework http://www.asmallbrightidea.com/pages/infographicdesignframework.pdf http://www.asmallbrightidea.com/pages/tutorial.html 40 Infographic Collection http://ginva.com/2011/01/40-more-informative-infographic-collections/ How Our Laws Are Made Infographic http://www.mikewirthart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/howlawsmadeWIRTH2.jpg Infographics Gallery https://www.pinterest.com/rtkrum/cool-infographics-gallery/ Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

21. Writing Strategies Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

22. Writing Strategies • Recommend three types of writing for middle school students Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

23. Strategy Attributes: Expository Writing Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

24. Expository Writing Strategy Example Example Assignment Prompt: The lines of youth and adult blur in a pool of blood, but violent crimes in schools trigger cries for appropriate justice and an end to the age of violence. A question shoots. Should schools adopt zero tolerance policies to promote school safety? As a reporter for an online newspaper, your task is to write an informational process analysis article to explain how zero tolerance policies in schools will or will not decrease school safety. This article must convey your clear claim towards this justice process and its implications, while informing and helping the public understand the related process steps, complex ideas, and information. The article will demonstrate an effective selection, logical organization, and analysis of content. Also, it must contain relevant online news and expository appropriate elements, signal phrases, and graphics. This article will be 2-4 pages and written with careful attention to the conventions of Standards of English. Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

25. Alignment of Expository Writing to Common Core Standards Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

26. Discussion Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

27. Discussion Methods Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

28. Discussion Method: Structured Academic Controversy Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

29. Structured Academic Controversy • Students must argue one side of an issue, • listen to the other side and ask clarifying questions. • Students will then switch sides and argue from the opposing position. • Eventually students will come up with an agreed upon solution. Ideas for Discussion: Any controversial issue (i.e. laws, policies, etc.) Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

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31. Alignment of SAC to Common Core Standards Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

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