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Class Two: Big Ideas January 22nd. Professor: Tina Rasori , Ed.D . rasori@aol.com. Agenda Course Learning Outcomes: 2 TPE’s:1,4,5,6,9. Analyzing Social Studies California Standards and NCSS Standards What is the big idea of a social studies unit?
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Class Two: Big IdeasJanuary 22nd Professor:Tina Rasori, Ed.D. rasori@aol.com
Agenda Course Learning Outcomes: 2TPE’s:1,4,5,6,9 • Analyzing Social Studies California Standards and NCSS Standards • What is the big idea of a social studies unit? • Group Work: Create Big Ideas for your grade level standards • Using Timelines in the Social Studies Classroom • Create a timeline for your grade level: What would it look like??
Analyzing Standards • Read your grade levels California State Standards for History/Social Studies • Using the NCSS National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: A Framework for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment to Meet State Social Studies Standards http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7404/7404217.pd • The Revised Social Studies Standards (Optional) http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7404/7404204.pdf • The Revised NCSS Standards: Ideas for the Classroom Teacher (Optional) http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7404/7404210.pdf
Analyzing Standards Cont. • Look at the standards for California and NCSS with your group and discuss them in general. • What do you notice about the standards throughout the grade levels? • What are some patterns that you notice between them? • What are some differences between the two standards? • Be ready to share out.
Big Idea of Social Studies Unit • Social Studies Big Ideas http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/seced/Propel/PROPELSSE/PropelSSEBigIdeas.htm • Read Article: What is a big idea? • How does it help teach Social Studies?
Group Work: Create Big Ideas • Examples of Big Ideas for Units (4th and 5th) • Work with a grade level of your choosing to create Big Idea Units • Create a poster about your big idea • Be ready to share out!
Using Timelines in Social Studies • Using Timelines to Enhance Comprehension • http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/13033/ • Creating a Timeline • http://otis.coe.uky.edu/ccsso/cssapmodules/sbp/sbp/Time%20Lines%20in%20Social%20Studies%20Instruction.html
Group Work:Create a Timeline • Examples of Timelines • Pick a grade level to work with • Create a timeline for a unit or for the entire school year for a grade level • Be ready to share out your timeline and why you organized it the way you did
Next Class: • Readings: -Social Studies Alive Textbook, pp. 66-84; pp. 125-134 -Bring Social Studies Alive to class and other resources that you would use to plan a lesson in your placement classroom