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Local History Sites & Education: Standards & Lesson Plans. Ivan Jurin, Social Studies Consultant Delaware Co. I. U. # 25 May 21, 2011. Source of image: http://www.osv.org/school/ (Sturbridge Village Education webpage).
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Local History Sites & Education: Standards & Lesson Plans Ivan Jurin, Social Studies Consultant Delaware Co. I. U. # 25 May 21, 2011
Source of image: http://www.osv.org/school/ (Sturbridge Village Education webpage) Hooking students on learning history with engaging questions and activities.
Big Questions: • What do public historians and docents need to know about recent changes in K-12 education? >> What teachers must focus on: standards, standardized testing and accountability. • How can historical and cultural sites communicate their integral part of educating America’s students, even in a time of standardized testing and limited budgets? • What are standards? What are the most important standards that public historians need to make connections with? • What is a basic lesson/presentation plan format modified for use by public history and cultural sites? • Your big questions:
School Teacher’s Lesson Plan Format (primary focus of public history sites’ use in blue) Name: ____________________________ Date: ____________ Lesson Title: ____________________________________________ Grade/Level: ______ • Standard(s): • PA Standards for History • Common Core Standards (possible National standards) • Instructional Objectives: what you want students to learn • Materials: artifacts, activity sheet, props, etc. • Subject Matter: (content topic; big questions, concepts & big ideas) • Procedure: a) Set: Brief introduction & hook students in topic b)Development: (strategy, activities, series of big questions, etc.) Teaching students new learning and/or experiences. Continued
Lesson Plan format - continued c) Closure: Review and/or summary of new learning or experience • Assessment checking for student understanding of learning objective(s): • Assignment(s): • Self-evaluation: Reflect- how effective was the lesson or presentation? Students’ response, meet objective(s), etc.
Docent / Historical Interpreter’s Lesson Guide Lesson’s Title: _________________________________________ • Objective(s) of lesson/presentation: Related PA Standards: _____________________________ Parts of Lesson/Demonstration: 1. Introduction & “hook” students: 2. *Teaching Students New Learning and/or Experience (new knowledge, skills, feelings/belief, etc.): 3. Students use new learning: 4. Brief summary or review of new learning or experience: *See handout of Lesson Guide
Pennsylvania Standards Includes 4 social studies subjects: • 5.0 - Civics and Government • 6.0 - Economics • 7.0 - Geography • 8.0 History: 8.1 - Historical Analysis & Skills Development 8.2 - Pennsylvania History 8.3 - United States History 8.4 - World History • Language Arts, Math & Science Standards can be “naturally” integrated in your lessons/demonstrations. See those standards at: www.pdesas.org/standard/Views/
PA History Standards - strong connection with student learning at historical & cultural sites *I have selected specific standards that have strong connection to museum or cultural sites educational goals. You can review the History standard at:www.pdesas.org/Standard/Views#0|780|0|0/ Cite in your curricular document and in education brochures: • 8.1.__ (denote grade: 3, 6, 9 or 12): Historical Analysis and Skills Development, such as thinking & research skills, use primary sources. Example: 8.1.3: Conduct teacher [docent] guided inquiry on assigned topics using specified historical sources. *(Refers to RWSL Standard 1.8.3 Research) • 8.2.__ : Pennsylvania History - the social, political, cultural, and economic characteristics, events and contributions of individuals and groups. • 8.3.__ : United States History - the social, political, cultural, and economic characteristics, events and contributions of individuals and groups.
Include connections with basic concepts, skills of Language Arts, Math and Science. Examples: a) students use observation skills b) students collect data c) *students use thinking skills to make hypotheses, draw conclusions, make connections >> like a historian, scientist, writer, mathematician, etc.
Common Core Standards - likely to become national standards • PA has approved their implementation, along with 41 other states. Most remaining states expected to approve. • At present CCS emphasizes: a) Language Arts: Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, Language(vocabulary development), Media & Technology. b) Mathematics:practice applying mathematical ways of thinking to real world issues and challenges c) English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science & Technical Subjects (using L.A. skills in History & Social Studies) at: www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf/ **Recommendation: Review to find basic connections to your lessons and demonstrations, then cite in your brochures.
Summary - Big Ideas of K-12 Connections • Have your docents’ lessons and presentations aligned to the state & the Common Core national standards. *Mention this in your publications, print and online, to schools. • Ask school districts and teachers how you can “tweak” your lessons and presentations to be more relevant to students and teachers’ academic needs. • Use the best practices lesson format: hook; new learning or experience; review or summary. • Engage students with good questions and active learning. Students learning to be “history detectives.” • Your thoughts, suggestions, questions:
Sources and Resources • DCIU #25, Morton, PA: a) Ivan Jurin, Social Studies Consultant at: ijurin@dciu.org/ b) Social Studies Advisory Council at:www.dciu.org/socialstudies/ • Pennsylvania History Standards at: www.pdesas.org/standard/Views/#0|780|0|0/ • PAStandards Aligned System at: www.pdesas.org/ • National Common Core Standards at: www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards/ • Pennsylvania social studies wikispaces at: http://pennsylvaniasocialstudies.wikispaces.com/
National Organizations: • National Council for History Education: www.nche.net/ • National Council for Public History: http://ncph.org/cms/ • National Council for the Social Studies: www.socialstudies.org/ • Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations: www.pamuseums.org/
