Social Studies Toolkit

1. Social Studies Toolkit Sara Piotrowski ICSS Conference-Fall 2012

2. Social Studies Best Practices • Engaged learning • Reading & writing • Project-based learning • Debates & discussions • Current Events • Professional Development “You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.” -Abraham Lincoln “Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” -Dwight Dr. Eisenhower “He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.” -Benjamin Franklin

3. Economic Primary Source Quotes Who said this quote? What is your reasoning? • “Prosperity is just around the corner.” • The trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they’re too damn greedy.” • “With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment” • “Our economy is on the move and we are creating thousands of new jobs, but we need to keep our foot on the gas pedal.” • “We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.” • “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”

4. Economic Primary Source Quotes Who said this quote? What is your reasoning? • “Prosperity is just around the corner.” • Herbert Hoover • The trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they’re too damn greedy.” • Herbert Hoover • “With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment” • Barack Obama • “Our economy is on the move and we are creating thousands of new jobs, but we need to keep our foot on the gas pedal.” • Mitt Romney • “We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.” • Herbert Hoover • “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” • FDR

5. Economics Through simulation • http://playspent.org/ • http://www.stockmarketgame.org/ • http://www.genirevolution.org/

6. Economics Application Lessons • “Proposing a Franchise” • “Trip of a Lifetime”

7. Sociology Socialization Through Board Games • What is the title of the game? • When was the game first created? • What does the time of when the game was created tell us about the aspects of socialization? • Which agent of socialization does the game cater to? • What aspects of culture are incorporated into the game? (values, norms, mores, etc) • What sanctions are included in the game? • Do you gain more about socialization from the game or from the group you are working with? Why?

8. Sociology Serial Killers Project

9. Sociology Primary Source • Aging Population Data • http://visualization.geblogs.com/visualization/aging/

10. Geography NCAA Lesson After all the presentations, the class will fill out a brackets based on the how the group “sells” their schools to the class. Whatever college the class decides should win the tournament (based on your presentations, NOT their real chances of winning) will earn extra credit.

11. Geography Map Primary Sources • Awesome interactive map • http://show.mappingworlds.com/world/ • United States Census Bureau • http://www.census.gov/schools/for_teachers/

12. Government Lesson Plans Who Would Make the Best President?

13. Government Lesson Plans Extra! Extra! Newspaper Headlines Lesson

14. Government Resources • Primary Sources • http://www.crmvet.org/info/lithome.htm • http://www.270towin.com/ • http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/ • Online Resources • http://www.redistrictinggame.org/ • http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/ • http://crf-usa.org/teachers/teacher-s-lounge.html • http://www.congresslink.org/print_lp_electionsim_intro.htm • http://www.dirksencenter.org/ • http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/donkeys-vs-elephants.jsp

15. Psychology Lessons 8-page Little Book Trading Cards

16. Psychology Primary Source • http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/WhatWeHave/SpecialCollections/Donovan/Hitler/upload/Vol_XC_Sec_3.pdf • Dr. Henry A. Murray commissioned by the OSS during WWII to psychoanalyze Hitler from a distance • “Counteractive Narcism," a type that is stimulated by real or imagined insult or injury.

17. The Best of the Best “Must Haves” for Social Studies Teachers • Social Explorer-over 18,000 maps and data reports • http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx • 100 Milestone Documents • http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone • Word Clouds • http://www.tagxedo.com/ • Create your own newspaper headline • http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp • Converts Text • http://www.wordsift.com/ • If your school allows phones in school • http://www.polleverywhere.com/ • Build a class or project wall • http://wallwisher.com/ • Jeopardy Labs • https://jeopardylabs.com/ • FaKebook • http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page • Museum Box • http://museumbox.e2bn.org/ • Ed Teacher Tech • http://thwt.org/index.php/lessons-activities

18. “If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. ” -Michael Crichton If you have questions or would like any of these documents emailed to you, send me an email and indicate what you would like. scpiotr@ilstu.edu