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Backward Lesson Planning. TCH 347 Social Studies in the Elementary School Department of Education Shippensburg University Han Liu, Ph. D. Sequence of Backward Planning. A picture excited my mind Think about what makes me interested in it
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Backward Lesson Planning TCH 347 Social Studies in the Elementary School Department of Education Shippensburg University Han Liu, Ph. D.
Sequence of Backward Planning • A picture excited my mind • Think about what makes me interested in it • Make connections between the picture and the social studies contents • Adapt content to appropriate grade level(S) • Relate to pedagogical theories and methods • Initiate class activities • Prepare materials • Identify objectives based on content • Align objectives with state standards • Match topics with NCSS Themes • Adjust instructional strategies • Modify class activities • Develop assessment
Why Doesn’t She Use the Calculator? • Selling modern calculators while using a thousand years old calculating antique
Related Topics • Technology • Culture • History • Geography • Math • Globalization
Grade Levels • 4-6 Graders
Pedagogy • Visual literacy education • Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) • Visual Understanding in Education (VUE) • www.vue.org
Class Activity • Students will be pondering on the picture and make guesses on the meaning of the picture • Teacher: Elicit students’ responses and guide the students to organize their thoughts by topic categories (technology,culture, history, geography, math, globalization)
VTS Questions • What is going on in the picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find?
Make Connections with Content Areas • Organize questions and answers by 5-Ws • Who • What • When • Where • Why
Materials • Get the Abacus-Calculator picture readily available • Prepare the Internet connection to • Google Pictures of Abacus • Google Pictures of Calculators • Computer is a calculator • Calculator • Google.com
Map of the Worldhttp://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx
Map of the World • http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx
Identify Objectives • After this unit, students will be able to • Know that abacus is an old fashioned calculator • Understand that calculating technology advanced over a long period time • Understand the relationship between calculator and computer • Understand people in different culture do things differently • Locate Shanghai in a map of the world • Locate Shanghai in a map of China by identifying its relevant location to Beijing, Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Pacific Ocean.
State Standards • Technology • 3.7.4. GRADE 4 • Group tools and machines by their function. • Explain appropriate instrument selection for specific tasks.
State Standards • Geography • 7.1.6. GRADE 6 • B. Describe and locate places and regions. • Coordinate systems (e.g., latitude and longitude, time zones)
NCSS Themes • Culture • Time, Continuity, and Change • People, Places, and Environment • Science, technology, and Society • Globalization
Assessment • Give 3 examples on technology development over time • Give 3 examples showing that people of different culture do things differently
Sequence of Backward Planning • A picture boggled my mind • Think about what makes me interested in it • Make connections between the picture and the social studies topics • Adapt content to appropriate grade level(S) • Relate to pedagogical theories and methods • Initiate class activities • Prepare materials • Identify objectives based on content • Align objectives with state standards • Match topics with NCSS Themes • Adjust instructional strategies • Modify class activities • Develop assessment
Resources of Backward Lesson Planning • http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/backward_mapping.phtml