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Susan Gasaway & Roger S. ThomasSocial Studies Resource Teachers
July 9, 8:30-11:30
susan.gasaway @[email protected]
http://gr8-ss-2ndsixweeks.wikispaces.com/
GRADE 8: STANDARDS, INSTRUCTION, AND
ASSESSMENT GRADING PERIOD TWO
LEARNING TARGETS• AT THE END OF THIS SESSION, GRADE 8
TEACHERS CAN PLAN ENGAGING LESSONS USING THE KCAS 4.1 SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS FOR GRADING PERIOD 2.
• AT THE END OF THIS SESSION, GRADE 8 TEACHERS CAN IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS TO ASSESS STUDENT LEARNING IN SOCIAL STUDIES.
OVERVIEW OF THE SESSION
1. KCAS 4.1 STANDARDS ARE THE BASIS OF INSTRUCTION, NOT TEXTBOOKS
2. THE CURRICULUM MAP’S LEARNING TARGETS ARE CLOSELY TIED TO THE STANDARDS
3. INSTRUCTION IDEASa. PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW FOR THE STUDENTSb. USE TCI RESOURCESc. ON-LINE RESOURCESd. USE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCESe. BOOK-IN-AN-HOUR STRATEGY
4. ASSESSMENT NEEDS TO BE FORMATIVE, SUMMATIVE, AND AUTHENTIC
5. COLLABORATIVE LESSON IDEA OR ASSESSMENT
CURRICULUM AND STANDARDS
CURRICULUM VS. CURRICULUM MAP
PROGRAM OF STUDIESGOVERNMENT AND CIVICSCULTURES AND SOCIETYECONOMICSGEOGRAPHYHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
KCAS 4.1 SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
KCAS 4.1 Social Studies Standards
How do the Big Ideas
and the Organizers
help us think about
what we teach?
Social Studies is…
• “…the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Within the school program, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology, as well as appropriate content from the humanities, mathematics, and natural sciences. The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world.”
NCSS, 1994
Thematic Strands of Social Studies
• General Thematic Model for Teaching Social Studies
• The Ten Thematic Strands of Social Studies• Culture• Time, Continuity, and Change• People, Places, and Environments• Individual Development and Identity• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions• Power, Authority, and Governance• Production, Distribution, and Consumption• Science, Technology, and Society• Global Connections• Civic Ideals and Practices
Understanding by Design (UbD)
• UbD is designed to help develop and deepen students’ understanding of important ideas.
• Three Stages–Desired Results–Evidence–Learning Plan
• Curriculum Maps were created using elements of UbD
Curriculum Maps were…
…Created to:• Address the content you are required to teach• Address the recommendations given by 8th
grade social studies teachers• Capture the big picture in the daunting task
of U.S. History instruction• Provide unit and topic breakdowns of the
content• Provide student-friendly learning targets• Address deficiencies found in the 566 page
Curriculum Audit
Curriculum Audit Quotes• “To meet the new standards, I teach everything.” (Teacher)• “Up until this year we were teaching programs, not
standards.” (Administrator)• “Teachers need more time for instruction as the curriculum
is very wide instead of being deep. We are teaching large numbers of standards in a short amount of time.” (Teacher)
• “Curriculum maps are frustrating because of the time it was rolled out to teachers. We’re getting them unit by unit or grading period by grading period and the district won’t share drafts.” (Administrator)
• “Curriculum is anybody’s game here. It is all over the place.” (Administrator)
• “It is great the way the district is developing curriculum maps.” (Teacher)
• “The new curriculum hasn’t changed what we will teach. We take the state’s lead of what to teach.” (Administrator)
Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map
Many of the
adjustments were
called for by the CMA!
Other adjustments
were based on
teacher feed-back!
Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map
The Units are Bookmarked! Control-Click on the Unit you want to go to in the map!
Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map
Fewer
Learning
Targets!
The role of
Assessments!
160 days of instruction!
KCAS 4.1 Social Studies Standards
A one-page list of
KCAS 4.1 for 8th Grade
Alignment between KCAS 4.1 and Learning Targets
Which content standard has
language closest to this
learning target?
Alignment between Learning Targets & SSPA Q’s
I can explain how geography and the purposes for settlement influenced the governments, cultures, and the economics of the three colonial regions.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR SOCIAL STUDIES PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS?
• “Teachers are encouraged to use daily formative and summative assessments in classroom…
• May or may not be using CASCADE, no decisions have been made…
• Make-up and structure of test has not been determined at this point…
• It is still the principal’s decision on when and how to use the district assessments…”
Grade 8 Social Studies Instruction
•Overview of Content•Use of TCI•On-line Resources•Use of Multiple Intelligences•Book-in-an-Hour Strategy
Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map
The Units are Bookmarked! Control-Click on the Unit you want to go to in the map!
These are the Units of the Curriculum! How do we pace our instruction to teach it all?
REMEMBER THIS
SLIDE?
If you need more time to
effectively teach a topic, try
to borrow it from within the Unit Duration.
Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map
The Units are Bookmarked! Control-Click on the Unit you want to go to in the map!
This is a lot to teach!You could easily teach any of these units for an entire semester!
Is there an over-arching framework we can use to help students learn and make sense
of U.S. History?
HEROES!
• EXPLORE EXAMPLES OF HEROES
• EXPLORE THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
• GIVE STUDENTS CHOICE WITHIN EXPECTATIONS
• ASSESS THEIR UNDERSTANDING
HeroesBy Ann Reed
What can I learn from you –Your lifetime and what you’ve been through?How’d you keep your head up and hold your pride? In an insane world how’d you keep on trying? One life can tell the taleIf you make the effort you cannot failBy your life you tell me it can be doneBy your lives the courage to carry on Heroes – here like a friendTo clear a path our light a flameAs time goes you find you depend on your heroesTo show you the way – Heroes What can I learn from you? That I must do the things I think I cannot doThat you do what’s right by your heart and soulIt’s the imperfections that make us whole One life can tell the taleIf you make the effort you cannot failBy your life you tell me it can be doneBy your lives the courage to carry on Heroes – here like a friendTo clear a path our light the way As time goes you find you depend on your heroesTo show you the way – Heroes
Sojourner Truth, Eleanor Roosevelt, Katherine Hepburn, Sally Ride
Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, Annie Sullivan, Gertrude Stein
Coretta Scott King, Amelia Earhart, Lillian
Helman, Eartha KittSacagawea, Ella Fitzgerald, Golda
Meir, Dorothy Dix Louisa May Alcott, Billie Jean King, Emily
Dickinson, Lucy StoneMargaret Sanger, Clara Barton, Billie
Holiday, Julliet LowElizabeth Blackwell, Rosa Parks, Lena
Horne, Beverly SillsBarbara Jordan, Helen Keller, Indira
Gandhi, Agnes de Mille Corazon Aquino, Gloria Steinam, Rachel
Carson, Joan of ArcBabe Zaharius, Marlene Dietrich, Anne
Frank, Simon de Beauvoir
HERO PRESENTATIONS AND A QUICK EXTENDED RESPONSE ITEM AS FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS.
HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT STUDENTS WILL NOT JUST LOOK TO
THE “DEAD WHITE MEN” AS POTENTIAL HEROES TO EXPLORE.
WRITTEN SUMMARIES
MAPS & CHARTS
TEACHING POSTERS
2D & 3D ARTPOETRY &
LYRICSSONGS
PLAYS & SKITSDANCE
POWERPOINT
THE OVERVIEW IS COMPLETE
AS THE STUDENTS DO THEIR FINAL
PRESENTATION ON THEIR OWN
HERO FROM ANY TIME OR
PLACE.
AS A SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT, I
ASKED STUDENTS TO WRITE A
PERSONAL ESSAY ANSWERING THE
QUESTION, “WHO IS A
HERO?” USING THEIR HERO AS
THE MAIN EXAMPLE.