Action Plan

Ms. Haseana Rehman DA Public School, O & A Levels

Social Studies (Jr. Section – Grade V)

Introduction Subject Information My Goals:

Aims ObjectivesBlooms Texonomy21st century skills

Instructional Strategies and Tasks Challenges and their Solutions Term Timeline Resources Conclusion

Contents

Introduction“Action plan is a well-thought analysis of current

practices and formal strategy to make positive change in those practices” (Intel® Teach Program)

My action plan focuses on my thought and concept behind teaching the subject of Social Studies, anticipating the challenges and finding the best solution through research by using 21st century skills. It also integrates the modern technology of computer and internet as part of the syllabus.

Subject InformationSubject: Social StudiesGrade: Jr. VTerm: 1st Months: August 2011 – December 2011No. of periods per week: 5Teaching Resources:

Greenboard Worksheets

Social Studies Text Book Internet and computer

Projects: 3-D model

My Goals“We need to teach the next generation of children from Day One that they are responsible for their lives.”

(Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a psychiatrist)Using the 21st century skils, like Bloom’s Taxonomy, S.M.A.R.T and S.W.O.T, aims(long term goals) and objectives(short term goals) are defined for the subject. The purpose of identifying goals is so that we may be able to understand what we have to achieve at the end of the day.

“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” (Robert M. Hutchins)

To enable the students to:Remember their previous knowledge about the subject.Understand the concepts of the world and the universe.Apply their learning's in their daily lives.Analyze and cross-examine the events in the history and how they effect our future.Evaluate observe the unique culture of Pakistan.Create a project that displays their knowledge gained.

Aims

To enable the students to: Learn about the universe and its creation ,the Big Bang theory and the composition of the Earth.Learn about rocks and observe the uses of rocks in their daily lives .Study the different physical features of the Earth and observe and analyze how these features are formed. Study the features formed by water.Know more about the six great Mughal Emerors and their contributions in the history of the subcontinent. Learn about how the Mughal rule came to an end.

Objectives

Long Term Goals:• Adopt 21st century teaching methodologies and

activity based learning programme.• To make social studies subject more interesting for

the students observations.

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Original Terms New Terms• Evaluation

• Synthesis

• Analysis

• Application

• Comprehension

• Knowledge

•Creating

•Evaluating

•Analysing

•Applying

•Understanding

•Remembering

(Based on Pohl, 2000, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn, p. 8)

21st Century Approaches

• Ways of thinking. Creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and learning

• Ways of working. Communication and collaboration

• Tools for working. Information and communications technology (ICT) and information literacy

• Skills for living in the world. Citizenship, life and career, and personal and social responsibility

“Learn about the critical skills students need to be successful in the digital age and beyond”

Instructional Strategies and Tasks

• I will encourage students to work in teams: pair work and group work.• I will give my students research topics to further increase their knowledge.• I will plan field trips and excursions to museums, if possible. • I will allow my students to learn through games, physical and online.• I will give my students projects to make at the end of term to see how they apply their knowledge.• I will provide my students an opportunity to “break out of the classroom and wander out onto the information super highway.”

“The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.” (Robert Brault)

Challenges and their Solutions

“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.”

(Colleen Wilcox)

As a teacher, we face many challenges daily. It is through sheer sincerity and hard-work that we get through them and manage to deliver our best. Some anticipated challenges and their solutions have been identified by me.

Approval from the HM or Principal

Time constraint

Student behavior

Missing resources

Non-availability of internet

Will present to them my ideas

properly

Will focus on activities more

Will try to motivate them

Will make our own resources

Give research at home

Challenges Solutions

Timeline

“More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given.” (Bertrand Russell, philosopher)

A timeline helps the teacher plan the lesson in such a way that it is possible to achieve the objectives and keep in mind the time constraint as well.

I have made the timeline in two ways:

• Term Timeline lists the topics according to the month they will be conducted in.• Month Timeline lists what are the main objectives for each week. In my action plan I have given the sample month timeline for the month of August.

Term Timeline

August September October November December

• Rocks.•The Earth physical features

•The Mughals

• The Universe• The compositon of the Earth

• The Hydrosphere • End of the glory of Mughals

Resources

• Intel® Engage Community and Help Guide• Our MT Ms. Mussarrat Naeem Ambreen as facilitators.• Search engines like Google.• Information websites like Wikipedia.• Social Studies Textbook .

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

(William Arthur)

Conclusion“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” (Ignacio Estrada)

The child today needs the teacher to be well-prepared in order to prepare him/her for the future life. In order to prepare ourselves, we need to learn, forget and relearn. We need to be – and educationist.

“In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work.  It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.” 

(Jacques Barzun)