TeachingThe Social Studies

Teaching Today…Do Now

Take a moment and reflect on your teaching today.What did you teach?How did you plan?How was your teaching the same or different from your plan?

ShareName, Hometown, Undergraduate Institution, Undergraduate MajorWhat was teaching like today?

Objectives of this Course

Create a professional learning community for the 2010-2011 school yearObserve different teaching and learning stylesReflect on the application of learning theory and observation in the classroomExamine the Social Studies and its role as a key component in liberal educationProduce classroom ready resources

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What are the Social Studies?HistoryGeographyEconomicsPsychologyEgyptologySociologyPolitical

ScienceLawGovernment

American Studies

CriminologyCommunicatio

nEducationCivicsBusinessAnthropologyArchaeology

The Social Studies?How is a Kindergartner supposed to understand archaeology? Where do I begin?How do I teach all of these subjects?AYP? Reading, Math, and Science are these the enemies?The Middle ChildCenter of Attention

Inverse Triangle of Social Studies Instruction

Theory for the CourseIntegration

Standards DrivenCreativity is King

Collaborate Collaborate CollaborateProfessional CommunityReflect before you repeat