All Aboard the Social Studies TrainNCMSA Conference Session 8tinyurl.com/ncmsass
Welcome!
● Teaching Social Studies in Union County for 7 years.
● Currently teaching 6th grade at Porter Ridge Middle School
● County Vision: GIG ● We're a 1:1 School/County● School Focus: PLC● Global Teacher Leader and Model 1
Teacher
Contact Me: [email protected]
Did You Know?Social Studies Drum Roll● Drum Roll- Unit Opener● Before: Students created
a KWL on Asia, Africa & Australia
● After: Students completed a Stop & Jot:
Based on what you just watched what do you now better understand about Africa, Asia or Australia? Why do you think it is important to study these continents now?
F115● Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Discussion & Research● My 2012-2013 Focus: Google Apps and Primary Sources/DBQ's● Daily lesson plans centered around backwards unit planning
Essential Lesson/Class Components○ Drum Roll- Introduce Units ○ Group Work○ Social Studies Notebook○ Class Website: Moodle○ Project Based Learning○ Digital Media○ Talk Like a Historian Word Wall○ Time Zones Clocks○ Where In The World Map○ Student of the Month○ Unit Wrap Up: Wordle & Unit in 1 Word
A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words....
A Student Must:Social Studies Notebook● Digital Glue: OneNote● Sections: Daily Warm Ups, tab for each unit, Class
Tools, Missing Work● Students upload work from their notebook; especially
weekly warm up's
Class Website: Moodle● Both Information & Interactive● 1 toggle bar for each unit, parent section, turn in bin,
twitter feed, games & websiteshttp://moodlemid.ucps.k12.nc.us/course/view.php?id=1070
Project Based LearningExamples:
○ Hebrew Leader Scrolls○ Shelved Countries○ 5 Themes 3D Collage○ Time Travel Brochures
Projects are assigned with assignment sheet & grading rubric
Student Artifacts:
Technology Based Learning Examples● 5 Themes of Geography Class
Atlas Google Dochttps://docs.google.com/a/ucps.k12.nc.us/presentation/d/1v7X0kcfDkSG9qXHgMgk62d4v4xGEQv_MAAD3xxbMGoY/edit#slide=id.p
● Stone Age Comic Books● Virtual Field Trips
○ Carolina Navigators○ Arounder
● Webquests● Ancient Civilizations Wiki's
http://ancientcivilizations2011blk2.wikispaces.com/Daily+Life+in+Ancient+Egypt
Student Artifacts:
Learning Centers
Examples:● Primary & Secondary Source
Stations○ Evaluating different sources
● 5 Themes of Geography○ One station for each theme
● Ancient Egyptian Culture○ Pharaoh's, Religion,
Mummification, Architecture● Mapping Lab Stations
○ Parts of a Map, Speciality Maps, Physical & Political
● Africa Wrap Up○ Music on I-Pods, Comparing
Food, Vanishing Gorilla's comic...
20 minute activities; 3/6 activities
Student Artifacts:
http://moodlemid.ucps.k12.nc.us/course/view.php?id=1070
Globally Focused Lessons
Examples:● World Religion Panel● Human Rights
Lesson● $2 Dollars a Day
Project
Artifacts:
My Top Go To's: Go To Video:Ancient Mesopotamia Song by Mr. Nickyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84y2q4giihY
Go To Website(s):Flocabularyhttp://www.flocabulary.com/subjects/
Water for Sixth Gradehttp://waterforsixthgrade.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-11-09T08:58:00-06:00&max-results=10&start=40&by-date=false
Go To Organization(s):Carolina Navigatorshttp://cgi.unc.edu/navigators
Go To BookEvery Human Has Rights: What You Need to Know About Your Human Rights By National Geographic
ResourcesClass Dojohttp://www.classdojo.com/*VIF International Educationhttp://learningcenter.vifprogram.com/CNN Student Newshttp://www.cnn.com/studentnews/index.html*Brain Pophttp://www.brainpop.com/*Flocabularyhttp://www.flocabulary.com/subjects/YouTube:History For Music Lovershttp://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachersNew Global Citizenshttp://www.newglobalcitizens.org/Quizlethttp://quizlet.com/Winston Salem Curriculum Guidehttp://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/975Regents Exam Prep Centerhttp://regentsprep.org/Globaloriahttp://www.globaloria.org/
*Indicates Subscription Required
Mr. Donn SS Websitehttp://www.mrdonn.org/Mr. Manko's SS Resourceshttp://staff.hcpss.org/~jmanko/Socialstudiesresources.htmlRubiStarhttp://rubistar.4teachers.org/iCivicshttp://www.icivics.org/SAS Curriculum Pathwayshttp://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/#/search?searchString=&searchSubject=4&searchCategory=32Sweet Searchhttp://www.sweetsearch.com/Symbaloohttp://www.symbaloo.com/A Students Friendhttp://www.studentsfriend.com/World History Teachers Bloghttp://worldhistoryeducatorsblog.blogspot.com/
