Calendar topics and tasks are based upon the outcomes and assignments listed in the course syllabus.
Calendar topics and tasks are based upon the outcomes and assignments listed
in the course syllabus.
| Weeks 4-6 | Weeks 7-9 | Weeks 10-12 |
Week 1, January 7 and 9
Overview of ELE3340 and online resources. Finding social studies
everywhere; uncovering
democratic
values. Identifying the goals of SS. National SS
standards.
Illinois SS standards. The novel-based project. Connecting the present
to the past with common critical issues. President's Activity.
Tasks: KWL and first webbing, due.
Selection
of topic and literature for SS curriculum
project.
Begin reading the books of your choice. Issues in the News
assigned
W/Chapter
1.
Association for Childhood Education International ACEI,
EIU Student Branch invites you to join --
Old and new members -- please come to the Panel of Children meeting, January
17, Buzzard Hall Auditorium -- get organized for sp 07!
Elementary children on the panel will discuss what makes a good teacher
and what makes a good school.
Week 2, January 14 and 16
A curriculum model for SS: the "Classical Building Model of Social
Studies."
Review of children's literature, finding SS themes in children's
literature.
Identifying two domains: the cognitive and the affective/behavioral =
the
content and the process = being smart and good. Social Action and
the SS model. Effective citizens freely make informed decisions to
promote
the common good.
Lindquist approach: seeing the whole through Social Studies.
Try this link from San Diego for some wonderful integrated teaching
units based on children's literature:
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Also Marvelous resources from
Annette
Lamb on theming with children's literature.
Tasks: Issue in the News due,
presented in class. Synopsis and
related literature search assigned. W/Chapters
1.4.6, 7
Week 3, January 23
Writing broad goals for teaching real world
connections.
Developing broad goals for teaching from the SS themes found in your
historical
novel. Developing
excellent lesson planning strategies. Enriching,
entending,
integrating SS themes. For our Women's
History Month history lesson and display, see
resources at Biography
as a curriculum hub and Marco
Polo
History and the humanities/
and the social sciences. Children's
abilities and interests in history. How history and literature
are
interdependent. How to bring history to life. Using
historical
documents in teaching: journals, diaries, logs, letters. How to
use
timelines
in SS. Role models and motivation. The model personality lesson
plan.
Modeling the model. A visit from Jane Addams.
Tasks: Literature synopsis with SS themes due. Broad goals assigned and due. Women's history lesson plan assigned. W/Chapters 4, 5, 6,10.
Week 4, January 28 and January 30
Values education, the heart of SS. Kevin Ryan's five E's for
teaching
ethics in elementary and middle school. Human Rights education. Human
Rights.
Fighting Fair video for non-violent conflict resolution within American
historical context. Research (Bandura, Vygotsky) on
modeling.
Multicultural education and the Social Studies. James A.
Banks,
four levels for multiethnic education. Accomodating and
celebrating
diversity. Cultural universals. Exploding
stereotypes.
The Giving Feasts Project. Cultural card activity. Writing
a cultural awareness lesson plan.
Tasks: Women's history/model
personality
plan due. Display date announced.
Cultural
Awareness lesson plan assigned.. Study
guide, test 1. W/Chapter
6, 11, 12
Invest in Practicum, Dates tba for sp.08
Week 5
Cultural awareness plan due. Test
1, Midterm.
W /Chapters 2, 7, 10, 11
Week 6
Review of midterm exam. Begin geography:
Geography computer lab day.
Integrating science, culture, data-gathering, and higher order thinking
with geography. Maps. Taking geography beyond map skills. The
five
fundamental themes of geography.
Geography activity development: Tremont Travelers, Bake a pie to see
Ohio, Hunger Awareness Activity. How
to Make an Apple Pie and See the World Travel Dude, Flat
Stanley, Recording,
managing,
and displaying data: Global Fact Sheets. Drawing
conclusions from graphs and other
data
organizers. Using mathematics as a descriptive language in SS.
Writing
a data gathering and analysis lesson plan.
Ideas and links
for Economics Education/ elementary & middle level
Economics
for kids: Money Matters
Tasks: Geography lesson plan assigned. W/Chapter 13
-
enjoy a rewarding spring break!
Week 7
Special Topics: The Columbus Event. Pivotal and
irreversible changes in the culture, history, and geography of the
Americas.
Issues
of the Columbus Event. Teaching about the American
Indians. More.
Authentic sources and values. How to avoid stereotypes when teaching
another
culture. Children's literature for the Native Americans.
Myth
and cultural diversity. Myth as sacred literature (vs. myth as
colloquial
falsehood ), Common themes of world cultures. Meeting Joseph
Campbell.
Walking
with Grandfather videos.
Task: continue work on geography plan.
W/Chapters
2, 12, packet handouts
Week 8,
Lesson plan return and review, emphasizing teacher as model
learner.
Values based education as realizing the essential questions in an
ethical
frame.
The role of myth and symbol in curriculum. Joseph Campbell's
contribution to understanding cultural similarities. The circle
in
world cultures.
(exerpt Power of Myth video) The calendar as a cultural treasure chest.
The Giving Feasts activity (packet)
TBA Field trip to Lincoln Log Cabin. Living
history = powerful teaching and learning in the social studies.
Abraham Lincoln stereotypes (text
of the Charleston debate w. Stephen A. Douglas). Lerna
School's
e-Lincoln site.
Task: Geography
/data gathering lesson plan due. W/Chapters
7, 12, 14
Field trips -- living history experience,
the Lincoln
Log Cabin State Historical Site
The Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum.
Week 9,
Global Education, an international curriculum. Harvest,
nutrition,
hunger. Hunger Project video. Hunger awareness activity.
The world in a chocolate bar activity. Service learning resources
to confront hunger issues. Preparing for an informed
Thanksgiving.
Evaluation of technology strategies and resources in the Social
Studies.
Resources from the National Council for the Social Studies, from Bernie
Dodge & Webquests for the Social Studies,
Children's technology presentations of social studies projects. Project
WOW The
WebQuest homepage
Task: Journal articles assigned. W/Chapter 12, 10
Week 10,
Service learning vs. social action. Review of service learning
curriculum. Examples of students effecting positive and lasting
change
in their communities. Democratic practice and social action.
Question:
Is social studies able to achieve its goal of competent citizenship w/o
student involvement in authentic democratic practice and social
action?
Child Labor curriculum guide.
Assessment in the Social Studies. Standardized vs. authentic
assessment.
Performance and portfolio assessment. Teacher-written tests.
Review of social studies textbooks. Textbook rating scales.
Writing our own evaluation instrument. Evaluating a commercial
series
at grade level.
Textbooks and standardized testing.
Task: W/Chapter 9
Week 11,
Completed Literature-based SS project due
Day of Six Billion. October 12, 1999 was
designated as the day on which the 6 billionth human being was born,
placing
the planet's human population at an all time high. What does this
mean for us individually and socially? What is the condition of
humanity
as Earth becomes a smaller home for an increasing number of
people.
What is the condition of Earth? How can we help young children to
think about the issue of population? PBS video, Affluenza. pbs.org
Strategies, activities, and resources
for population education.
Task: Journal articles due. Study
guide, review and preparation for the final exam. Handouts
in ELE3340 packet.
Week 12,
Special topics: Global education and peace
education. Teaching: peace, community, justice, caring,
diversity,
democracy.
The cosmic context for SS teaching.
Cooperative learning, cautions, Kagan, Slavin,
Johnson. The impact of the hidden curriculum for peace education
and global education.
Global/environmental education
Multicultural/Diversity
education (resources include on-line text of international
children's books)
The services of theNational
Council for the Social Studies.
Task: Writing
of the final exam, Wednesday, April
30,
2008.
The exam will be returned and discussed during the official exam
period, Thursday, May 1, 2008,
at 8:00 a.m.. The exam MUST be returned
to
you,
in hand, for course credit, according to the objectives of meaningful
assessment.
Attendance for
the final exam period is mandatory.
Reading List for ELE3340:
The historical/cultural novel project consists of five specific
activities
developed from the selected award-winning intermediate level children's
literature. Please see more Newbery
Award winning books or Newbery
honor books for important
development
of SS concepts for intermediate and middle grades. The
professional readings for ELE3340 appear in the course
syllabus. Readings listed at the conclusion of chapters in Welton as
well
as those on the end-of-text reference list are recommended. See
the journals of the National Council for the Social Studies: Social Education, Social Studies and the
Young
Learner, Theory and Research
in the Social Studies.
A short list of important authors in the social studies are: J.
Dewey,
H. M. Hartoonian, W. C. Parker, Tarry Lindquist, A. Kohn, S.
Engle,
K. Egan, F. Newmann, J. Banks, H. Taba, A. Ochoa, J. Brophy, J. Bruner,
D. Elkind, W. Kniep, K. Scott, N. Noddings, T. Sizer, K. P. Scott, W.
Longstreet,
J. Becker, C. and L. Anderson, C. Bennett
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