Matching: John Dewey, James Banks, Jane Addams, Welton ,
Paul Goble, H. Gardner, Russell Freedman, journals of the NCSS, H.
Zinn,
Bartholome de las Casas, Joseph Campbell, race to the
bottom,
BIA, Pope Gregory XIII, Eleanor Roosevelt, 1809, 1789,
1920. (5 test points, 4 extra credit points)
Know the geography quiz in the Welton text, pp. 348-349. 10
points
Take home essay: Relate your novel-based project to the five
criteria,
163 ff. for powerful teaching and learning in the social studies, in
Expectations
for Excellence, pp. 157ff. Two pg. max double spaced,
default
settings. 20 points
Read the articles in your packet: Integrating Curriculum by
Shanahan,
et al, and Projects and Activities: A Means not an End, by Reed.
Plan to write to the first prompt below, without notes. Choose
two
from prompts 2, 3, 4 for short essays to complete without notes
in
class, Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 10:00
Use CBMSS, the criteria for contemporary SS, your notes and reading,
and significant particular and detailed examples in your essays. Please
provide your own lined paper.
Five points each. Must do #1 and two more.
1. Explain what Shanahan et al mean by the “pitfalls of thematic
units.”
Summarize Reed’s arguments for use of caution and application of
criteria
regarding “hand-on” activities. Repeat at least one of Reed’s
negative
examples in your summary.
2. Explain the importance of the study of the Columbus Event in
K12
SS curriculum. Suggest topics and activities for this study.
3. Explain the importance of the study of the population problem and
related issues in the K-8 SS curriculum. Suggest topics and
activities
for this study. Incorporate the main idea from your reading of
the
Ellen Goodman essay, 10-25-99, "Earth's population can be slowed one at
a time"..
4. Explain the most widely accepted theory of origin of April Fools
Day. Discuss the calendar and solstice festivals as a source
of SS curriculum. Conclude your discussion by
explaining
holidays as an approach to diversity curriculum, their advantages and
disadvantages
A stapler will be provided on exam day!