Susan Gasaway & Roger S. ThomasSocial Studies Resource Teachers

July 9, 8:30-11:30

susan.gasaway @jefferson.kyschools.usroger.thomas@jefferson.kyschools.us

http://gr8-ss-2ndsixweeks.wikispaces.com/

GRADE 8: STANDARDS, INSTRUCTION, AND

ASSESSMENT GRADING PERIOD TWO

LEARNING TARGETS• AT THE END OF THIS SESSION, GRADE 8

TEACHERS CAN PLAN ENGAGING LESSONS USING THE KCAS 4.1 SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS FOR GRADING PERIOD 2.

• AT THE END OF THIS SESSION, GRADE 8 TEACHERS CAN IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS TO ASSESS STUDENT LEARNING IN SOCIAL STUDIES.

OVERVIEW OF THE SESSION

1. KCAS 4.1 STANDARDS ARE THE BASIS OF INSTRUCTION, NOT TEXTBOOKS

2. THE CURRICULUM MAP’S LEARNING TARGETS ARE CLOSELY TIED TO THE STANDARDS

3. INSTRUCTION IDEASa. PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW FOR THE STUDENTSb. USE TCI RESOURCESc. ON-LINE RESOURCESd. USE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCESe. BOOK-IN-AN-HOUR STRATEGY

4. ASSESSMENT NEEDS TO BE FORMATIVE, SUMMATIVE, AND AUTHENTIC

5. COLLABORATIVE LESSON IDEA OR ASSESSMENT

CURRICULUM AND STANDARDS

CURRICULUM VS. CURRICULUM MAP

PROGRAM OF STUDIESGOVERNMENT AND CIVICSCULTURES AND SOCIETYECONOMICSGEOGRAPHYHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

KCAS 4.1 SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS

KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

KCAS 4.1 Social Studies Standards

How do the Big Ideas

and the Organizers

help us think about

what we teach?

Social Studies is…

• “…the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Within the school program, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology, as well as appropriate content from the humanities, mathematics, and natural sciences. The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world.”

NCSS, 1994

Thematic Strands of Social Studies

• General Thematic Model for Teaching Social Studies

• The Ten Thematic Strands of Social Studies• Culture• Time, Continuity, and Change• People, Places, and Environments• Individual Development and Identity• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions• Power, Authority, and Governance• Production, Distribution, and Consumption• Science, Technology, and Society• Global Connections• Civic Ideals and Practices

Understanding by Design (UbD)

• UbD is designed to help develop and deepen students’ understanding of important ideas.

• Three Stages–Desired Results–Evidence–Learning Plan

• Curriculum Maps were created using elements of UbD

Curriculum Maps were…

…Created to:• Address the content you are required to teach• Address the recommendations given by 8th

grade social studies teachers• Capture the big picture in the daunting task

of U.S. History instruction• Provide unit and topic breakdowns of the

content• Provide student-friendly learning targets• Address deficiencies found in the 566 page

Curriculum Audit

Curriculum Audit Quotes• “To meet the new standards, I teach everything.” (Teacher)• “Up until this year we were teaching programs, not

standards.” (Administrator)• “Teachers need more time for instruction as the curriculum

is very wide instead of being deep. We are teaching large numbers of standards in a short amount of time.” (Teacher)

• “Curriculum maps are frustrating because of the time it was rolled out to teachers. We’re getting them unit by unit or grading period by grading period and the district won’t share drafts.” (Administrator)

• “Curriculum is anybody’s game here. It is all over the place.” (Administrator)

• “It is great the way the district is developing curriculum maps.” (Teacher)

• “The new curriculum hasn’t changed what we will teach. We take the state’s lead of what to teach.” (Administrator)

Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map

Many of the

adjustments were

called for by the CMA!

Other adjustments

were based on

teacher feed-back!

Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map

The Units are Bookmarked! Control-Click on the Unit you want to go to in the map!

Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map

Fewer

Learning

Targets!

The role of

Assessments!

160 days of instruction!

KCAS 4.1 Social Studies Standards

A one-page list of

KCAS 4.1 for 8th Grade

Alignment between KCAS 4.1 and Learning Targets

Which content standard has

language closest to this

learning target?

Alignment between Learning Targets & SSPA Q’s

I can explain how geography and the purposes for settlement influenced the governments, cultures, and the economics of the three colonial regions.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR SOCIAL STUDIES PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS?

• “Teachers are encouraged to use daily formative and summative assessments in classroom…

• May or may not be using CASCADE, no decisions have been made…

• Make-up and structure of test has not been determined at this point…

• It is still the principal’s decision on when and how to use the district assessments…”

Grade 8 Social Studies Instruction

•Overview of Content•Use of TCI•On-line Resources•Use of Multiple Intelligences•Book-in-an-Hour Strategy

Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map

The Units are Bookmarked! Control-Click on the Unit you want to go to in the map!

These are the Units of the Curriculum! How do we pace our instruction to teach it all?

REMEMBER THIS

SLIDE?

If you need more time to

effectively teach a topic, try

to borrow it from within the Unit Duration.

Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map

The Units are Bookmarked! Control-Click on the Unit you want to go to in the map!

This is a lot to teach!You could easily teach any of these units for an entire semester!

Is there an over-arching framework we can use to help students learn and make sense

of U.S. History?

HEROES!

• EXPLORE EXAMPLES OF HEROES

• EXPLORE THEIR CHARACTERISTICS

• GIVE STUDENTS CHOICE WITHIN EXPECTATIONS

• ASSESS THEIR UNDERSTANDING

HeroesBy Ann Reed

What can I learn from you –Your lifetime and what you’ve been through?How’d you keep your head up and hold your pride? In an insane world how’d you keep on trying? One life can tell the taleIf you make the effort you cannot failBy your life you tell me it can be doneBy your lives the courage to carry on Heroes – here like a friendTo clear a path our light a flameAs time goes you find you depend on your heroesTo show you the way – Heroes What can I learn from you? That I must do the things I think I cannot doThat you do what’s right by your heart and soulIt’s the imperfections that make us whole One life can tell the taleIf you make the effort you cannot failBy your life you tell me it can be doneBy your lives the courage to carry on Heroes – here like a friendTo clear a path our light the way As time goes you find you depend on your heroesTo show you the way – Heroes

Sojourner Truth, Eleanor Roosevelt, Katherine Hepburn, Sally Ride

Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, Annie Sullivan, Gertrude Stein

Coretta Scott King, Amelia Earhart, Lillian

Helman, Eartha KittSacagawea, Ella Fitzgerald, Golda

Meir, Dorothy Dix Louisa May Alcott, Billie Jean King, Emily

Dickinson, Lucy StoneMargaret Sanger, Clara Barton, Billie

Holiday, Julliet LowElizabeth Blackwell, Rosa Parks, Lena

Horne, Beverly SillsBarbara Jordan, Helen Keller, Indira

Gandhi, Agnes de Mille Corazon Aquino, Gloria Steinam, Rachel

Carson, Joan of ArcBabe Zaharius, Marlene Dietrich, Anne

Frank, Simon de Beauvoir

http://youtu.be/zLgooJDqqHs

HERO PRESENTATIONS AND A QUICK EXTENDED RESPONSE ITEM AS FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS.

HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT STUDENTS WILL NOT JUST LOOK TO

THE “DEAD WHITE MEN” AS POTENTIAL HEROES TO EXPLORE.

WRITTEN SUMMARIES

MAPS & CHARTS

TEACHING POSTERS

2D & 3D ARTPOETRY &

LYRICSSONGS

PLAYS & SKITSDANCE

POWERPOINT

THE OVERVIEW IS COMPLETE

AS THE STUDENTS DO THEIR FINAL

PRESENTATION ON THEIR OWN

HERO FROM ANY TIME OR

PLACE.

AS A SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT, I

ASKED STUDENTS TO WRITE A

PERSONAL ESSAY ANSWERING THE

QUESTION, “WHO IS A

HERO?” USING THEIR HERO AS

THE MAIN EXAMPLE.