Crossroads: Ideas for Thematic Teaching Kelly McKee Lake Forest
High School [email protected]
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Overview of Presentation Common Core 10 NCSS Themes China
First! Four P Themes Classroom Application
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Lets begin. One Minute Essay!
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Common Core
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One Minute Essay! What does Common Core mean to you and your
students? How has Common Core changed your teaching?
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http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RH/9-10
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10 NCSS Themes 1.Culture 2. Time, Continuity and Change 3.
People, Places and Environment 4. Individual Development and
Identity 5. Individuals, Groups and Institutions
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10 NCSS Themes 6.Power, Authority and Governance 7. Production,
Distribution and Consumption 8. Science, Technology and Society 9.
Global Connections 10. Civic Ideals and Practices
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10 NCSS Themes Application of NCSS Themes to the Ancient
Crossroads exhibition.. ?
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Selecting Themes Everyday Life Power and Glory Influence and
Innovation
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The Four P Themes Progress Power Population Poverty
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POWERPROGRESS POPULATIONPOVERTY
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CHINA FIRSTCHINA FIRST
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MING to MAO! Zhu Yuanzhang Hongwu EmperorMao Zedong
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CHINA FIRST! MING (1368-1644) QING (1644 1911) REPUBLIC OF
CHINA (1911-1949) PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1949-Present Day)
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MING DYNASTY Global Events?
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Forbidden City
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Great Wall
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Columbus
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Constantinople 1453
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Elizabeth and Akbar
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Martin Luther
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Mayflower
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EAST ASIA: CHINA/JAPAN/ KOREA EUROPEMIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
SOUTH/SOUTHE AST ASIA LATIN AMERICA 1500 1700 1700 1800 1800 1900
1900 today MAKING CONNECTIONS
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POWERPROGRESS POPULATIONPOVERTY
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Taiping Rebellion 1850-1864 Emancipation of serfs in Russia
U.S. Civil War Colonial conquest of Africa Unification of Italy and
Germany Perry arrives in Japan Meiji Restoration in Japan Sepoy
Mutiny in India French conquest Indochina
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The Learning Process What instructional strategies most impact
student learning? Robert J. Marzano Classroom Instruction that
Works: Research Based Strategies for Increasing Student
Achievement
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The Learning Process -Question, Cues and Advance Organizers
-Identifying similarities and differences -Summarizing and note
taking -Setting objectives and providing feedback -Homework and
Practice -Nonlinguistic Representations -Cooperative learning
-Generating and testing hypotheses
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The Learning Process Identifying similarities and differences =
45% Summarizing and note taking = 34% Homework and Practice = 23%
Nonlinguistic representations = 27% Cooperative learning = 27%
Setting Objectives and providing feedback=23% Generating and
testing hypotheses = 23% Questions, cues and advance
organizers=22%
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Classroom Application
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Board Games!
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Monologues
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Commonplace Book
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Thematic Application Finding Common Ground PAST PRESENT
FUTURE
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Commonplace Visual Book Four P Themes + Global Context Thematic
approach across regions and eras Past-Present-Future Indentifying
similarities and differences Visit to the Art Institute Promoting
Visual Literacy Selecting objects at the museum Student Voice
Cooperative Learning
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Commonplace Art Talk Is this Common Core curriculum?
