GRADE 8: STANDARDS, INSTRUCTION, AND
ASSESSMENT GRADING PERIOD ONE
Susan Gasaway & Roger S. ThomasSocial Studies Resource Teachers
June 18, 8:30-11:30June 18, 12:30-3:30
susan.gasaway @[email protected]
http://gr8-ss-1stsixweeks.wikispaces.com/
LEARNING TARGETS• AT THE END OF THIS SESSION, GRADE
7 TEACHERS CAN PLAN ENGAGING LESSONS USING THE KCAS 4.1 SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS FOR GRADING PERIOD 1.
• AT THE END OF THIS SESSION, GRADE 7 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. BONUS RESOURCE!!!d. USE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCESe. USE PICTURE BOOKS
4. ASSESSMENT NEEDS TO BE FORMATIVE, SUMMATIVE, AND AUTHENTIC
5. COLLABORATIVE LESSON IDEA OR ASSESSMENT
Curriculum and Standards
Curriculum vs. Curriculum MapProgram of Studies
Government and CivicsCultures and SocietyEconomicsGeographyHistorical Perspective
KCAS 4.1 Social Studies Standards
Take a look at these Academic
Expectations.What do
yousee?
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 world
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!
Great Resources!
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 standards have
language closest to these
learning targets?
Alignment between Learning Targets & SSPA Q’s
I can explain the cause-and-effect relationship between contact with different European powers and changes in the Native American population and culture.
Grade 8 Social Studies Instruction
•Overview of Content•Use of TCI• The World Before Transatlantic Travel•Use of Multiple Intelligences•Use of Picture Books in Grade 8
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 teach a year-long course on any of these units!
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
Corretta 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
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.
Grade 8 Social Studies Instruction
Overview of Content•Use of TCI• The World Before Transatlantic Travel•Use of Multiple Intelligences•Use of Picture Books in Grade 8
Let’s look at a TCI Lesson
Let’s look at this one!
Let’s look at a TCI Lesson
TCI ActivityThe First Americans
• Unit 1, Topic 3: Native American Civilizations• Topic Duration: 4 Days• Learning Targets:
– I can describe ways in which physical geography and natural resources promoted and limited the development of Native American civilizations.
– I can use primary and secondary sources to describe the elements of culture of several Native American groups.
• In this activity, students hypothesize the geographic origins of American Indian artifacts to explore how the first Americans in eight cultural regions adapted to their environments
Grade 8 Social Studies Instruction
Overview of ContentUse of TCI• The World Before Transatlantic Travel• Use of Multiple Intelligences• Use of Picture Books in Grade 8
So, why were the Spanish able to sail across the
Atlantic and so successfully defeat the Aztec and Inca Empires?
orWhy did the Europeans conquer the Americans
and not the other way around?
ANOTHER INSTRUCTIO
NAL RESOURCE
Guns, Germs, & Steel
episodes on-line are at
http://topdocumentaryfilms.
com/guns-germs-and-steel/
Jared Diamond’s argument is that
European dominance of the world during the
Age of Exploration came about as a result
ofGEOGRAPHIC
LUCK.
He says that by the time of the Age of Exploration, Europeans had already benefitted from a series of ultimate and proximate factors that made them uniquely capable of world domination.
And these factors were
based on Geographic
Luck!
WHEN WE TEACH THE RIVER VALLEYS IN 7TH
GRADE WE BEGIN WITH…
WHY DID CIVILIZATION BEGIN HERE?GEOGRAPHIC LUCK
Mesopotamian Resources:
Nearby were the horse, dromedary & donkey.
Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Cattle
Wheat, Barley, Peas
No other place on earth had this many crucial ingredients to
the Agricultural Revolution!
Not all animals are good
candidates for domestication.
Of the 148 herbivores over 100
pounds on earth, only 14
have ever been
successfully domesticated
.
12 of the 14 originated in Eurasia and only one
originated in the Americas.
It’s no wonder civilization begins in Mesopotamia! It has the Geographic
Luck!
Wheat, Barley, Peas
Rice, Millet
Sorghum, Yams
Meanwhile, in the Americas…
Llama, Beans, Guinea Pig
Corn, Beans Tomatoes, Turkey
CONTINENTAL AXIS: East-West or North-
South?
The plants & animals crucial to the successful
development of civilization in Mesopotamia could also
be successful anywhere along the same latitude
across Eurasia. The East-West orientation of Eurasia meant there was
a lot of area that could become civilized.
As it entered the Age of Exploration, Europe had the
benefit of the ultimate factors of geography and the
proximate factors of civilization’s development.
East/West Axis
ULTIMATE FACTORS PROXIMATE FACTORS
Epidemic
DiseasesPolitical
Organization
WritingOcean-Going Ships
Many Suitable
Wild Species
Guns, Steel,
Swords
Horses
Many Domesti-cated Plant and
Animal Species
Large, Dense,
Sedentary,
Stratified
Societies
Food Surplus
es, Food
Storage
Technology
Ease of Species
Spreading
How Geographic Luck put Europeans in the position of Global Dominance during
the Age of Exploration.
From Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond, 1997
Revised Grade 8 Curriculum Map
BONUS RESOURCE!!!
Guns, Germs, & Steel Episodes on-
line are at
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
guns-germs-and-steel/