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George Phillip 5th and 6th Grade

Social Studies

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@philligeTWITTER

EMAILgeorge.e.phillip@gmail.com

WEBSITEwww.reversingsocialstudies.com

PHONE(574) 303-2758

Q. What keeps you up at night?

Complements of Dr. Julie Schell of the Mazur Group

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2009.2038487

What do you see?

“There must be a clear, constant, and

prioritized focus on ‘understanding’ as

an educational goal.”

“The assessment must align with the goals via

‘backward design’; and the goals as mentioned should

highlight understanding.”

“Instructional practices must align with the goals…But a course composed mainly of

lectures cannot logically yields content use - any more than a series of lectures on history can yield high-

performing historians

Understanding by Design !and the Flipped Classroom

Wiggins, Grant. "Granted, And…." Granted and. Grant Wiggins, 01 Jan. 2014. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.

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What is going on in this video?

Name the 5 Themes of Geography

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Assign groups to a theme

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Peer Instruction and JiTT

Dr. Eric Mazur Dr. Julie Scheel

Peer Instruction in the Classroom

From: Dr. Julie Scheel

Dan Meyer

Africa’s Early CulturesMap of Africa’s early cultures (EXPLORE)

“What can this map tell us about early civilizations?”

Movie on Egyptian culture (FLIP)

Create a poster to illustrate importance of Nile River; chose separate civilization and

show understanding (APPLY)

Sugata Mitra’s SOLE

“Self-Organized Learning Environment (SOLE) Toolkit…designed to help educators

and parents support kids (8-12 yrs) as they tap into

their innate sense of wonder and engage in child-driven

learning” pg.2

Where is most of East Asia’s population located? Why?

NAIS 20/20 CHALLENGE

Topic: Global Warming

Brainstormed GW in South Bend/found articles online (EXPLORE)

Had Norte Dame professors come in (FLIP)

Create presentation for community (APPLY)

Create

Evaluate

Analyze

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Understand

Remember

Helpful Websites/Blogs/Otherwww.cyclesoflearning.com - Ramsey Musallam - @ramusallam

www.thethinkingstick.com - Jeff Utecht - @jutecht

mazur.harvard.edu - Dr. Eric Mazur - @ericmazur

http://sugatam.wikispaces.com/ - Sugata Mitra - @SugataM

blog.mrmeyer.com - Dan Meyer - @ddmeyer

http://fnoschese.wordpress.com/ - Frank Noschese - @fnoschese

blog.peerinstruction.com - Dr. Julie Schell - @julieschell

Daniel Pink - The Flipped Manifesto - Free Download