Tentative Schedule - Fall 2000

Teaching Elementary School Social Studies - 210:164

Dr. Loretta Kuse

(History, Geography, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Political Science)

(Before class, read the assigned pages in the textbook. Bring the book to class. For readings, also look at related pages listed in the index for each topic.)

August 21

Getting to know one another and picture taking. Introduction to the course. Discuss course outcomes. Organization of social studies. Begin yearly plan.

(Look at electronic portfolio) file:///facstaff/kuse/portfolio/beginhere.html

August 23

Planning for the year. Read and look at a teacher's manual for social studies.

Pages 1-3 - Organization of the Social Studies Curriculum

Check the Web to see what the National Council for the Social Studies has identified as important standards for social studies teachers.

http://www.ncss.org/standards/teachers/standards.html

• National Standards for Social Studies - Resources

• Curriculum Planning in Social Studies - Resources

Pages 4-11 - What is Taught in Current Elementary Social Studies Textbooks?

Pages 12-18 - The Importance of Planning

Pages 101-107 - Yearly Lesson Plans

Become familiar with the UNI Preservice Teacher Technology Competencies.

http://www.uni.edu/currtech/techcomps.html

Note opportunities for experiences in the classroom. (See web site called "Information for Students.")

http://www.uni.edu/coe/home/services/index.html

(Transfer items on this calendar to your daily planner.)

August 28

Bring the same social studies teacher's manual and a language arts teacher's manual. Skim and then bring a social studies curriculum guide. Build a yearly plan in which social studies and language arts are coordinated.

Here are resources which give ideas for correlating social studies with other areas of the curriculum.

Reading / Language Arts

Math

Music

Science

Physical Education

Read 108 - Building a Schedule for One Week

Pages 18-24 - Planning a week in commonly used lesson plan books

Making daily plans and learning how to teach from a textbook or curriculum guide.

Pages 25-100

Here are sources of teaching ideas for social studies.

August 30

Paper with choice for Project 1 is due. Form for Project One Proposal

Planning units listed on the yearly plan

Pages 112-252 - The Problem Method - Learning how to teach social studies by creating your own unit instead of using a textbook. (Project 2)

September 4 - University Holiday

September 6

(Video - The Problem Method) - Continue work on the problem method.

(Project 2) Read 285-330 - Collecting, Organizing, and Sharing Materials and Ideas. Begin thinking about a topic for the unit which you will develop in three folders. (Project 2)

Make a copy of the skills on pages 148-149 in the book listed below. It is on reserve in IRTS. Bring those pages to class. These pages will help you make one of your three folders.

Schneider, D. and others. (1994). Curriculum standards for social studies expectations of excellence: National Council for the Social Studies. Washington, D.C.: National Council for the Social Studies, pp. 148-149.

September 11

Themes or Unit Topics - This list has resources for some topics. These topics are very broad and might need to be narrowed down for a unit.

There are many more topics listed in your text in the section about "Collecting, Organizing and Sharing Materials and Ideas."

(Also begin reading September 13 assignment. Think about an interactive device you might want to make and use with children.)

Pages 253 - 284 - Other instructional strategies and the written unit.

September 13

Other instructional strategies and the written unit. Motivation for Learning and Using Interactive Learning Devices.

Pages 344 - 384

Meeting Individual Needs

Gifted and Talented - Resources

Special Needs - Resources

September 18

(Emphasis on map and globe skills and teaching geography. Pages 187-198 and 452-490.)

 

September 20

Teaching geography. Teaching map and globe skills.

Review work done so far and looking ahead.

September 25

Emphasis on Skills - Map and globe skills and teaching geography.

(Teach in Black Hawk Elementary School - 1700 Downing, Waterloo, Iowa - * Use 15 minutes at the beginning and end of the regular class for driving time.)

(Time and place to be announced later.)

September 27

Pages 596-625 Teaching map and globe skills. Using community resources to teach geography.

Using field trips to teach social studies.

(Meet at Hartman Reserve - 657 Reserve Drive, Cedar Falls, Iowa - 277-2187 - Use fifteen minutes at the beginning and end of class for driving time. Be on time.)

October 2

Using technology to teach social studies - (Meet in IRTS Lab)

• Technology and Social Studies - Resources

October 4

(Ask any remaining questions about Project 1)

First exam

October 9

Participation - • Observing and Teaching Social Studies During Participation

October 11

Participation

October 16

Project 1 due - Draw numbers for order of presentation and then share handouts and projects.

Discussion of participation and in general "How to teach social studies."

Review "Collecting, Organizing, and Sharing Materials and Ideas" (pages 285-330).

Pages 331-343 - Constructing visuals and using them to teach the social studies.

Bulletin Board Form

October 18

Continue presentation of projects

Review work done so far.

(Mark outcomes for class.)

Proposal for Project 2 due at end of class period. Proposal for Project 2

October 23

Begin - Using the News to Teach Social Studies. Listen to the news each day and bring a daily newspaper. Go to the library which houses children's news publications. See how many of the ones listed in the text are available in the library. Pages 385-451.

Examine social studies textbooks and curriculum guides to determine how political science and law-related education are taught.

Pages 385-451

Law-related Education - Resources

Teaching the various disciplines which make up social studies within thematic units.

October 25 - Multicultural Education

Begin “Attitudes and Values”

Pages 550-595

Attitudes and Values - Think about ways to teach about minorities, women, and people with handicaps. Think about more ways to be inclusive when teaching.

Multicultural Education - Pages 565-595

Pages 588-591

October 30

Anthropology

November 1

Continue “Attitudes and Values.” Think about more ways to be inclusive when teaching.

Pages 550-595

November 6

Using drama and puppets to teach social studies. Think about how to teach sociology and psychology when using puppets.

Learn how some teachers have long used puppets to teach sociology and psychology by seeing examples.

Design and bring a puppet which could be used by primary children or a puppet which could be used by intermediate children to share ideas with primary children. Pages 668-692. (Also examine - Puppets, 1001 Ways to Make and Use Them by Kuse and Kuse. It is on reserve in IRTS.

November 8

Emphasis on Skills

Pages 452-490

Skills

November 13

Teaching economics, one of the major disciplines of the social studies. Examine social studies textbooks and curriculum guides to determine how economics is taught. Bring glue, scissors, and markers.

Pages 693-727 - Using simulations to teach.

Economics-Resources

The UNI Center - http://www.cba.uni.edu/cee/index.htm

Career Education - Career Education - Resources

November 15

Continue with economics simulation.

November 20

How to teach the discipline of history and time and chronology skills. Use the time line dating from 1800 to 2056 to add events related to your family. Add other regional, national, and international events. Using time lines to teach social studies.

Pages 491-549

Project Two - Unit Topics

November 21 - 10:00 P.M.

Thanksgiving vacation begins.

November 27

Teaching History through active learning experiences

Pages 596-627

Teaching the various disciplines which make up social studies within thematic units.

How to teach the discipline of history and time and chronology skills. Use the time line dating from 1800 to 2056 to add events related to your family. Add other regional, national, and international events.

Pages 491-544

November 29

Teaching History Through Active Learning Experiences

Pages 596-627

Using storytelling to teach social studies.

Pages 628-667 (Meet in one-room school)

Examine the progress you are making on the unit in your three folders.

December 4

Project 2 due. Share it in class.

December 6

Evaluation

Evaluating children in social studies. Read again pages 244-252 and 280-282.

Mark the outcomes for this course and compare your ratings with those done on the first day of class.

Final Examination - Tuesday, December 12 - 10:00 - 11:50