May, 2000 - Tentative Schedule

Teaching Elementary School Social Studies - 210-164

Dr. Loretta Kuse

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

(For readings, also look at related pages in the index for each topic.)

Monday - May 8 - Getting to know one another and picture taking.

Introduction to the course.

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

Organization of social studies.

Begin yearly plan. 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.)

Tuesday, May 9 - 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.

Wednesday, May 10 - 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.

(Teaching knowledge, skills, attitudes and values and social participation.)

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

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

Thursday, May 11 - Begin thinking about a topic for the unit which you will develop in 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.

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."

Read 285-330 - Collecting, Organizing, and Sharing Materials and Ideas

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

Teaching economics, one of the major disciplines of the social studies. Examine social studies textbooks and curriculum guides to determine how economics is taught. Pages 693-729c.

Economics-Resources

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

Career Education - Career Education - Resources

Meeting Individual Needs

Motivation for Learning and Using Using Interactive Learning Devices- - Pages 344-384

Gifted and Talented - Resources

Special Needs - Resources

Friday, May 12 - Bring glue, scissors, and markers. Work with learning stations which will be used in participation. Plan for how lesson will be presented.

(Ask any remaining questions about Project 1)

Proposal for Project 2 due. Proposal for Project 2

Monday, May 15 - Friday, May 19 - Participation - Teach social studies in a school. (Take form along for participation.)

• Observing and Teaching Social Studies During Participation

Monday, May 22 - Discussion of participation and in general "How to teach social studies." (Bring filled out form from participation.)

Anthropology

Begin "Attitudes and Values"

Pages 550-564

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

Review "Collecting, Organizing, and Sharing Materials and Ideas" - Pages 285-330. (Think of places to gather materials for Project 2.)

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

Bulletin Board Form

Review work done so far.

Tuesday, May 23 - Project One due - Draw numbers for order of presentation and then share handouts and projects. (Mark outcomes for class.)

Proposal for Project 2 due. Proposal for Project 2

Wednesday, May 24 - First exam

Begin - Using the News to Teach Social Studies. Listen to the news each day and bring a daily newspaper. Go to a 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.

Listen to the news and bring a daily newspaper. Finish the topic of "News." Teaching the various disciplines which make up social studies within thematic units.

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

Thursday, May 25 - 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

Teaching History Through Active Learning Experiences

Pages 596-627

Storytelling - (Meet in one-room school)

Pages 628-667

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

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

Using Puppets to Teach Social Studies. Think about how to teach sociology and psychology when using puppets. 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. Read pages 667-692. (Also examine - Puppets, 1001 Ways to Make and Use Them by Kuse and Kuse. It is on reserve in IRTS.

Emphasis on Skills

Pages 452-490

Skills

Friday, May 26 - Using computers to teach social studies (IRTS)

• Technology and Social Studies - Resources

Monday, May 29 - Holiday

Tuesday, May 30 - Teaching the various disciplines which make up social studies within thematic units.

Emphasis on Skills - Map and globe skills and teaching geography. Pages 187-198 and 452-490.

Environmental Education

Wednesday, May 31 - Project 2 due. Share it in class.

Thursday, June 1 - 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.

• Evaluation - Resources

Friday, June 2 - Final Exam