Tentative Schedule - 210:143g
Applications in Elementary School Social Studies Teaching
Fall, 1999
Dr. Loretta Kuse
Time 12:30-1:45- Monday and Wednesday
Place - Room 120, Schindler Education Center
Instructor - Dr. Loretta Kuse - Office - Room 626 - Telephone 273-2626 or 266-7293
(Note - an asterisk [*] next to an assignment means it is due on that day.)
August 23 - Introduction to Course
August 25 - Lesson 1 - What is social studies?
Anthropology / Economics / Geography / History / Political Science / Sociology
Interview two teachers.
August 30 - Lesson 1 - What is social studies?
Interview two teachers.
September 1 - Lesson 1 - What is Social Studies?
*Interview two teachers.
September 6 - University holiday
September 8 - Lesson 2 - Planning for Effective Teaching and Learning
Observe two lessons
September 13 - Lesson 2 - Planning for Effective Teaching and Learning
Observe two lessons
September 15 - Lesson 2 - Planning for Effective Teaching and Learning
*Observe two lessons.
September 20 - Lesson 3 - Meeting Individual Needs
Make two self-checking devices and use with a child.
September 22 - Lesson 3 - Meeting Individual Needs
*Make two self-checking devices and use with a child.
September 27 - Lesson 4 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Social Studies (Meet in IRTS)
Bulletin board sketch
September 29- Lesson 4 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Social Studies
*Bulletin board Sketch
(First Exam)
October 4 - (Participation Week - October 4-8) - Lesson 5 - Teaching Units With Interactive Approaches
Teach a Lesson
October 6- (Participation Week October 4-8) - Lesson 5 - Teaching Units With Interactive Approaches
Teach a Lesson
October 11 - Lesson 5 - Teaching Units With Interactive Approaches (Meet at Ice House Museum) - Using community resources to teach in interactive ways.
Genealogy
USGenWeb Project - http://www.usgenweb.org
History/Social Studies For K-12 Teachers: Genealogy - http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/geneo.html
PBS/Oregon Trail - http://www.pbs.org/opb/oregontrail
• American History - Resources
• Cedar Falls History - Resources
Museums
University of Northern Iowa Museum - http://www.uni.edu/museum/
Activities for a field trip to a Museum - Field Trips to Museums
One-Room Rural Schools
UNI One Room School - http://www.uni.edu/museum/marshall/
October 13 - Lesson 5 - Teaching Units With Interactive Approaches
Teach a Lesson
October 18 - Lesson 5 - Teaching Units With Interactive Approaches
Teach a lesson
October 20 - Lesson 5 - Teaching Units With Interactive Approaches
Teach a lesson
October 25 - Lesson 5 - Teaching Units With Interactive Approaches
*Teach a lesson
October 27 - Lesson 6 - Language Arts and Social Studies
Read a social studies teacher's manual at a level of your choice.
a. Identify and list the suggestions given for helping students read the text.
b. Identify and list kinds of directions given to help children do activities?
c. Analyze and list how these directions for activities are written?
d. Identify and list those suggestions for reading the text which also help a child read and follow directions?
e. Apply what you know.
Write directions for a social studies activity which is at the child's level.
Try out your directions with a child.
Report the results.
November 1 - Lesson 6 - Language Arts and Social Studies
* Read a social studies teacher's manual at a level of your choice.
a. Identify and list the suggestions given for helping students read the text.
b. Identify and list kinds of directions given to help children do activities?
c. Identify and list how these directions for activities are written?
d. Identify and list those suggestions for reading the text which also help a child read and follow directions?
e. Apply what you know.
Write directions for a social studies activity which is at the child's level.
Try out your directions with a child.
Report the results.
November 3 - Lesson 7 - More Study Skills
Make a time line of your life and then a map and graphs to go with it.
November 8 - - Lesson 7 - More Study Skills
*Make a time line of your life and then a map and graphs to go with it.
November 10 - Lesson 8 - Interactive Teaching and Learning
Make a puppet, game, HyperStudio stack, video, prepare a story to tell, or evaluate a computer program.
November 15 - Lesson 8 - Interactive Teaching and Learning
*Make a puppet, game, HyperStudio stack, video, prepare a story to tell, or evaluate a computer program.
November 17 - Lesson 9 - Attitudes and Values
Interview people about values or service learning.
November 22 - Lesson 9 - Attitudes and Values
*Interview people about values or service learning.
Peace Education
Thanksgiving Vacation
November 29 - Lesson 10 - Important Themes
Become an important figure in social studies and teach a lesson on a law-related or global topic.
December 1 - Lesson 10 - Important Themes
*Become an important figure in social studies and teach a lesson on a law-related or global topic.
December 6 - Lesson 11 - Evaluation
Evaluate evaluation in an elementary social studies textbook.
December 8 - Lesson 11 - Evaluation
*Evaluate evaluation in an elementary social studies textbook.
Final - Monday, December 13 - 1:00 - 2:50