Ideas for Teaching on the Block
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Ideas for Teaching on the Block
MNPS Social Studies In-Service8/10/10
Doug TrotterJohn Overton High [email protected]
Guiding Principle
Time is a resource to be maximized.
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What We Do
Assessment
Review
Application
New Learning
Bridge to Prior Knowledge
Challenges & Benefits of Block?
• What are they?
• Can we use the benefits to address the challenges?
Teaching Strategies – a Sampling• Quick Writes• SOAPS/APPARTS• Defend/Refute/Qualify• Think/Write/Pair/Share• Expert Jigsaw• Lecture/Discussion• Group Presentation• Frayer Models• Graphic Organizers• Association Chains• It Says/I Say
• Dialectical Notebooks• Learning Centers• Videos• Socratic Seminar• List/Group/Label• Debate• Simulation• History Frames• Induction/Deduction• Posters/Charts• Textbook QuestionsTeacher-Centered vs. Student-Centered?
What We Do
Assessment
Review
Application
New Learning
Bridge to Prior Knowledge
Qui
ck W
rite
- 5 M
in
Revi
ew -
10 M
in
Lect
ure
- 30
Min
Pairs
Doc
umen
t An
alys
is -
15 M
in
Grou
p Pr
ojec
ts -
Crea
te C
arto
on
Stor
yboa
rds -
20
Min
Pres
enta
tions
- 10
M
in
Bridge to Prior Knowledge New LearningApplicationReview Assessment
American StudiesRace in the Gilded Age/Progressive Era
John Hope, Booker T. Washington, WEB Dubois
Text
Qui
z - 1
5 M
in
Revi
ew -
5 M
in
Thes
is St
atem
ents
- 10
Min
Vide
o Cl
ip -
10 M
in
Jigsa
w A
ctivi
ty -
40
Min
Revi
ew/C
larif
y -
10
Min
Bridge to Prior Knowledge New LearningApplicationReview Assessment
AP US History Politics of Immigration mid-to-late 1800s
Rise of NativismClip from Gangs of New York
Selections from The American Reader & The American Spirit
AP US GovernmentCivil Rights & Liberties – 14th Amendment
Case Presentations
Qui
ck W
rite
&
Disc
ussi
on -
10 M
in
Revi
ew- 1
0 M
in
Lect
ure
- 20
Min
Not
es Q
uiz -
5 M
in
Grou
p W
ork
- Pr
ojec
ts -
40 M
in
Revi
ew /
Cla
rify
– 5
Min
Bridge to Prior Knowledge New LearningApplicationReview Assessment
Standard US HistoryIntro 1960s
Textbook Reading Exercise1960s Social Change
SOAP
S - 1
0 M
in
Hand
bac
k &
Go
over
te
st -
15 M
inIn
tro
New
Uni
t - 5
Min
Pairs
Wha
t Do
You
Know
? - V
ocab
ular
y As
soci
ation
Acti
vity
- 15
Min
utes
Grou
ps -
It Sa
ys/I
Say
Ch
apte
r Pre
view
Ac
tivity
- 20
Min
Lect
ure
- 20
Min
.
Chec
k fo
r U
nder
stan
ding
- 5
Min
Bridge to Prior Knowledge New LearningApplicationReview Assessment
AP US HistoryPhotos – Soup Kitchens Then & Now
Great Depression & New DealD/R/Q – Hoover’s Response to GD
Revi
ew -
5 M
in
Docu
men
t Ana
lysi
s - 5
M
in
Lect
ure
- 30
Min
Defe
nd/
Refu
te/
Qua
lify
- 10
Min
Chec
k fo
r Und
erst
andi
ng
- 5 M
in
Lect
ure
- 25
Min
Not
es Q
uiz -
10
Min
Bridge to Prior Knowledge New LearningApplicationReview Assessment
Observations1. Over-plan at first.2. Don’t go slower…go faster– You have less time, so prioritize!
3. Students must do more on their own.– At home & in classroom (student-centered)– Find ways to hold them accountable.
4. Review, review, review.5. You don’t have to change who you are.
Strategies: A Sampling
Frayer Model
Imperialism
List – Group - Label
17th AmendmentReferendumPure Food & Drug ActNAWSACarrie NationIda TarbellFederal Reserve Board
Recall ElectionTheodore Roosevelt19th AmendmentFederal Trade CommissionMuckrakersAnne Dallas Dudley18th Amendment
• SOAPS
• APPARTS
Association Chains with Thesis
Billie Holiday - ___________ _______________________ ___________ _____________
Topic Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
HISTORY FRAME: Story Mapping Name: ________________________
TITLE OF EVENT PARTICIPANTS/KEY PLAYERS
PROBLEM OR GOAL
WHERE:
WHEN:
KEY EPISODES OR EVENTS
RESOLUTION OR OUTCOME
THEMES/LESSONS/SO WHAT?
Writing Thesis StatementsPentagon PapersMy Lai MassacreWalter CronkitePublic Opposition to WarTelevisionTet Offensive
Topic Sentence: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Graphic Organizers
A Word About Technology
• Twitter• Google Docs• Wordpress, Blogspot, Ning, etc.
Resources
• Teaching in the Block: Strategies for Engaging Active Learners, Canady & Retting
• Websites
• www.mnpsblockideas.wikispaces.com