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Middle School Social Studies
Social Studies Education
•What is the result of a quality Social Studies education?
All students should know the Gadsden Purchase
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn2FzuPyFlY
What if the NCFE’s are meaningless?
What if the NCFE’s are meaningless?
What if the NCFE’s are meaningless?
Social Studies Education
•What is the result of a quality Social Studies education?•Informed Civic Action
Informed Civic Action
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08zXTyAb6TY
• 7:25
Kraft’s Hierarchy of Social Studies Education
Informed Civic Action
Inquiry Based Education
Conceptual Teaching
Fact Based Instruction
Rigor
Complexity
Autonomy
Fact Based Instruction
• Every Student Should know the Gadsden Purchase
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ZpeYVazGE&list=UURbkvPkw1tI5EWWzW76xePg&index=17
Conceptual Teaching
• Facts should be organized by concepts. Look at themes in history and identify facts that are examples of those themes.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb25emyqbYk&list=UURbkvPkw1tI5EWWzW76xePg
• Assessment - http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/common-exams/released-forms/07grades/social-studies/common-exam.pdf
Inquiry Based Instruction
• Compelling Question – Supporting Question 1– Supporting Question 2– Supporting Question 3
* Summative Assessment
• www.c3teachers.org
Informed Civic Action
• Voting based on research• Managing money in a way that enhances an
individuals quality of life• Volunteering in the community to support an
issue that needs attention• Understanding a modern issue and petitioning
elected leaders to request change• http://commonweal.blogspot.com/
Kraft’s Hierarchy of Social Studies Education
Informed Civic Action
Inquiry Based Education
Conceptual Teaching
Fact Based Instruction
Next steps
• 1.) If your teachers use multiple choice questions – make them conceptual and factual not just factual.– NCFE, WSFCS Benchmarks, WSFCS question bank
• 2.) Write inquiry based lessons in PLTs.– Can use compelling question and supporting
questions format