WELCOME TO NO TEXT BOOKS? NO

PROBLEMPRESENTED BY:

TONYA WILLIAMSAND

SHYRLL VICKERS

Norms•Be present and engaged•Be respectful of differences in perspective while challenging each other productively and respectively

•Monitor “air time”•Make the most of the time we have•Stay focused on students

Objectives

Know: • To be able to use the internet as a resource. Understand:• The use of the internet to teach SS lessons.Be able to:• Access websites that can be used as a resource for

teaching Social Studies.• Use activities to enhance learning that are not

textbook based.

In this session, teachers will explore internet activities to teach Social Studies content. Teachers will receive ideas to engage students with research, videos, and other activities that will enhance Social Studies lesson plans.

NO TEXT BOOKS? NO PROBLEMS!

Do NowIntroduce yourself to your team.

With your team list two websites that you use in your classrooms. (1 minute each)

www.schooltube.com/video/1066f456ff8f4742878c/Wants%20and%20Needs

Kindergarten K.5 Distinguish between wants and needs.

1st Explain differences between goods and services and describe how people are consumers and producers of goods and services.https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/economics/goodsandservices/

2nd Create a graphic organizer or concept map that describes how supply and demand influences production.http://bizkids.com/clip/supply-and-demand

3rd Interpret a chart, graph, or resource map of major imports and exports.

http://study.com/academy/lesson/importing-and-exporting-in-a-global-market.html

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Jefferson

http://www.humbleisd.net/page/26821

http://www.ilike2learn.com/

http://www.maps.com

http://mrnussbaum.com/

USE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS ANDWHOLE GROUP DISCUSSIONS TO

CONTINUE TO BUILD BACKGROUNDwww.teachervision.com/graphicorganizers/printable/6293.html

http://pppst.com

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm

http://www.readworks.org

http://socialstudiesforkids.com/

http://www.learningreviews.com/

http://questgarden.com

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/curriculum/schoolhouserock/money_econ.htm

School House Rock Videos

http://www.goushistorygo.com

http://education.nationalgeographic.com

http://tntel.tnsos.org/

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/social-studies.html

Be sure to stress that Wikipedia is not always a legit website to use a s resource.

TEACH Research Skills beginning as whole groups and eventually to independent research.

Have students keep a Research Journal

Keep a list of websites in journal as well as research information or

an interactive journal

• Pair students to work together for research.

• Use technology station to incorporate SS Skills.(CLIP)• Research topics independently and keep information in a

research journal.• Utilize thesaurus and dictionaries on line to find

meanings/synonyms of vocabulary.

• Use Literacy Stations to work on writing skills Example: Mr. Tanen’s Tie Troubles (Economics)

When you can use the Journeys Stories and Leveled Readers!!

Curriculum Guides will have resources and links to those resources.

3.23 Identify examples of scarcity in and around specific regions. (E, G)

3.23 What is scarcity, and how can it affect a region?I can explain how scarcity affects a region.

3.23 In small groups, read Water Woes (Readworks.com) Discuss the scarcity in the United States and ways people can make choices to save water because of limited resources. Have students make a flyer encouraging citizens conserve water. (EL.3.W.2) (ELA 3.LS.3)Houlton Mifflin Many Regions of the World page 106Water Woes from Readworks.com

•Other Resources: •TN Electronic Library •Watch Know Learn •Interactive Sites/Weebly •www.timeforkids.com •www.scholastic.com •www.scholastic.com •http://havefunwithhistory.com/ •http://www.readworks.org/passages/urban-farms

www.schooltube.comwww.britannica.comhttps://jr.brainpop.comhttp://bizkids.comhttp://study.comwww.teachervision.comhttp://pppst.comwww.internet4classrooms.comwww.readworks.orghttp://socialstudiesforkids.comwww.learningreviews.comhttp://questgarden.comwww.vrml.k12.la.uswww.goushistorygo.comhttp://education.nationalgeographic.comhttp://interactivesites.weebly.com/social-studies.htmlhttp://mrnussbaum.comwww.maps.comhttp://www.humbleisd.net/page/26821http://tntel.tnsos.org

INTERNET RESOURCES

On a sticky note, write one way you

have learned to use the internet as a resource for your

Social Studies Lessons.