Tools for Teachers:

Connecting Social Studies and the CCSS Disciplinary Literacy

Session Objectives

As a result of this session, participants will…

• EXPLORE student engagement in Social Studies• ENGAGE in identifying characteristics of

disciplinary literacy• CONNECT literacy shifts to classroom practice• REFLECT on how literacy shifts impacts teaching

and learning

Watch the following video and answer the questions that follow:

1. What is “building knowledge” in the Social Studies discipline?

2. What does it look like in the classroom?

3. What strategies could I use to build success with informational texts?

4. What challenges will I face as I build student confidence with informational text?

EXPLORE:How do we engage students using discipline specific skills in

current practice?

Engage NY video - CLICK HERE

Use the Characteristics worksheet. Identify and Circle 3 characteristics for this learning session – on your agenda.

ENGAGECharacteristics of Disciplinary Literacy

Use the “6/3 Shifts” Chart, Video

Exploring Emigration

Read Like an Historian

1Balance

2Text-

Based

3Write frm Sources

4Vocab.

Reflect on HOW you will incorporate the ideas viewed into your practice.

Connecting ideas, read articles:• READ: Teaching Disciplinary

Literacy to Adolescents: Rethinking Content-Area Literacy

• READ: Why Integrate Literacy and Social Studies?

• VIEW: Literacy in Other Disciplines, The Hunt Institute

Use your Reflection sheet to answer the questions about Shifting literacy skills to Social Studies

CONNECTLiteracy Shifts to Classroom Practice

SAMPLE Literacy lessons at the grade bands:

• ELEMENTARY: Thinking Like an Historian Lesson Plan - pdf

• MIDDLE SCHOOL: Learn to Think Like an Archaeologist, ScienceNetLinks

• HIGH SCHOOL: The Economic Way of Thinking, Foundation for Teaching Economics

Complete the Chart – on Reflect: Describe one new way you could incorporate this lesson-type into your practice.

CONNECTWhat does this LOOK like?

Smithsonian Magazine, Jamestown Archaeological Dig, Photos by Linda Richardson, 2005See more

Using the Tools learned in this Module – Identify how Disciplinary Literacy is relevant to your teaching.Where will you begin to incorporate lessons learned?What support do you need to get started?

Time to Reflect

• History Scene Investigation—www.hsionline.org

• Disciplinary literacy prezi – http://bit.ly/SocStDL

• Disciplinary literacy in social studies website – http://bit.ly/DL-SS

• Reading like an Historian - – https://www.teachingchannel.org/vide

os/reading-like-a-historian-curriculum– http://go.hrw.com/supervenus/images

/social/historian/worldandusinserts.pdf

– http://sheg.stanford.edu/home_page• Writing Like an Historian http

://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/history/principles.html

Additional Resources

We would like to thank the following partners & contributors:

• MAISA – Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators, General Education Leadership Network (GELN) Project

• REMC Association of Michigan – Regional Educational Media Center for the funding of this project

• The Aspen Institute – PowerPoint graphics

• Teaching with Midwest Region – for the content references

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