1. CBAs -- 21 st Century Tools, Teaching, and Learning OASL/WLMA Conference Karen Williams, WLMA CBAs Ad Hoc Committee

2. New Tools EALRs/GLEs Span Report from OSPI https://eds.ospi.k12.wa.us/Ealrs/ReportsForGLE.aspx?subject=6%2c GLE Suggested Unit Outlines by Grade Level http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/SocStudies/Unitoutlines.as px New Rubrics – Grade 5 Civics Example http://k12.wa.us/assessment/WASL/SocialStudies/BridgingDocument s/Elem08/ElemCivics-YouDecide-CBA.pdf National Standards Education World has a great, concise explanation http://www.education- world.com/standards/national/soc_sci/index.shtml 21st Century Skills/Literacies http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/

3. Revised CBA Info New CBA information online Elementary CBAs grades 3-5 http://www.k12.wa.us/Assessment/WASL/SocialStudies /default.aspxhttp://www.k12.wa.us/Assessment/WASL/SocialStudies /default.aspx Middle School CBAs grades 6-8 http://www.k12.wa.us/Assessment/WASL/SocialStudies /MiddleSchool.aspxhttp://www.k12.wa.us/Assessment/WASL/SocialStudies /MiddleSchool.aspx High School CBAs Grades 9-12 http://www.k12.wa.us/Assessment/WASL/SocialStudies /HighSchool.aspxhttp://www.k12.wa.us/Assessment/WASL/SocialStudies /HighSchool.aspx

4. Civics Resources Suggested Unit Outlines at OSPI http://k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/SocStudies/Unitou tlines.aspx http://k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/SocStudies/Unitou tlines.aspx History Day http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/ http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/ Center for Civic Education – We the People http://www.civiced.org/index.php?page=wtp_introducti on http://www.civiced.org/index.php?page=wtp_introducti on

5. 21st Century Skills and Social Studies Map http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/ss_map.pdf Specific skills covered by the map include: Creativity and innovation Critical thinking and problem solving Communication Collaboration Information literacy Media literacy Information and Communication Technologies literacy Flexibility and adaptability Initiative and self direction Social and cross-cultural skills Productivity and accountability Leadership and responsibility

6. Historiography online Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/ How-to read a primary source and a secondary source Keys to reading history, with questions to keep in mind

7. Key Concepts Strategies – in class or in the library Activate prior knowledge Ask what students think the selection/book will be about before reading Use Open-ended Questioning Model the skill Does the author try to persuade you in any way? How? Can you identify the facts? The opinions Were there any photographs, illustrations, charts, graphs, or diagrams that were important? Why Write down student questions

8. Inquiry -- Reading Select Common Readings w/Appropriate Reading Levels Check WLMA pathfinders for suggestions http://wlma.org/cbashttp://wlma.org/cbas Online Readability Check http://readability.infohttp://readability.info Lexiles http://lexiles.comhttp://lexiles.com Readability in MS Word http://www.irb.vt.edu/documents/Readability_Sc oring.pdf http://www.irb.vt.edu/documents/Readability_Sc oring.pdf

9. Inquiry – Reading 5 Day Unit Plan for Introducing Nonfiction http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id= 109http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id= 109 Content area reading http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/ReadStrats_20Best. htmlhttp://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/ReadStrats_20Best. html Reading online – non-traditional text http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.a sp?HREF=/electronic/rt/2-03_Column/index.htmlhttp://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.a sp?HREF=/electronic/rt/2-03_Column/index.html

10. Essential Questions Essential Question and Thesis Statement Thesis Builder http://www.ozline.com/electra guide/thesis.html http://www.ozline.com/electra guide/thesis.html A place to start for students having trouble with EQ’s It also builds an outline Action Statement -- new http://www.powayusd.com/pro jects/ewe2/thesis.htmhttp://www.powayusd.com/pro jects/ewe2/thesis.htm

11. Essential Questions -- 2 Thesis Generator – Middle and High http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/thesis.html Attributes of a good thesis (Think mathematical equations) Thesis Generator for more advice http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/thesisgenerator.html Think Tank http://thinktank.4teachers.org/assist/index.php3 Extended Learning Questions from TrackStar http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/help/exten d.jsphttp://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/help/exten d.jsp

12. Research -- Inquiry Primary Sources Primary Source Learning http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/ http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/ National Archives- lessons and digital artifacts http://www.archives.gov/education/ Washington State Library Digital Collections & Resources http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/digcolls.aspx UW digital collection http://content.lib.washington.edu/ http://content.lib.washington.edu/cmpweb/index.html http://content.lib.washington.edu/ http://content.lib.washington.edu/cmpweb/index.html Digital Collections and Programs -- Library of Congress American Memory, Historic Newspapers, Veterans History, Hispanic Digital Collection http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

13. Research – Inquiry -- 2 Primary Sources -- Elementary http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/ Our Documents http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true& Archiving Early America http://www.earlyamerica.com /http://www.earlyamerica.com British Museum http://www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html Wellpinit School District http://www.wellpinit.wednet.edu/salish/spokans.php

14. Research – Inquiry -- 3 Primary Sources – Middle and High School Controversial Issues http://www.sac.edu/students/library/nealley/websites/controversi al.htmhttp://www.sac.edu/students/library/nealley/websites/controversi al.htm Our Documents http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true& AMDOCS --Documents for the study of American history http://www.vlib.us/amdocs Ancient Web -- The Ancient World’s Great Civilizations http://www.ancientweb.org/ British Museum’s Ancient Civilizations http://www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html

15. Research – Inquiry -- 4 Inquiry – Artifacts National Archives – U.S. artifact analysis sheets and lessons for primary periods http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ Washington State History Lab http://www.historylab.org/teachers.htm http://www.historylab.org/teachers.htm Burke Museum – Seattle http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/ http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/ Museum of Arts and Culture – Spokane http://www.northwestmuseum.org/northwestmuseum/ http://www.northwestmuseum.org/northwestmuseum/ Traveling Trunks Online resources including photographs and maps

16. Research – Inquiry -- 4 Statewide Database Licensing Many magazines, newspapers and reference books for “pennies” eLibrary-Elementary and Secondary http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/k6/do/login http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/elib/do/login ProQuest-Secondary and Upper Elementary http://proquest.umi.com/login Full Text 1989-2000 Includes eLibrary Elementary (grades 6-12) -- check out Cobblestone and Calliope for diversified reading resources

17. Instructional Support -- Inquiry CultureGrams (states, countries, multimedia) http://online.culturegrams.com/ Local Library Databases All you need is your library card Free and Great Social Education - Teaching with Documents monthly feature from NARA – Educators http://www.archives.gov/ Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/

18. Instructional Support – Inquiry -- 2 Databases – Media AP PhotoArchives- graphics, audio and photos http://apimages.ap.org (subscription required)http://apimages.ap.org Kitzu -- Digital Kits for Education - photos sets- http://kitzu.com/ http://kitzu.com/ Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wi ki/Main_Pagehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wi ki/Main_Page United Streaming http://unitedstreaming.com (subscription required)http://unitedstreaming.com

19. Instructional Support – Inquiry -- 3 Databases – Media 2 National Archives video on Google Example: United Newsreel Motion Pictures (1942- 1945) Department of the Interior Motion Pictures http://video.google.com/nara.htm Video & Pod Casts http://www.cnn.com/video/ http://www.npr.org http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/

20. Research -- Inquiry History Portals -- Internet Digital History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ American Revolution (NPS) http://www.nps.gov/revwar/ History Channel http://historychannel.com History Matters http://www.historymatters.gmu.edu/

21. Research– Inquiry -- 2 History Portals – Internet Center for History and New Media http://chnm.gmu.edu American Memory- Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ Spartacus Educational http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/

22. Organization - Synthesis Graphic Organizers NCREL's GOs http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/is sues/students/learning/lr1grorg.ht mhttp://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/is sues/students/learning/lr1grorg.ht m SCORE's GOs http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score /actbank/torganiz.htmhttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score /actbank/torganiz.htm Read Write Think Webbing Tool http://interactives.mped.org/view _interactive.aspx?id=127&title=http://interactives.mped.org/view _interactive.aspx?id=127&title

23. Organization – Synthesis -- 2 Graphic Organizers Inspiration Software – Commercial Product Web2.0 services Wise Mapping – http://www.wisemapping.com/c/home.htm Free basic service – premium for pay upgradehttp://www.wisemapping.com/c/home.htm Mindomo http://mindomo.com/ Free servicehttp://mindomo.com/

24. Organization – Synthesis -- 3 Timeline Generators teAchnology http://www.teach- nology.com/web_tools/mat erials/bigtimeline/http://www.teach- nology.com/web_tools/mat erials/bigtimeline/ Read Write Think http://www.readwritethink. org/materials/timeline/http://www.readwritethink. org/materials/timeline/ Example made at teAchnology

25. Organization -- Synthesis -- 4 Tracking Tool WOIS – Subscription Service allows students access to their assignments, best work, and track progress with their personal online portfolio http://www.wois.org

26. Organization – Synthesis -- 5 Note Taking Learn NC Synthesis and note taking sheet http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/lessons/bonniemcmur ray4212004257/Synthesis_Note_Sheet.pdfhttp://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/lessons/bonniemcmur ray4212004257/Synthesis_Note_Sheet.pdf The blank page for students to use http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/lessons/bonniemcmur ray4212004257/Blank_Note_Sheet.pdfhttp://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/lessons/bonniemcmur ray4212004257/Blank_Note_Sheet.pdf

27. Organization -- Synthesis -- 6 Online Notetaking Read, Write Think NoteTaker http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=722 &title=http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=722 &title NoteStar http://notestar.4teachers.org Casa Notes -- Assemble take-home notes in English and Spanish. http://casanotes.4teachers.org/

28. Organization -- Synthesis -- 7 Online Notetaking The Awesome Highlighter http://www.awesomehighlighter.com /http://www.awesomehighlighter.com

29. Organization -- Synthesis -- 8 Bibliographic Citation FREE Citation Machine (Warlick) http://citationmachine.net/ Noodlebib Express http://www.noodletools.com Oregon OSLIS Citation Maker http://secondary.oslis.org/resources/cm SUBSCRIPTION Noodlebib http://www.noodletools.com

30. Organization – Synthesis -- 9 Key Features of a Synthesis from Drew University (1) It accurately reports information from the sources using different phrases and sentences; (2) It is organized in such a way that readers can immediately see where the information from the sources overlap;. (3) It makes sense of the sources and helps the reader understand them in greater depth. http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/Synthesis.htm

31. Organization – Synthesis -- 10 Help with Synthesis Drew University site http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamies o/Synthesis.htmhttp://www.users.drew.edu/sjamies o/Synthesis.htm

32. Organization – Synthesis -- 11 Synthesis GOs Clustering: Use to pull together ideas organizing a product (project, presentation, or paper). Compare/Contrast: Use to organize compare/contrast information. Problem/Solution: Use to articulate problem and consider multiple solutions and possible results. Storyboard: Use to map out presentation or Web page. Graphic Organizers -- Full info Each Big6 step In English and Spanish http://collaboratory.nunet.net/nssd112/oakterrace/imc/big6.html

33. Position - Presentation Online tools PersuadeStar Provides tools for students to write persuasive essays. http://persuadestar.4teachers.org/ Web Poster Wizard Make and post a simple Web page within minutes. http://poster.4teachers.org/

34. Product – Presentation -- 2 The Five C’s of Quality Writing Clarity Conciseness Compelling Content Consistency Correctness http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/the- five-cs-of-quality-writing-73769.htmlhttp://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/the- five-cs-of-quality-writing-73769.html

35. Product – Presentation -- 3 10 Simple Rules for More Effective Presentations 1. Keep it simple Speak naturally Make eye contact Don't do crazy things with your hands – see number 6 Don't do much more than speak, i.e. managing props etc. 2. Be impassioned 3. Build the relationships beforehand if possible 4. Get the audience to participate at varying levels if effective 5. Show, don't tell. That is, use stories and punchy language., don’t rely on facts and figures

36. Product – Presentation -- 3 6. Get rid of distracting idiosyncrasies (peculiar language or behavior – twirling a lock of hair, using “dawg” in all utterances.) 7. Don't misinterpret people's actions and get discouraged 8. Know your material 9. Never, ever, go overtime Adapted from Chris Widner, President of Made for Success

37. Additional Resources Washington Library Media Association http://wlma.org/cbas Mead Schools CBAs http://www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p=423 (especially for primary & middle school CBAs) Supporting Student Success http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/libraries/SupportStu dentsSuccess.aspx (especially to see what others around the state are doing) OSPI Social Studies http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/SocStudies/ default.aspxhttp://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/SocStudies/ default.aspx

38. Image Credits Slide 4 from http://assets.goodmagazine.com/uploaded/images/masthead_image/6953/05gs_mast head1.jpg http://assets.goodmagazine.com/uploaded/images/masthead_image/6953/05gs_mast head1.jpg Slide 17 from http://www.gannawarra.vic.gov.au/Page/Images/Culturegrams- WorldRegion_worldmap.gif Slide 21 from http://chnm.gmu.edu/ http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/

39. Thank you for Coming Karen Williams, WLMA CBAs Ad Hoc Committee East Hill Elementary Library Kent School District karen.williams@kent.k12.wa.us

40. Special Thanks A very special Thanks to Eve Datisman who was the creator of this informative resource.