Teachers’ Curriculum Institute Welcome The TCI Approach consists of a series of instructional practices that allows students of all abilities to experience key social studies concepts.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner) Cooperative Interaction (Elizabeth Cohen) Spiral Curriculum (Jerome Bruner) Theory-based Active Inst. Theory-Based Active Instruction

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Standards-based Content Dynamic lessons build mastery of state and national social studies standards Integrates hands-on active learning Achieves a consistent pattern of high- quality social studies instruction while being mindful of standards. Standards-Based Content

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Standards-based Content Short, engaging assignment at the start of each lesson Helps you preview key concepts Taps students’ prior knowledge and personal experience. Preview Assignment

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Preview Assignment Who Would You Want on Your Team? Draw a picture of your ideal teammate for a game of tug-of-war. Annotate your teammate with five reasons she/he would be such a great asset.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Standards-based Content Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies incorporate six types of activities: Visual Discovery Social Studies Skill Builder Experiential Exercises Writing for Understanding Response Groups Problem Solving Group work Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach MI Teaching Strategy Visual Discovery Students view, touch, interpret, and bring to life compelling images. Turn a passive, teacher-centered activity – lecturing – into a dynamic, participative experience.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach MI Teaching Strategy Social Studies Skill Builder This strategy turns the traditional, rote tasks usually associated with skill-based worksheets into more dynamic, interactive activities.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach MI Teaching Strategy Experiential Exercise These short, memorable activities make abstract ideas or remote events accessible and meaningful by tapping into intrapersonal and body-kinesthetic intelligences.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach MI Teaching Strategy Writing for Understanding Writing for Understanding activities give all learners, even those with lesser linguistic skills, something memorable about which to write.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach MI Teaching Strategy Response Group This strategy helps students grapple with the ambiguities of issues in social studies, recognize the complexity of historical events, and discuss the consequences of public policies. Students debate public policy issues and make an informed decision on whether to support or oppose the issue.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach MI Teaching Strategy Problem Solving Groupwork This strategy teaches students the skills necessary to work together successfully in small groups, both in the classroom and later in life. The group will showcase something for an audience by working together cooperatively to complete the assignment.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Preview/WRAP Considerate Text Carefully structured reading materials enable students at all levels to understand what they read. Recognizes that a successful reading of expository text involves four stages: a). Previewing the content, b). Reading, c). Taking notes, and d). Processing the content or reviewing and applying what has been learned.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Carefully structured reading material enable students at all levels to understand what they read. Preview/WRAP

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Considerate Text/GORN Graphically Organized Reading Notes Comprehensive graphic organizers, used to record key ideas, further help students obtain meaning from what they read. Graphic organizers help students see the underlying logic and interconnections among concepts by improving their comprehension and retention in the subject area.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Comprehensive graphic organizers, used to record key ideas, further help students obtain meaning from what they read. Graphic organizers help students see the underlying logic and interconnections among concepts by improving their comprehension and retention in the subject area. Considerate Text/GORN

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Processing Assignment An end-of-lesson Processing assignment, involving multiple intelligences and higher- order thinking skills. Challenges students to apply what they learned. Helps students synthesize and apply the information they have learned in a variety of creative ways.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach After students have completed the immersion lesson, the reading and the Graphically Organized Reading Notes, they are given a Processing Assignment. This challenges the student to demonstrate what they have learned. Processing Assignment

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach MI/Formal Assessment Multiple Intelligence Assessments Carefully designed tests encourage students to use their various intelligences to demonstrate their understanding of key concepts while preparing them for standardized tests.

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach Finally, students take a formal assessment on the chapter. MI/Formal Assessment

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach MI/Formal Assessment A

Theory-based Active Instruction Standards-based Content Preview Assignment Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Considerate Text Graphically Organized Reading Notes Processing Assignment Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach MI/Formal Assessment 1.Group 1 is like the Continental Army because they are smaller, they don’t look very experienced. 2.Group 2 and 3 are like the British Army because they are bigger and well organized. 3.Group 4 is like Group 1’s allies because they are cheering them on and ready to help out. 4.They were more motivated, on their home turf, they used guerilla tactics, and they had France arrive in time to reinforce their efforts to win.

There are also a host of Online Resources for students, available at the TCI website, Resources TCI Online Social Studies Alive! Online Resources Internet Connections Literature Connections Teacher to Teacher Preview a lesson National and State Standard CorrelationsNational and State Standard Correlations Special Features/Online Resources