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

New Tools EALRs/GLEs Span Report from OSPI GLE Suggested Unit Outlines by Grade Level px New Rubrics – Grade 5 Civics Example s/Elem08/ElemCivics-YouDecide-CBA.pdf National Standards Education World has a great, concise explanation world.com/standards/national/soc_sci/index.shtml 21st Century Skills/Literacies

Revised CBA Info New CBA information online Elementary CBAs grades /default.aspxhttp:// /default.aspx Middle School CBAs grades /MiddleSchool.aspxhttp:// /MiddleSchool.aspx High School CBAs Grades /HighSchool.aspxhttp:// /HighSchool.aspx

Civics Resources Suggested Unit Outlines at OSPI tlines.aspx tlines.aspx History Day Center for Civic Education – We the People on on

21st Century Skills and Social Studies Map 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

Historiography online Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students How-to read a primary source and a secondary source Keys to reading history, with questions to keep in mind

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

Inquiry -- Reading Select Common Readings w/Appropriate Reading Levels Check WLMA pathfinders for suggestions Online Readability Check Lexiles Readability in MS Word oring.pdf oring.pdf

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

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

Essential Questions -- 2 Thesis Generator – Middle and High Attributes of a good thesis (Think mathematical equations) Thesis Generator for more advice Think Tank Extended Learning Questions from TrackStar d.jsphttp://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/help/exten d.jsp

Research -- Inquiry Primary Sources Primary Source Learning National Archives- lessons and digital artifacts Washington State Library Digital Collections & Resources UW digital collection Digital Collections and Programs -- Library of Congress American Memory, Historic Newspapers, Veterans History, Hispanic Digital Collection

Research – Inquiry -- 2 Primary Sources -- Elementary Our Documents Archiving Early America / British Museum Wellpinit School District

Research – Inquiry -- 3 Primary Sources – Middle and High School Controversial Issues al.htmhttp:// al.htm Our Documents AMDOCS --Documents for the study of American history Ancient Web -- The Ancient World’s Great Civilizations British Museum’s Ancient Civilizations

Research – Inquiry -- 4 Inquiry – Artifacts National Archives – U.S. artifact analysis sheets and lessons for primary periods Washington State History Lab Burke Museum – Seattle Museum of Arts and Culture – Spokane Traveling Trunks Online resources including photographs and maps

Research – Inquiry -- 4 Statewide Database Licensing Many magazines, newspapers and reference books for “pennies” eLibrary-Elementary and Secondary ProQuest-Secondary and Upper Elementary Full Text Includes eLibrary Elementary (grades 6-12) -- check out Cobblestone and Calliope for diversified reading resources

Instructional Support -- Inquiry CultureGrams (states, countries, multimedia) Local Library Databases All you need is your library card Free and Great Social Education - Teaching with Documents monthly feature from NARA – Educators Library of Congress

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

Instructional Support – Inquiry -- 3 Databases – Media 2 National Archives video on Google Example: United Newsreel Motion Pictures ( ) Department of the Interior Motion Pictures Video & Pod Casts

Research -- Inquiry History Portals -- Internet Digital History American Revolution (NPS) History Channel History Matters

Research– Inquiry -- 2 History Portals – Internet Center for History and New Media American Memory- Library of Congress Spartacus Educational

Organization - Synthesis Graphic Organizers NCREL's GOs sues/students/learning/lr1grorg.ht mhttp:// sues/students/learning/lr1grorg.ht m SCORE's GOs /actbank/torganiz.htmhttp:// /actbank/torganiz.htm Read Write Think Webbing Tool _interactive.aspx?id=127&title= _interactive.aspx?id=127&title

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

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

Organization -- Synthesis -- 4 Tracking Tool WOIS – Subscription Service allows students access to their assignments, best work, and track progress with their personal online portfolio

Organization – Synthesis -- 5 Note Taking Learn NC Synthesis and note taking sheet ray /Synthesis_Note_Sheet.pdfhttp:// ray /Synthesis_Note_Sheet.pdf The blank page for students to use ray /Blank_Note_Sheet.pdfhttp:// ray /Blank_Note_Sheet.pdf

Organization -- Synthesis -- 6 Online Notetaking Read, Write Think NoteTaker &title= &title NoteStar Casa Notes -- Assemble take-home notes in English and Spanish.

Organization -- Synthesis -- 7 Online Notetaking The Awesome Highlighter /

Organization -- Synthesis -- 8 Bibliographic Citation FREE Citation Machine (Warlick) Noodlebib Express Oregon OSLIS Citation Maker SUBSCRIPTION Noodlebib

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.

Organization – Synthesis Help with Synthesis Drew University site o/Synthesis.htmhttp:// o/Synthesis.htm

Organization – Synthesis 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

Position - Presentation Online tools PersuadeStar Provides tools for students to write persuasive essays. Web Poster Wizard Make and post a simple Web page within minutes.

Product – Presentation -- 2 The Five C’s of Quality Writing Clarity Conciseness Compelling Content Consistency Correctness five-cs-of-quality-writing htmlhttp:// five-cs-of-quality-writing html

Product – Presentation 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

Product – Presentation 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

Additional Resources Washington Library Media Association Mead Schools CBAs (especially for primary & middle school CBAs) Supporting Student Success dentsSuccess.aspx (especially to see what others around the state are doing) OSPI Social Studies default.aspxhttp:// default.aspx

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Thank you for Coming Karen Williams, WLMA CBAs Ad Hoc Committee East Hill Elementary Library Kent School District

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