Laura Andresen February 17, 2011 TE 803

Agenda I’m In – How is it going? Hopes and fears for Lead Teaching – Highs and lows? Social Studies as Geography & Economics Special Education Misunderstood Minds Reading Looking ahead…

Review- Start, stop, continue What I can do – Social studies content, strategies, experiences Special education- (guest speaker) Jobs, resumes, portfolios (teacher in the field) Thank you for your feedback!

Social studies- Economics & Geography

Teaching Economics Economics is the study of decision making in the context of limited resources Economics is the study of the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services that people need or want under conditions of scarcity.

Why is teaching economics important? Half of all Americans live paycheck to paycheck From 1992 to 2000, personal savings rate fell from 6% to 0% Half of all Americans have not yet begun saving for retirement 32% of 18 and 19 year olds have credit cards; more young people filed for bankruptcy than graduated college in 2001 *Suiter, M. and Meszaros, B.T. (2005). Teaching about saving and investing in the elementary and middle school grades. Social Education, 69 (2),

Why is teaching economics to young children important? By 2004, spending by children ages 4-12 exceeded $40 billion Children 12 years old and younger influenced (directly and indirectly) more than $600 billion of household spending in 2000 Think about the influence of advertising on children.

Why is teaching economics ( and financial education ) to young children important? Research shows that children tend to define themselves in terms of what they own (deeply enmeshed in a culture of getting and spending) Much of what children learn outside of school is false or misleading (and only 32% of parents talk with children regularly about personal finance)

What are producers and consumers? The two children in this example are consumers. A consumer is anyone who buys a good or a service. The toy store owner in this example is a producer. A producer is anyone who makes or grows a good or performs a service.

What is opportunity cost? Andy had $65.00 to spend at the toy store. The basketball net cost $50.00, so he had to buy that instead of the skateboard, which cost $ Sara had enough money for either the rabbit or the bike. She decided to buy the bike because then she could ride bikes with her friends after school.

Opportunity cost is the process of choosing one good or service over another. The item that you don ’ t pick is the opportunity cost. The rabbit is Sara ’ s opportunity cost and the skateboard is Andy ’ s opportunity cost. Opportunity Costs Purchases

What is a profit? What Andy didn ’ t realize when he bought his basketball net was that the toy store owner made a large profit off of the sale. The toy store owner spent $30.00 to make the basketball net. Andy bought it for $ The toy store owner made a profit of $20.00.

What is a loss? The toy store owner lost money when Sara purchased the bike. The owner made the bike for $80.00, but sold it to Sara for only $ The toy store owner lost $15.00.

Lesson Resources Think Quest Junior: “Econopolis” [Online] Available Copyright Advanced Network and Services, Inc. Pocket Dictionary for Economics. Available through Virginia Commonwealth Center for Economic Education (no copyright). The Economic Songbook: Old Tunes with an Economic Twist. “We Are Consumers!” Copyright 1997, Martha C. Hopkins. James Madison University Center for Economic Education.

What is Geography? integrative discipline that brings together the physical and human dimensions of the world in the study of people, places and environments more than arcane facts; it ’ s putting the facts together, combined with perspective

How does teaching for geography contribute to citizenship? understanding of cultural differences of places can help people overcome ego, ethnocentrism and geocentrism and act in ways that are respectful of differences understanding of the fragile balance of humans and environment will lead to responsible actions toward the environment knowledge of place and environment helps citizens make informed political decisions

Five Fundamental Themes of Geography MR.HELP (mnemonic device) Movement Region Human/Environment Interaction Location Place

Movement people (migration) goods (trade): integration with economics transportation

Regions a region is an area that displays unity in terms of selected criteria criteria: landform, religion, ethnicity examples of regions

Human-Environment Interaction ways in which humans change their environment to meet needs ways in which the environments shapes human life natural resources

Location absolute location (cardinal directions, longitude and latitude position) cartography gps system relative location (close, near, two blocks from campus)

Place (cultural geography) the cultural characteristics of places language, religion, politics, customs, gender roles, transportation, laws, economics, food, industry/agriculture

Teaching with Maps and Globes Choropleth Map htm htm Using Google Earth Common misunderstandings (Muir & Frazee) perspective symbols distance

a transition in the course from Unit Planning into Special Education as students are beginning their lead teaching

Friends and Bursuck – ch. 9 Assisting students to meet curricular guidelines Strategies for adapting curriculum materials, teacher instruction, and student practice activities

Pre-skills Assess if students have the ability to complete a task before assigning it Guidance through a number of examples before independent work Focus on important information by giving study guide with questions Identify words not know and ask classmate to help with meaning before reading Directions given orally and/or clearly written using identifiable words

Importance of observation and reflection- Student not able to Example selection and sequencing Speed to introduce new concepts More direct instruction and review – retention Review more frequently closer to lesson and then gradually less frequently Planning think sheets Anticipation guides PreReading Plan Strategy Organizers Organizational patterns Asking questions Homework Involving parents

Researching and Applying Special Education View the film introduce some of the conversations that are taking place within the special education Choose video How difficult (part I, II, III) Last One picked 1hour 9mins Misunderstood minds FAT city (part I, II, III)

Questions to think about as you view - How does working with special education students differ from working with your "mainstream' students or does it not? - What similarities have you observed across special education topics? - How do you best work with parents of special needs students, specialist faculty, and administrators when it comes to special education? - What concerns/controversies around special education have emerged to you at this point in the course?

For Next Time… Have a wonderful lead teaching!! We meet again- March 31, April 14, 21 & 28 Final unit plans are due March 31 st along with the reflection and CT evaluation No class April 7 th

Guest Speakers- Teachers in the field Portfolios- jobs, resumes, cover letters More on special education

Special Education Fact Sheets – assignment and rubric Presentations- 10 mins-timed and 2 min for questions Next time we meet we will sign up for day to present

Job Fairs TE803 March 31 st - interview & cover letter Michigan Teacher Recruitment Days: April 11, 2011 / Michigan State University April 12, 2011 / Central Michigan University April 13, 2011 / Western Michigan University April 14, 2011 / University of Michigan April 15, 2011 / Eastern Michigan University