Page 1 Bring Learning Alive! Methods to Transform Middle and High School Social Studies Instruction The Beginning
Page 2 Being a Good Social Studies Teacher
Page 3 Theory and Researched Based 1.Multiple Intelligences (p. 10) 2.Cooperate Interaction (p. 15) 3.Spiral Curriculum (p.16) 4.Understanding by Design 5.Nonlinguistic Presentation (p. 96)
Page 4 Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner Seven Intelligences We all learn, but we do it differently –Differentiation Tap more than one to achieve maximum level of learningTap more than one to achieve maximum level of learning
Page 5 Cooperative Interaction Elizabeth Cohen –Higher achievement Johnson and Johnson Cooperative Learning Strategies Learning from each other
Page 6 Spiral Curriculum Jerome Bruner Step-by-step-discovery Everybody learns. They do not need the teacher once they are started down a path.
Page 7 Understanding by Design Grant Wiggins Jay McTighe Backward Design Lesson Plan Unit Plan
Page 8 Nonlinguistic Representation Robert Marzano Graphic Organizers Mental Images Movement
Page 9 Find an elbow buddy Discuss something you have learned thus far.
Page 10 Six Types of Activities Visual discovery (p. 28) –How have I done this tonight? Social Studies Skill Builder (p. 38) Experiential Exercise (p. 46) Writing for understanding (p. 56) Response Groups (p. 66) Problem Solving Groupwork (p. 76)
Page 11 Why Use This Approach? Different from traditional teaching How the past is connected to the present Teachers need guidance on how to create Use critical thinking skills, students need to become active learners. Students must be responsible for their own learning
Page 12 More time to work together Need realistic ways to teach social studies from a variety of perspectivesNeed realistic ways to teach social studies from a variety of perspectives Teachers need to nurture their zest for teaching.Teachers need to nurture their zest for teaching.