History Education 4323 Teaching High School Social Studies Fall 2017 All Rights Reserved William Morgan Office: Speight 126 Phone: (252) 561-6976; Office 252-737-1904 Email: Class meeting time and place: T/TH 9:30-10:45 am; Howell N 106 Office hours: T 10:45am-12pm and TH 11 am-1 pm; By appointment on Mondays Required texts: Ward, K. (2006). History in the making: An absorbing look at how American history has New York: The New Press. changed in the telling over the last 200 years. Whipple, S. (2006). Writing strategies for U.S. History Classes: A guide for teachers. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Education. Wineburg, S. (2001). Historical thinking and other unnatural acts: Charting the future of Philadelphia: Temple University Press. teaching the past. Required readings, modules, and assignments from HIED weebly site - Taskstream subscription (see instructor for details) Other required resource: Other technological resource: In addition to one of the texts you see listed above, you will also need to purchase or access video technology for use in senior I and senior II. Here are the three options you have for this: 1. Purchase a digital video recording device capable of producing mp4 format videos 2. Purchase or access an IPad with video recording capabilities 3. Purchase/access a webcam (with laptop) and computer software found at Course description The purpose of this course is to introduce students to some of the methods – and accompanying resources used for teaching the social studies in high school classrooms. Among other instructional approaches, class sessions will make particular use of lectures, seminars, group exercises, role-playing and simulations, and student presentations. The rationale behind such a varied instructional approach is to engage students in many of the teaching strategies that can be used in the contemporary social studies classroom. As it is the intent of the instructor to model many of the teaching strategies utilized in social studies classrooms, today’s students should take careful note of not only the content, but also the context of instruction in this course. Students will also design, implement, and evaluate their own curricular units. They will be introduced to and make use of existing national and state standards and resources in developing these units. Course objectives Teacher candidates will develop skills and knowledge to be able to: –
History Education 4323 Teaching High School Social Studies Fall 2017 All Rights Reserved William Morgan Office: Speight 126 Phone: (252) 561-6976; Office 252-737-1904 Email: Class meeting time and place: T/TH 9:30-10:45 am; Howell N 106 Office hours: T 10:45am-12pm and TH 11 am-1 pm; By appointment on Mondays Required texts: Ward, K. (2006). History in the making: An absorbing look at how American history has changed in the telling over the last 200 years. New York: The New Press. Whipple, S. (2006). Writing strategies for U.S. History Classes: A guide for teachers. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Education. Wineburg, S. (2001). Historical thinking and other unnatural acts: Charting the future of teaching the past. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Required readings, modules, and assignments from HIED weebly site - Other required resource: Taskstream subscription (see instructor for details) Other technological resource: In addition to one of the texts you see listed above, you will also need to purchase or access video technology for use in senior I and senior II. Here are the three options you have for this: 1. Purchase a digital video recording device capable of producing mp4 format videos 2. Purchase or access an IPad with video recording capabilities 3. Purchase/access a webcam (with laptop) and computer software found at Course description – The purpose of this course is to introduce students to some of the methods and accompanying resources used for teaching the social studies in high school classrooms. Among other instructional approaches, class sessions will make particular use of lectures, seminars, group exercises, role-playing and simulations, and student presentations. The rationale behind such a varied instructional approach is to engage students in many of the teaching strategies that can be used in the contemporary social studies classroom. As it is the intent of the instructor to model many of the teaching strategies utilized in today’s social studies classrooms, students should take careful note of not only the content, but also the context of instruction in this course. Students will also design, implement, and evaluate their own curricular units. They will be introduced to and make use of existing national and state standards and resources in developing these units. Course objectives – Teacher candidates will develop skills and knowledge to be able to: