Week 2 What is Critical Key Assignment #1: Celebration of Johnson, Chpts 3 and 4 Pedagogy and How Does Learning (completed in-class) it Connect to Social Levstik & Barton, Chpt 2 Studies? Key Assignment #6: Online Journal: Compare and contrast Planning Learning your most memorable K8 social studies Experiences experience with the readings and discussions so far. (Initial post and reply due) Week 3 Critical Inquiry and Key Assignment #1: Celebration of Johnson, Chpt 5 Primary Source Learning (completed in-class) Documents Levstik & Barton, Key Assignment #2: Resource Guide Chpts. 3 and 9 Differentiating the Curriculum Using Key Assignment #6: Inclusive and Multi-Level Online Journal: Which instructional Practices models are you leaning towards using in your social studies classroom? Why? (Initial post and reply due) Week 4 Teaching Cognitive Key Assignment #1: Celebration of Johnson, Chpts 7 and 8 Processes in Social Learning (completed in-class) Studies Key Assignment #3: Curriculum Differentiating the Assessment Curriculum Using Inclusive and Multi-Level Key Assignment #6: Practices Online Journal: Share an example of how to embed thinking skills into social studies lessons. (Initial post and reply due) Week 5 Learning through Key Assignment #5: Johnson, Chpt 9 Human Interaction Teaching Demonstration (in-class demo of lesson #1) Levstik & Barton, Integrating the Arts Chpts. 4 and 5 Key Assignment #6: Online Journal: What does it mean to “learn through human interaction”? Give an example or classroom scenario. (Initial post and reply due) Week 6 Teaching Outside the Key Assignment #5: Johnson, Chpts 12 and 13 Box: Developing a Teaching Demonstration Multicultural Curriculum (in-class demo of lesson #2) Levstik & Barton, Chpt. 6 Engaging Difficult
Week 2 What is Critical Pedagogy and How Does it Connect to Social Studies? Planning Learning Experiences Key Assignment #1: Celebration of Learning (completed in-class) Key Assignment #6: Online Journal: Compare and contrast your most memorable K8 social studies experience with the readings and discussions so far. (Initial post and reply due) Johnson, Chpts 3 and 4 Levstik & Barton, Chpt 2 Week 3 Critical Inquiry and Primary Source Documents Differentiating the Curriculum Using Inclusive and Multi-Level Practices Key Assignment #1: Celebration of Learning (completed in-class) Key Assignment #2: Resource Guide Key Assignment #6: Online Journal: Which instructional models are you leaning towards using in your social studies classroom? Why? (Initial post and reply due) Johnson, Chpt 5 Levstik & Barton, Chpts. 3 and 9 Week 4 Teaching Cognitive Processes in Social Studies Differentiating the Curriculum Using Inclusive and Multi-Level Practices Key Assignment #1: Celebration of Learning (completed in-class) Key Assignment #3: Curriculum Assessment Key Assignment #6: Online Journal: Share an example of how to embed thinking skills into social studies lessons. (Initial post and reply due) Johnson, Chpts 7 and 8 Week 5 Learning through Human Interaction Integrating the Arts Key Assignment #5: Teaching Demonstration (in-class demo of lesson #1) Key Assignment #6: Online Journal: What does it mean to “learn through human interaction”? Give an example or classroom scenario. (Initial post and reply due) Johnson, Chpt 9 Levstik & Barton, Chpts. 4 and 5 Week 6 Teaching Outside the Box: Developing a Multicultural Curriculum Engaging Difficult Key Assignment #5: Teaching Demonstration (in-class demo of lesson #2) Johnson, Chpts 12 and 13 Levstik & Barton, Chpt. 6