High School Social Studies

What Curriculum How Instruction Assessment

 What do we teach in Social Studies? ◦ NC Essential Standards – Common Core  How do we teach Social Studies? ◦ Student Centered / Student Engagement  Role of assessment? ◦ Formative and summative

What Curriculum How Instruction Assessment

 Why do we teach Social Studies?

 Our city will change over time.

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Vote Manage money Contribute to positive change

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 NC Essential Standards ◦ 4 Core Classes  World History  Civics and Economics  American History I  American History II

 Civics – 3 components ◦ Civics and Government ◦ Economics ◦ Personal Financial Literacy

 World History, American History I & II ◦ Four Interconnected Dimensions of Historical Thinking  1.) Chronological Thinking  2.) Historical Comprehension  3.) Historical Analysis and Interpretation  4.) Historical Research  standards/social-studies/world.pdf standards/social-studies/world.pdf

 WS/FCS Homepage  Departments  Social Studies  High School Resources  Core Classes 

 Begin with the unit overview ◦ One essential question = about one day  Note key vocabulary  When teachers consider what they are teaching they should reference the conceptual standards not just the factual content.

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 Before ◦ Activate prior knowledge  During ◦ Students are exposed to new information / new way of thinking  After ◦ Students apply new knowledge / understanding in a unique task

 WS/FCS Homepage  Departments  Social Studies  Social Studies Videos 

 What standards were being taught? 3.3  What did Ms. McLaughlin do well?  What should Ms. McLaughlin have done differently?  What do you wonder about things you observed in the lesson?

 Let’s practice  In groups pick a ◦ Grade level ◦ Unit ◦ Essential Question  Do you understand the standard(s)?  Create an outline for a lesson plan  Before  During  After

 Shared Resources ◦ WS/FCS ◦ Departments ◦ Social Studies ◦ Edmodo or tutorials ◦

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 Benchmarks = 6 & 12 weeks  NC Final Exams  Test Specs ◦ Our website Our website  The NC Final Exam ◦ Is designed to measure growth ◦ Provides an example of how to create an assessment

 World History – Exceeded Expected Growth +1.7

 Do teachers know if students are growing as the semester progresses?

 Multiple Choice Questions ◦ Pick one question from the NC Final Exam  What standard is being tested? ◦ Write one question for a common assessment  What standard is being tested?

 Constructed Response Questions  Review the released Constructed Response Questions ◦ What standard(s) are being tested?  Pick a standard and write a CR question ◦ Consider using stimulus material in your question

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 What do we teach – curriculum ◦ NC Essential Standards  How do we teach – instruction ◦ Student centered – inquiry and application  NOT just memorization  Assessment ◦ Students process information in stimulus material  Goal = growth

 Our students will change  Winston-Salem will change  NC will change  US will change  Our world will change  We want our students to be ready to make positive contributions to change their world. ◦ Vote ◦ Manage money ◦ Understand and respond to socioeconomic trends ◦ Volunteer in their community