1. Do You Have A Steady Foundation? Chasity Lewis Courtney Bissette Tomeshia Barnes Integrating ELA & Social Studies 3-5 Destination Innovation ELA Social Studies

2. Welcome The goals for this session are for you to…… Critically analyze the connections between teaching social studies and language arts. Learn to find and use literature to teach social studies and language arts concepts. Be inspired to use a variety of children’s literature to integrate Social Studies and English Language Arts. Discuss resources and strategies that can be utilized in your school. Leave today with at least 5 integrated lesson plans. Leave with a passion for social studies and language arts instruction.

3. Why Integration? To build a foundation for college and career readiness, students must read widely and deeply from among a broad range of high-quality, increasingly challenging literary and informational texts... By reading texts in history/social studies, science, and other disciplines, students build a foundation of knowledge in these fields that will also give them the background to be better readers in all content areas. Students can only gain this foundation when the curriculum is intentionally and coherently structured to develop rich content knowledge within and across grades. Students also acquire the habits of reading independently and closely, which are essential to their future success.

4. Example Take a class: ½ are good readers and ½ are poor readers and give them a reading passage about Baseball. Follow the reading up with an assessment. Who will do better on the test? Good Readers Poor Readers Averaged 18.8 /40 Averaged 27.5/40 Adapted from Don Gifford History/Government/Social Studies Consultant Kansas State Department of Education presentation (May 2011)

5. Social Studies Strands: History Geography and Environmental Literacy Economics and Financial Literacy Civics and Government Culture Language Arts Students that are college and career reading can… They demonstrate independence. They build strong content knowledge. They respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline. They comprehend as well as critique. They value evidence. They use technology and digital media strategically and capably. They come to understand other perspectives and cultures.

6. Let’s Check the Research “Brain research has found that the brain searches for patterns and connections as its way of building meaning. Diamond and Hopson concluded that an integrated, balanced curriculum promotes this type of brain growth and development through an enriched environment” (Cuthrell & Yates, 2007, p.23).

7. Read Like a Historian SourcingContextualizationCorroborationArgument Inquiry Question

8. You are Already Doing It!!! If you are teaching social studies well you are already teaching language arts.

9. Guiding Question How do you integrate social studies and language arts? Turn, Talk, and Google Doc

10. Various Methods Read aloud, including novels and picture books Shared and guided reading Re-enactments and presentations Text dependent questions Utilizing newspapers and current events Writing, Writing, Writing Service Learning Projects Reader’s Theatre

11. Utilizing Children’s Literature to Teach Social Studies and Language Arts.

12. “Literature can become the lens through which content is viewed. This lens holds the young reader’s attention while connecting content with the variety of human experiences” (Smith & Johnson, 1994) Utilizing Children’s Literature to Teach Social Studies and Language Arts.

13. “Literature can become the lens through which content is viewed. This lens holds the young reader’s attention while connecting content with the variety of human experiences” (Smith & Johnson, 1994) Utilizing Children’s Literature to Teach Social Studies and Language Arts.

14. Jarolimek (1990) states literature and literary materials should play an important part in social studies instruction because they convey so well the affective dimension of human experience. The realism achieved through vivid portrayals in works of literature stirs the imagination of the young reader and helps develop a feeling for and an identification with the topic being studied (p. 207). Utilizing Children’s Literature to Teach Social Studies and Language Arts.

15. Paired Texts Adolescents ask why and desire real-life experiences; combining a nonfiction text with a fictional text with fictional narrative reinforces the realism of the narrative while allowing students to connect with the nonfictional information. Paired texts can allow students to grasp, connect, build off of, and synthesize information from either the fiction or nonfiction text. One text can establish the background with which visual imagery- based fluency can be based a vital skill that adds to the development of adolescent literacy.

16. Boom Town by Sonia Levitin Modeling Integration

17. Vocabulary

18. miners people whose job is working in a mine to extract minerals or ores from the earth This miner is panning for gold.

19. nuggets small chunks Gold nuggets were beautifully shiny.

20. skillet heavy iron pan used for cooking and frying This skillet has been used to cook a bacon and egg breakfast.

21. stagecoach horsedrawn vehicle with four wheels and a covered top A stagecoach was one way to travel in the Old West.

22. settle To make a home in a new place If you wanted to settle for good in a boom town, you would need to build a house.

23. boom town a community that experiences sudden and rapid growth A boom town appears almost over night.

24. entrepreneur an individual who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.

25. landmark an object or feature that marks a boundary or identifies a place A church might be a landmark in a boom town.

26. This _______ could be used in a campfire. miners nuggets skillet stagecoach settle boom town landmark

27. A ____ ____ would become a ghost town when the gold played out. miners nuggets skillet stagecoach settle boom town landmark

28. A gold _____ might need a handbook to get started. miners nuggets skillet stagecoach settle boom town landmark

29. These gold _______ are very valuable. miners nuggets skillet stagecoach settle boom town landmark

30. Businesses were started by people who chose to ______ in a boom town. miners nuggets skillet stagecoach settle boom town landmark

31. The Mill Mountain Star is a ________ in Roanoke. miners nuggets skillet stagecoach settle boom town landmark

32. You can ride a __________ in some western towns today. miners nuggets skillet stagecoach settle boom town landmark

33. Group Activity

34. Lesson Plan Template

35. Groups Yellow Green Lavender Blue Pink Purple Hot Pink

36. Group Discussion Each group will share the lesson plan created including the texts utilized in the lesson. Yellow Green Lavender Blue Pink Purple Hot Pink

37. Questions

38. Please complete the exit ticket via Google Docs. Thank you and we appreciate your attendance! Exit Ticket

39. Jarolimek, J. (1990). Social studies in elementary education. New York: Macmillan. Smith, J.L., & Johnson, H. (1994). Models for implementing literature in convent studies. The Reading Teacher, 48, 198- 209. Gifford, D. (2011, May). Implementing the common core literacy standards for history/social studies. Presented at Kansas State Department of Education. References