1. Highly Qualified Teachers Social Studies
Teachers of Students with Low Incidence Disabilities
Day 2

2. Objectives Create community of practice to share ideas and strategies
Be reflective and collaborative
Be deliberate in instructional planning
Always keep expectations for students at the highest level possible
Develop a firm understanding of the connection between the general standards and the ONLS-E
Develop content knowledge related to core academic subjects

3. Agenda for today
Differentiation and Learning Progressions/Task Analyses
Progress monitoring and assessment
Expanding Learning
Teaching Social Studies
Self determination/Self advocacy

4. Social Studies The four main disciplines* within the social studies:
History
Geography
Civics and Government
Economics
*The National Council of Social Studies also includes Psychology but Ohio does not

5. History Historical thinking Evaluation Analysis
Interpretation of historical evidence
Relation to current events

6. History Middle School Timelines Group events into eras
Historical context as related to values and beliefs
High School
Use knowledge to make inferences about consequences and actions

7. Geography Interdependence of living things and the environment
Impact of humans and natural process on the environment
Geographic tools to understand people and cultures
Relationship of resources to territorial conflicts

8. Geography Middle School
Use geographic tools (thematic maps) to understand human and physical impact on ecosystems
High School
Use geographic skills to analyze problems and develop solutions

9. Civics and Government
Recognize the importance of having rules and learn to evaluate them
Understand rights and responsibilities of citizenship
Understand that different countries have different governments

10. Civics and Government Middle School
Personal responsibility leads to ensuring the common good
Rights of the individual must be balanced with the rights of society (equity)
High School
The values of a country shape the culture, society and government of the country

11. Economics Role of consumers and producers
Costs and benefits of public and personal decisions
Government role in market economy
Personally relevant!!

12. Economics High School The economy effects public decisions
Middle School
Trade offs, costs and benefits of economic decisions
High School
The economy effects public decisions

13. “The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world.”
The National Council for Social Studies (2002)

14. Teaching Social Studies provides students with …
information
critical thinking skills
experiences to allow them to grow into responsible and effective citizens

15. Research on teaching Social Studies to students with significant disabilities
Virtually none!
But best practice says”
Promote educational opportunities
Learn about history, government and the world
High expectations/presumed competence

16. Research on teaching Social Studies to students with significant disabilities
But best practice says”
Promotes educational equality
Ready means never
Sustained opportunities to learn about the society and culture they live in
Increase opportunities for self determination
Self awareness about cultural background
Respect for other cultures
Self advocacy (government)
Balance individual and group goals and needs

17. Strategies to teach Social Studies
Access to Text—including vocabulary
The “grammar” of social studies
Geography and mapping skills
Graphic organizers
Thematic units
Generalize events and concepts to real life

18. History Geography Civics and Government Economics culture
Global connections
Production, distribution, consumption
Power, authority, governance
People, places and environments
Time, continuity, change
Civic ideas and practices
History
Geography
Civics and Government
Economics
Individual development, identity
Science, technology, society
Individuals, groups, institutions

19. Generalize events and concepts to real life
Embed core content in life skills instruction
Add functional applications to core content instruction
Develop instructional objectives
Identify the instructional context (who and where)
Select an evidence based instructional procedure (prompting--SIP)
Embed non-targeted information
Collect a chart data
Plan for generalization and maintenance

20. Communities of Practice

21. Review the samples (Kleinert and Kearns pp. 244-251)

22. “The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world.”
The National Council for Social Studies (2002)

23. History Geography Civics and Government Economics culture
Global connections
Production, distribution, consumption
Power, authority, governance
People, places and environments
Time, continuity, change
Civic ideas and practices
History
Geography
Civics and Government
Economics
Individual development, identity
Science, technology, society
Individuals, groups, institutions

24. Self determination and self advocacy
Goal setting
Problem solving
Decision making
Self direction
Develop action plans
Self evaluate progress toward goals
Link to positive adult outcomes

25. Communities of Practice

26. Explore the web options on the GoogleDoc http://goo.gl/dQUCSN

27. Before we meet again
Activities Prior to Day Three Face to Face Session
Online Learning 2
 Readings
Lesson plan
Progress monitoring
 Field Experience 2
 Read, Reflect, Respond 2a, 2b
Final Presentation

28. State Support Team 3 Independence
May 5, 2015
State Support Team 3 Independence