1. High School Social Studies

2. What Curriculum How Instruction Assessment

3.  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

4. What Curriculum How Instruction Assessment

5.  Why do we teach Social Studies?

8.  Our city will change over time.

9.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08zXTyA b6TY&list=RDleZIZ5LErB8&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08zXTyA b6TY&list=RDleZIZ5LErB8&index=2  Start at 5:10

12. Vote Manage money Contribute to positive change

13. WhatHowAssessment

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

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

16.  World History, American History I & II ◦ Four Interconnected Dimensions of Historical Thinking http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-timer/ http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-timer/  1.) Chronological Thinking  2.) Historical Comprehension  3.) Historical Analysis and Interpretation  4.) Historical Research  http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/new- standards/social-studies/world.pdf http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/new- standards/social-studies/world.pdf

17.  WS/FCS Homepage  Departments  Social Studies  High School Resources  Core Classes  http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/973 http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/973

18.  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.

19. WhatHowAssessment

20.  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

21.  WS/FCS Homepage  Departments  Social Studies  Social Studies Videos  http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/81777 http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/81777

22.  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?

23.  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

24.  Shared Resources ◦ WS/FCS ◦ Departments ◦ Social Studies ◦ Edmodo or tutorials ◦ http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/78502 http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/78502

25. WhatHowAssessment

26.  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

29.  World History – Exceeded Expected Growth +1.7

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

36.  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?

37.  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

38. WhatHowAssessment

39.  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

40.  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