Grade 8 Social Studies Instruction

Overview of ContentUse of TCIThe World Before Transatlantic Travel•Use of Multiple Intelligences•Use of Picture Books in Grade 8

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Howard Gardner’s Learning Styles

1. Verbal-Linguistic

2. Logical-Mathematical

3. Visual-Spatial4. Body-

Kinesthetic5. Musical-

Rhythmic6. Interpersonal7. Intrapersonal

From Howard Gardner’s Frames of Mind: The Theory

of Multiple Intelligences

8. Naturalist9.

Existentialist/Spiritualist Does high-stakes multiple-

choice testing honor all Learning Styles?

What now?Now the goal is to provide

opportunities for students to LEARN and DEMONSTRATE WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED

using their Multiple Intelligences.

For Example:Thinking Maps

& Graphic Organizers

Illustrated Dictionaries

Tests and Quizzes

Group ProjectsHomework

BooksOpen

Response & Multiple Choice Questions

Word Walls

Time Lines2D & 3D ArtSongs & MusicCookingTeaching

PostersPowerPoint

PresentationsDrama/Skits/

Reader’s Theatre

PoetryDance

What do students demonstrating what they’ve learned with Multiple Intelligences

look like?

Begin with

the concepts

Add the definitions

Illustrated Dictionaries

help students use their multiple

intelligences to keep track of content

vocabulary.

Have students

use multiple

intelligences in

formative assessmen

ts.

Hudson BayBy Roger S. Thomas to the tune, Danny Boy

Oh, Hudson Bay, the profits now are callingFrom beaver pelts, most useful of all fur

The competition between French and EnglishWill strip the Native Americans of all

they’re worth

For kettles, knives and scissors, awls & needles Colorful beads of glass and blankets, too

They’ll trade the skins of fur-bearing animalsOn Hudson Bay my wealth and fortune will

accrue

Yes, new ideas from all our explorationWill help us hunt and travel through their landAnd grow crops like maize, beans,

squash and tobaccoWhen we decide to just take over all their land

Grade 8 Social Studies Instruction

Overview of ContentUse of TCIThe World Before Transatlantic Travel

Use of Multiple Intelligences•Use of Picture Books in Grade 8

Using Picture Books to Engage Students and Encourage Reading in the Content Areas

Why Use Picture Books?• Using a number of picture books in

a unit provides a variety of perspectives

• For media savvy students… picture books provide a collaboration of visual image, written text, and rich content

• Visual-verbal connection of picture books is beneficial for language and reading development in ESL and ECE students

• Depth of content in picture books as opposed to the breadth of content in textbooks

Uses for Picture Books• Introduce new topics• Introduce various perspectives• Investigate specific times, events,

and individuals• Stimulate class discussions• Encourage small group interactions

through reading circles and projects• Research people, events, locals and

periods• Explore folklore, mythology, and

culture• Explore complex issues • Encourage students to use tested

reading skills• Culmination of concept

Presentation Methods

• Whole-class read aloud• Center activities• Partner reading• Student-led reading• Reader’s theater• Independent reading

• As with any other media, picture books must be provided with context. It is BEST PRACTICE to include a:– before reading task– during reading task– after reading task

Before Reading Strategies• Quick Write: ask students to predict what the story is about based on the title of

the story and the pictures on the front & back covers• Word Splash: choose 8 to 15 words from the story and students write a paragraph

using the words in which they predict what the story is about• Anticipation Guide:

After Reading Strategies• Reflection: Students make

connections to what they are reading and their lives or the content they have been studying

• Tableaux: connects with visual and kinesthetic intelligences. It generally takes the form of a frozen scene or pose that captures a physical, psychological or emotional relationship. It helps students visually translate a variety of themes and ideas from the text

• Primary Sources: Authenticate the novel by having students interact with primary sources based on the content of the book

• RAFT: Writing to one of the characters in the book.

For 1st 6-weeks…

• Encounter, Jane Yolen– ISBN: 978-0152013899

• Tells story of Columbus’s first encounter with the Taino people on San Salvador from a Taino boy’s perspective

• Learning Target: I can use primary and secondary sources to analyze the perspectives of, and effects on, Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans during the “Great Convergence”.

AWAY-0By Roger S. Thomas, to the tune of The Banana Boat Song

Away, oh, go away-oColumbus come and we want him go homeAway, oh, go away-oColumbus come and we want him go home

Across the ocean in three caravelsColumbus come and we want him go homeThinks he goes to China, finds a whole “new” worldColumbus come and we want him go homeSays he wants to civilize using Europe’s world viewColumbus come and we want him go homeBut now we’re slaves in the sugar cane & gold mines,

tooColumbus come and we want him go home (Chorus)

They got the pueblo, the presidio, the mission, tooColumbus come and we want him go homeThey want to trade & enslave & make Christian of youColumbus come and we want him go homeOh, the Spanish bring the small pox, measles & the fluColumbus come and we want him go home‘Cause we keep dying out, they bringing Africans, tooColumbus come and we want him go home (Chorus)

Chorus

Alignment between Instruction and Assessment

Assessment

• District SSPAs are just one of MANY assessments that should be given over the course of a unit

• District SSPAs are a way to assess the key standards

• REMEMBER, you are required by law to teach & assess ALL standards, not just those identified by a key

• Analysis of SSPA results should be done in a timely manner in order to inform instruction and implement interventions for students, if necessary

• SSPA results should not be a “surprise” because you are formatively assessing these standards throughout the unit and should have a good idea where your students are prior to administering the SSPA

2012-2013 SSPA Calendar• SSPA 1

– Assessment Window: 10/1 – 10/12– 15 MC, 1 ERQ– Key Standards

• 2.1.1 Elements of Culture• 4.1.1 Geographic Tools• 5.1.1 Primary Sources• 5.1.1 Cause and Effect• 5.2.1 Great Convergence

– Covers Unit 1 (The World Before Transatlantic Travel) and Unit 2 (Age of European Exploration)

Analysis Tool

• Analyzing SSPA data is key to how you will adjust your instruction

• This tool will help you focus your work on the standards that are of critical need

ISBN 978-0-545-08742-1 (Amazon, $14.27)

• 4 Categories of Formative Assessment:– Summaries and

Reflections– Lists, Charts, and

Graphic Organizers– Visual Representations

of Information– Collaborative Activities

• Formative assessments should vary in format and address a variety of learning styles

Write AboutSummaries & Reflections

A concrete tool for summarization in which students use key vocabulary terms to synthesize their understanding in a paragraph as well as represent ideas graphically. It combines both verbal-linguistic and spatial intelligences.

MatrixLists, Charts, and Graphic Organizers

When studying a unit that has several ideas, people, principles, or other items to compare, the Matrix strategy can help students make sense of the information. The Matrix is a visual tool that helps students make comparisons among

items. Unlike a Venn Diagram, the Matrix can be used to compare and contrast many items at once.

Unit CollageVisual Representation of Information

A Unit Collage is a student-generated, ongoing, visual synthesis of a topic studied in a class. It includes on one page a group of eight to ten drawings, symbols, captions, and so forth that capture the essence of a unit of study.

Four More!Collaborative Activities

Four More! integrates collaboration, movement, and individual accountability. Students begin working on their own, then move around the classroom for a brief period of interaction and information gathering with classmates. Then, students head back tot heir seats where they

individually elaborate upon what they've recorded, adding details to the main ideas they have gained from their peers.

IN CONCLUSION, REMEMBER...YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TEACH THE

KENTUCKY’S PROGRAM OF STUDIES AND THE KCAS 4.1 STANDARDS

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRICULUM AND THE CURRICULUM MAP

PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A CONTENT OVERVIEW TO HELP THEM MAKE SENSE OF THE TIME LINES OF WORLD HISTORY

PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEIR MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES TO LEARN AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR LEARNING

USE A VARIETY OF AUTHENTIC FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS TO LEARN AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR LEARNING