Economics: Insights from the Inside: Structure and Function of the Federal Reserve Bank
This course features Caryn Rossiter, Economics Education Specialist for the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. After giving a brief history of banking, she walks participants through the basic structure and functions of the Federal Reserve System. Money, liquidity, Gross Domestic Product, recession, inflation, and fiscal policy are examples of some of the topics she covers in this course. She also provides many ideas for resources and activities to use within the classroom.
Disciplinary Literacy: Social Studies - K-12
This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of all facets of disciplinary literacy in the social studies classroom with a clear focus on how students may participate in the academic reading and writing that takes place among historians. Participants work through several model lessons as they examine related concepts such as text complexity, text structures, text features, and historical thinking skills. Participants also discuss the different lenses through which students may read source documents and they examine relevant disciplinary literacy Common Core standards, as well as frameworks from the National College, Career, and Civic Life Frameworks for Social Studies.
This course, presented by middle school social studies teacher Lisa Lacefield, was recorded on June 12, 2014 at the Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative in Plumerville, Arkansas.
Social Studies in Action: Exploring Unity and Diversity
In this session, you will learn about teaching methods that address a diverse group of learners' needs as well as strategies for teaching content related to provocative issues that deal with themes of unity and diversity. Afterward, you will examine national documents for themes of unity and diversity and explore Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Finally, you will examine a model mini-lesson on immigration and citizenship that addresses students' diverse needs while honoring both unity and diversity.
This course meets the scheduled Arkansas history requirement as set forth in the Rules Governing Professional Development and required by Act 969 of 2013.
Social Studies in Action: Engaging Students in Active Learning
In this session, you will examine the elements of authentic instruction and cooperative learning to identify ways of engaging students in social studies content. You will review the importance of questioning in relationship to higher-order thinking, and explore classroom strategies to stimulate thinking and bring social studies concepts to life for your students.
Social Studies in Action: Teaching for Understanding
How do we plan for learning? In this session, you will examine the Teaching for Understanding Model, a framework for unit planning developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. You will use the framework to analyze unit planning in classroom videos, plan for social studies units, and see how a pictorial timeline of U.S. History can shape an entire year of learning.
Social Studies in Action: Using Resources
How can students use a variety of resources well? In this session, you will focus on how to make the most of resources that can be used in teaching social studies, from artifacts and primary sources to children's literature and the Internet. You will see how children's literature can be used to examine what constitutes a good citizen, how to analyze artifacts, and to develop a lesson of your own.
Social Studies in Action: Making Connections
How do we connect social studies to life beyond the classroom? In this culminating session, you will explore the connections between social studies content and real-world applications. You will see classroom video examples that illustrate effective ways of bridging social studies concepts and the world beyond the classroom, match teaching goals with strategies for making connections, and develop a lesson of your own.
Social Studies in Action: Teaching Social Studies
Why do we teach social studies? This session focuses on the relevance of teaching social studies and discusses strategies for helping students gain a deeper understanding of social studies content. Along with the onscreen teachers, you will review standards and themes developed by the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) and view video clips from the Social Studies in Action video library to identify examples of powerful teaching and learning.
Social Studies in Action: Applying Themes and Disciplines
What do we teach? Working from the NCSS themes and standards, and related disciplines, you will identify building blocks for teaching social studies, and approaches to integrating disciplines while teaching social studies content. Classroom video segments illustrate effective strategies for developing a comprehensive curriculum and provide an opportunity for you to reflect on teaching practices. Finally, you will develop a lesson plan that incorporates a variety of themes and disciplines.
This course meets the scheduled Arkansas history requirement as set forth in the Rules Governing Professional Development and required by Act 969 of 2013.
Social Studies in Action: Assessing Students' Learning
How do we know students are learning? Because assessment often provides only small snapshots of learning, this session provides you with a variety of tools and strategies to assess students' learning in formal, informal, ongoing, and culminating ways. You will analyze classroom video segments, develop criteria for assessment, and learn how to incorporate assessment strategies in your practice.