Course Description: ED 327 is part of the Junior Block course work and is organized to provide the teacher candidate practice with INTASC and Indiana State standards, as well as develop and collect lessons, activities, and resources for effective social studies instruction. This course will concentrate on the most effective teaching methods, strategies, and materials to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate appropriate social studies instruction, keeping in mind the learning needs of children.

The teacher candidate will:

1. understand the major purposes for teaching social studies

2. learn the social science disciplines and their relationship to elementary social studies

3. understand the rationale of the different approaches for the organization of program curriculum development

4. become familiar with major social studies topics including

a. global education
b. multicultural education
c. environmental education
d. law-related education
e. gender-equity education
f. character/values education
g. current events
h. historical inconsistencies

5. understand the importance of planning curriculum to emphasize major ideas toward broad conceptualizations rather than memorization of segmented topics

6. become knowledgeable with the National Social Studies Standards, Indiana
State Standards, and individual school district curriculum

7. understand the connection and linkage of social studies content to reading, writing, listening, and speaking. In addition, the theory of multiple intelligences will be used to integrate lessons into the content areas like science, math, and health

8. understand typical types of groupings appropriate to social studies for student diversity

9. become familiar with instructional resources, materials, literature, technology, etc. to teach social studies

10. learn to analyze a variety of textbooks and material via appropriate selection techniques

11. learn about a variety of alternative assessments

12. become personally aware of and sensitive to multicultural and diverse issues of the student population in today’s classroom.

Nelson, M.R. (1998). Children and the social studies: Creative teaching in the elementary school. 3rd Ed. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace.

Honor Code: "I have neither given or received, nor have I tolerated others’ use of unauthorized aid."

Authorized aid includes receiving assistance with writing skills, spelling, and grammar. Unauthorized aid includes plagiarism from copywrited works and using other students’ writings.

Community Action Plan: (due 9/25) 30 pts.

Bulletin Board: (due 10/16) 30 pts.

10 Day Unit Plan, Primary: (due 11/30) 50 pts.

10 Day Unit Plan, Intermed. : (due 11/13) 50 pts.

Text Evaluation: (due 12/04) 30 pts.

Resource File: (due 12/18) 40 pts.

Participation and professional behavior: 20 pts.

Total: 250 POINTS

Scale:

A 225-250

B 200-224

C 175-199

Aug. 28 Introduction/ Brain research, Mult. Intell. and best methods Chap. 2

Sept. 4 Social Studies and School Curriculum Chap. 3

Sept. 11 Unit Design and Standards and Service Learning Chap. 4, 5

Sept. 18 Values, Special People, and Cultural Groups Chap. 6, 8

Sept. 25 Methods and Strategies: Bloom’s and Experiencial Lessons Chap. 9
Community Action Plan Due

Oct. 2 Community Resources in Social Studies Chap. 10
Go over bulletin board and lesson details

Oct. 9 No class - at Joy School all week Chap. 11
Bulletin Board and lesson

Oct. 16 Map and Globe Skills Chap. 13
Bulletin Board, Lesson Plan, and Reflection Due Primary Unit Plan
(I will visit your classroom this week)

Oct. 23 Special Issues Primary Unit Plan

Oct. 30 Primary Unit Plan Due - Share overview of your lessons Intermediate Unit Plan and teach one lesson incorporating INTASC and Indiana State Standards

Nov. 6 Guest Speakers - Social Studies Issues Intermediate Unit Plan

Nov. 13 Intermediate Plan Due - share overview of your lessons Chap. 7

Nov. 27 Textbooks and Evaluation Text Evaluation

Dec. 4 Text Evaluation Due (to be done at Joy School) Chap. 14

Dec. 11 Self-Evaluations ` Resource File

Dec. 18 Resource File Due and Presentations