During a presentation at a school in Scarborough we highlighted unit plans that focus on inquiry and current assessment and evaluation strategies.
Friday, 7 December 2012
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Are you taking a course related to Social Studies? Consider using the link below
to support your own inquiry. I am working with a colleague at a local
university.
Links for the exploration of Social Studies
Links for the exploration of Social Studies
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Useful Resources for Teaching Social Studies/Geography and History
My colleagues and I have begun compiling a list of resources and details relating to purchasing.
Feel free to use our list which is always growing.
Resource List
teacher resources, student learning materials, Historical Thinking etc.
We also welcome recommendations. Send any recommendations to oessta@gmail.com.
My colleagues and I have begun compiling a list of resources and details relating to purchasing.
Feel free to use our list which is always growing.
Resource List
teacher resources, student learning materials, Historical Thinking etc.
We also welcome recommendations. Send any recommendations to oessta@gmail.com.
Using Bookmark Sharing to enhance your teaching
As the year progresses we continue to find weblinks that are useful for teaching. We are creating a comprehensive list at the following site https://delicious.com/oessta.
Feel free to send us links using the following form. Just paste the list of urls with some annotations.
As the year progresses we continue to find weblinks that are useful for teaching. We are creating a comprehensive list at the following site https://delicious.com/oessta.
Feel free to send us links using the following form. Just paste the list of urls with some annotations.
Saturday, 17 March 2012
2012 SSHG Curriculum Drafts
Please see below some samples of the new curriculum drafts:
Draft SSHG_grade 2 Expectations.pdf
Draft grade 4 Expectations.pdf
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSbnhodTlXbThSSDJMSFh6cWppY3pJQQ
Draft Geography: Grade 7 Draft
Draft Geography: Grade 7 Draft
Draft Grade 8 History
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSNlRDVlU1NzBRNGlXRU1pSG9xQVBGZw
Go to http://www.oessta.blogspot.ca/ to see more drafts.
Go to http://www.oessta.blogspot.ca/ to see more drafts.
Prepaing for the new curriculum
Preparing for the new 2012 Social Studies Curriculum
Goals of the Social Studies Program
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AibiTtglO5qy4Nm5ink90SSSFtgM4yurcjvUpdYT3uc/edit
Social Studies Inquiry Model
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSRlExS1g0MExSNmlsTGJUd1RrVl9OZw
Model based on the Social Studies Draft curriculum.
Resources
Geography Focused
What is where?
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSN1hvN2h1RWtSZlNOV29zNDB4NXJJdw
Definition of Geography to guide program development
Sense Of Place
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/Hutchinson.pdf
Drawing on Children’s “Sense of Place” – The Starting Point for Teaching Social Studies and Geography
Geographical Thinking
http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/education/~/media/Files/Pdfs/industries/k-12/pdfs/geoginquiry.pdf
Geography is the study of the world and all that is in it: its peoples, its land, air, and water, its plants and animals, and all the connections among its various parts. When you are investigating the world and its events you are dealing with geography. As you move through space in your everyday life you are observing and interacting with geography and making geographic decisions based on those encounters. You may not be aware of it but you are involved in geographic inquiry
Geographical Thinking and Literacy
http://www.innovativelearning.ca/sec-21century/docs/ss-litconnect-geographic.pdf
The purpose of this document is threefold:
�� To provide a number of exemplary literature and multi-media resources that best support the Social Studies outcomes.
�� To assist the school staff in making informed decisions regarding literature resources connected to the new Social Studies outcomes.
�� To guide and build capacity for educators to identify quality literature through the lens of social studies.
How Geographers think
http://www.slideshare.net/ez2teach/how-do-geographers-think-geographically-1736222
Slideshare PowerPoint
Learn to Think Geographically
http://www.slideshare.net/wendyn57/thinking-geographically-presentation
Ideas to help children think geographically
Using Digital Place-Based Storytelling To Teach Geographical Thinking
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck018.shtml
Review one teachers approach to promote geographical thinking.
Teaching scale to primary students
Internet Mapping Sites
History Based Resources
Historical Thinking
http://historicalthinking.ca/
What should students know after 12 years of studying history in school? What should they be able to do with their knowledge? Surely they should have more than an accumulation of memorized facts to show for years of study. Students need to meet the challenge of understanding their own lives in the historical context of past decades, centuries and millennia.
BenchMarks of Historical Thinking
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSR1Jaa2xiUUJTYmUtcnNXWUNITkdaZw
An explanation of the concepts
Six Historical Thinking Concepts: A Graphic Organizer
http://historicalthinking.ca/resources/classroom-materials
The six historical thinking concepts (HTCs) are represented in a graphic that explores: aspects of each HTC, how students can demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of each HTC, and suggested student tasks for each.
Created by Dr. Carla Pec
Historical Thinking Video- Heritage Fairs
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSMU53cVhHWGhTU3UtZjBhSDJxLU9MQQ
Geography and History: What it Should and Should Not Be
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSUGdOd053cXJTNmFVNFBOVkV0R3pVQQ
Using Spatial Journals in History
http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons/lesson.cfm?id=595
Students create a spatial journal based on historical events surrounding the Battle of Fort George during the War of 1812.
Inquiry Based Learning
http://education.alberta.ca/admin/aisi/themes/inquiry.aspx
Effective inquiry is more than just asking questions. Inquiry-based learning is a complex process where students formulate questions, investigate to find answers, build new understandings, meanings and knowledge, and then communicate their learnings to others.
Best Practices For Inquiry
http://www.saskschools.ca/~bestpractice/inquiry/index.html
Inquiry projects are exciting. Curriculum as inquiry, begins by listening, not by teaching. Learners play a key role. Rather than an alternative to thematic units, it is a philosophy that permeates the entire school day (Harste 1992)
Goals of the Social Studies Program
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AibiTtglO5qy4Nm5ink90SSSFtgM4yurcjvUpdYT3uc/edit
Social Studies Inquiry Model
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSRlExS1g0MExSNmlsTGJUd1RrVl9OZw
Model based on the Social Studies Draft curriculum.
Resources
Geography Focused
What is where?
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSN1hvN2h1RWtSZlNOV29zNDB4NXJJdw
Definition of Geography to guide program development
Sense Of Place
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/Hutchinson.pdf
Drawing on Children’s “Sense of Place” – The Starting Point for Teaching Social Studies and Geography
Geographical Thinking
http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/education/~/media/Files/Pdfs/industries/k-12/pdfs/geoginquiry.pdf
Geography is the study of the world and all that is in it: its peoples, its land, air, and water, its plants and animals, and all the connections among its various parts. When you are investigating the world and its events you are dealing with geography. As you move through space in your everyday life you are observing and interacting with geography and making geographic decisions based on those encounters. You may not be aware of it but you are involved in geographic inquiry
Geographical Thinking and Literacy
http://www.innovativelearning.ca/sec-21century/docs/ss-litconnect-geographic.pdf
The purpose of this document is threefold:
�� To provide a number of exemplary literature and multi-media resources that best support the Social Studies outcomes.
�� To assist the school staff in making informed decisions regarding literature resources connected to the new Social Studies outcomes.
�� To guide and build capacity for educators to identify quality literature through the lens of social studies.
How Geographers think
http://www.slideshare.net/ez2teach/how-do-geographers-think-geographically-1736222
Slideshare PowerPoint
Learn to Think Geographically
http://www.slideshare.net/wendyn57/thinking-geographically-presentation
Ideas to help children think geographically
Using Digital Place-Based Storytelling To Teach Geographical Thinking
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck018.shtml
Review one teachers approach to promote geographical thinking.
Teaching scale to primary students
Internet Mapping Sites
History Based Resources
Historical Thinking
http://historicalthinking.ca/
What should students know after 12 years of studying history in school? What should they be able to do with their knowledge? Surely they should have more than an accumulation of memorized facts to show for years of study. Students need to meet the challenge of understanding their own lives in the historical context of past decades, centuries and millennia.
BenchMarks of Historical Thinking
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSR1Jaa2xiUUJTYmUtcnNXWUNITkdaZw
An explanation of the concepts
Six Historical Thinking Concepts: A Graphic Organizer
http://historicalthinking.ca/resources/classroom-materials
The six historical thinking concepts (HTCs) are represented in a graphic that explores: aspects of each HTC, how students can demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of each HTC, and suggested student tasks for each.
Created by Dr. Carla Pec
Historical Thinking Video- Heritage Fairs
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSMU53cVhHWGhTU3UtZjBhSDJxLU9MQQ
Geography and History: What it Should and Should Not Be
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6yxd86MXXjSUGdOd053cXJTNmFVNFBOVkV0R3pVQQ
Using Spatial Journals in History
http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons/lesson.cfm?id=595
Students create a spatial journal based on historical events surrounding the Battle of Fort George during the War of 1812.
Inquiry Based Learning
http://education.alberta.ca/admin/aisi/themes/inquiry.aspx
Effective inquiry is more than just asking questions. Inquiry-based learning is a complex process where students formulate questions, investigate to find answers, build new understandings, meanings and knowledge, and then communicate their learnings to others.
Best Practices For Inquiry
http://www.saskschools.ca/~bestpractice/inquiry/index.html
Inquiry projects are exciting. Curriculum as inquiry, begins by listening, not by teaching. Learners play a key role. Rather than an alternative to thematic units, it is a philosophy that permeates the entire school day (Harste 1992)
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I will post websites that are useful to teachers teaching Social Studies, Geography and History in Ontario
I am an Instructional Leader in Ontario (GTA) with a focus on the elementary panel
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