SCCSS+Conference+Presentations

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Session I Presentations ** News Literacy: Helping Students Understand the News ** Where do students get their news? How do they think about the news they receive? This session shares news literacy resources for helping students better understand journalism **Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary; multipurpose/general
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 * == [|**Frank Baker's Powerpoint**] ( link to powerpoint will be taken down in one wee)==
 * **[|Media Literacy Clearinghouse] **
 * **[|﻿NCSS Position on Media Literacy] **
 * **[|Key Questions to Ask When Analyzing Media Messages]**
 * **[|News Journalism webpage]from the Media Literacy Clearinghouse**
 * **[|News Lesson Plans]from the Media Literacy Clearinghouse**
 * **[|CNN Student News]: a daily broadcast designed for students**
 * **[|Invite Frank Baker]for professional development day at your school/district**

** The Underground Railroad through Arts Integration ** Using literature and art, teach your students about the Underground Railroad. A hands-on lesson is presented based on the book //Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt.// **Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary
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** Gullah: Survival of a Civil Culture ** Examine historic artifacts, maps, photos and literature to discover how and why the Gullah culture survived and continues to influence and contribute to our history and economy. **Focus:** content, instruction: elementary
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** WWII Through the Eyes of Soldiers and Their Relatives ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A view of WWII through the eyes of the brave men and women who fought in the war. Participants experience the hardships of the soldiers and their relatives. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Focus:** content; instruction: secondary; research
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 * [[file:Through Determined eyes lesson plan.docx]]
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 * [[file:Student Instructions for the through determined eyes activity.docx]]
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 * Great resource for information on conscientious objectors: [|CPS camps]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Simple Steps to Sanity: Discipline Strategies that Really Work ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Stop the repeated warnings! You will learn time-tested, research-based strategies deigned to drastically reduce problem behaviors & referrals by 70% or more, increasing teaching time and test scores on Monday! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Focus:** administration, assessment/evaluation; instruction: K-12; multipurpose/general <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Resources**:
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** 2011 Notable Trade Books for the Elementary Social Studies Classroom ** This session explores some of the best books on the 2011 NCSS/CBC Notable Trade Books List and suggests ways they can be used in your classroom. Current and former members of this committee will also share insight into the selection process. **Focus:** instruction: elementary
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 * ** [|NCSS Notable Trade Books] **
 * [[file:notable2011.pdf]]
 * [[file:SCCSS2011final.ppt]]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Participating in the Governing Process ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The future of democracy is dependent upon the direct involvement of its citizens. The Virtual Republic is a free web-based program that enables students to discuss and debate current issues with students from across the country. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Focus:** instruction: middle/junior high, secondary; multipurpose/general
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The war from 1861-65 was the least "civil" time in our history! Afterwards, some heroes of the fighting also led in reconciliation. The examples of these warriors, from both North and South, can help teach civil discourse. **Focus:** content; instruction: elementary, middle/junior high
 * Civil AFTER the War: Civil War Heroes and Reconciliation **
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Incorporating alternative assignments into AP and Honors classes can often seem daunting to teachers facing the content requirements of their courses. Join NCSS president Sue Blanchette to explore some classroom tested ideas for projects and alternative assignments that get students to think. **Focus:** instruction: middle/junior high, secondary; multipurpose/general
 * "Why Can't We Just Take A Test?" **
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Students practice the art of documenting history by interviewing local veterans about their service experience. In addition, students apply 21st Century skills to the interview and help preserve the history of the U.S. **Focus:** instruction: secondary
 * Learn and Preserve History from Those that Live It! **
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Session II Presentations ** ﻿Helping Students Deconstruct Political Campaign Advertising ** In November 2012, America will elect a president. Between now and then, we will be bombarded by ads. Learn how to teach media/visual literacy using campaign political advertising. **Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary; multipurpose/general
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 * == [|**Frank Baker's Powerpoint**] (Download now; link will be taken down in one week)==
 * **[|The Role of Media In Elections] - a resource website on the Media Literacy Clearinghouse**
 * **[|NCSS Position Statement on Media Literacy]**
 * **[|**Political Campaigns and Political Advertising: A Media Literacy Guide**]** (book resource)
 * **Worksheet- [|Political Advertising Analysis]**
 * **Handout- [|Questions for Analyzing Ads]**
 * **Article- [|Using YouTube To Teach Presidential Election Propaganda]**
 * **﻿Websites: [|The Living Room Candidate] [|EASE History Campaign Ads]**
 * **Website: [|Factchecked.org]**
 * **Website: [|Ad-Watcher's Toolkit]**
 * **[|Invite Frank Baker]for professional development day at your school/district**

** You Can't Teach Them if You Can't Manage Them ** Exciting and easy-to-follow strategies for removing discipline and disruption hurdles while gaining more time to teach! Regain valuable teaching time with encouragement, empowerment, and excellence in every classroom! **Focus:** administration; instruction: K-12; multipurpose/general ** Resources: **

** Go Fly a Kite ** Have you ever thought of teaching the Holocaust by flying a kite or painting a butterfly? Come to this session and learn about teaching the Holocaust through an exciting international program called iearn (international education and resource network) and a new Art in History project created by the Houston Holocaust Musuem. **Focus:** instruction: middle/junior high ** Resources: **

** Korea: The Unfinished War ** This presentation will provide an introductory unit to the Korean War, a conflict that is still unfinished and has the potential to become an even greater threat to global security. **Focus:** content; instruction: secondary; research ** Resources: **

** Escape from Slavery: Teaching through Literature ** In Charleston County, approximately 15% of all high school students read on a fourth grade level. The College of Charleston presents a curriculum that incorporates reading, art, drama, and writing featuring the story of runaway slaves, Ellen and William Craft. **Focus:** instruction: elementary ** Resources: **

** Strategies for Success ** Participants receive and overview of various SS strategies for differentiated instruction, integration, and overall management. Included is an overview of notebooking, making foldables, formative and summative assessment practices, projects and ways to make it all work. **Focus:** administration; assessment/evaluation; content: K-16; multipurpose/general ** Resources: **

** Step Away from the Textbook! ** Step away from the textbook and take advantage of activities, song parodies, games, jokes, etc. that are completely aligned to the SC Social Studies Standards. **Focus:** administration; content; instruction: K-12 ** Resources: **

** Understanding the Common Core: Literacy Strategies for Social Studies ** Grasp the essence of the Common Core Standards while learning how to integrate literacy strategies with your social studies content to meet them. **Focus:** administration; content; instruction: K-12; multipurpose/general ** Resources: **

** Democratizing the DBQ: World and US Mini-Qs in Grades 4-12 ** The DBQ project will examine ways to teach Document-Based Questions that are accessible to all skill levels. **Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary ** Resources: **

Session III Presentations ** ﻿Create an Historical Habitat: Make Your Elementary Classroom Come Alive ** Make your classroom a hands-on living museum! Learn how to engage students by creating historical habitats that immerse them in the past through integrated learning stations using primary sources. **Focus:** assessment/evaluation; content; instruction: elementary; research ** Resources: This is a large zipped file created use Smart Notebook. **

** Exploring the Instructional Decisions of Social Studies Teachers in North and South Carolina ** This session presents data collected from a national study of K-12 practicing teachers, focusing particularly on South Carolina, a state which tests social studies and North Carolina, a state that does not. We will emphasize results related to instructional strategies, content chosen by teachers, and various approaches to teaching social studies. **Focus:** content; instruction: K-12; multipurpose general; research ** Resources: **

** Local Courts: Impact of Arrest and Conviction ** This presentation will introduce the importance and relevance of laws, examine cases, involving juveniles, present the actors of the criminal justice system, evaluate types of criminal behavior, and conclude with a mock trial. **Focus:** content; instruction: secondary; research ** Resources: **

This presentation will provide strategies, methods, and content for teaching a lesson of the true faces of the Muslim people. **Focus**: content; instruction: secondary; research
 * The Real Face of the Muslim People **
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In this Project Learning Tree activity, "Renewable or Not" participants will learn the difference between the renewable and non-renewable resources, recyclable or reusable resources, and sustainable resources by making a map of the world using ropes and then distributing the world's population and resources within the map. **Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary; multipurpose/general
 * World Resources: Renewable or Not **
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Participants will learn about websites, tech projects and differentiated SS instruction and implementation. **Focus:** administration; assessment/evaluation;content; instruction: K-12
 * Now What the Tech Do I Do? **
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Civil strife has been an integral part of our nation's past. The question is, what can we gather from our history that will enable us to debate and act upon the divisive issues that confront the country today? **Focus:** instruction: middle/junior high, secondary; multipurpose/general
 * Civil Strife: The Uncivil America **
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Yes, the Common Core is coming, but it's not to be feared. Come to this engaging, minds-on session to learn how simple adapting to the new standards can be! **Focus:** administration; content; instruction: K-12
 * Teaching the Common Core in Social Studies **
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Learn the nuts and bolts of differentiation while experiencing how to differentiate your social studies content to meet the varying learning needs, styles and levels of your students. **Focus:** administration; instruction: K-12; multipurpose/general
 * Differentiation Strategies for Social Studies 101: Meeting the Needs of ALL Learners **
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Using political cartoons to teach history, analytical skills, and civil discourse on controversial issues of the past and present, this session pays special attention to the Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. **Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary
 * Drawn to History: Political Cartoons and Public Discourse **
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Session IV Presentations ** ﻿Colonial Day: An Elementary Immersion Experience ** See how standards-based immersion activities make history come alive. Students enjoy a day of authentic colonial experiences that connect them to their past. **Focus:** content; instruction: elementary ** Resources: media type="file" key="Colonial Day_1.wmv" width="300" height="300" **

** Linking Literacy Skills and History ** This session will focus on strategies to embed literacy in Social Studies content. Ideas for using research, technology and best practices as a means of student engagement will be addressed.**Focus:** content; instruction: K-8 ** Resources: **

** Women, Weaponry & World War II ** Distance technologies, the aircraft carrier the USS Yorktown, its Medal of Honor Museum and their volunteer veterans help the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum use living history to connect students and teachers to the changing roles of women and the development of weaponry during World War II.**Focus**: assessment/evaluation; content; instruction: K-8 ** Resources: **

** The Untold Stories of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina ** This presentation will bring awareness to South Carolina's role in the Civil Rights movement by offering teachers an active unit plan stressing student participation and hands-on experience.**Focus:** content; instruction: secondary; research ** Resources: Website & Resources for the Classroom **

The Civil War: Healing a Nation's WoundsThis session uses folklore, biography, and historic fiction to teach how national leaders coped with the physical hardship and emotional pain of the Civil War. Emphasis will be on integrating ELA and SS standards.**Focus:** administration; content; instruction: K-12 ** Resources: **

** Using Mentor Texts and Noticing Charts to Study Primary Sources ** Rather than explaining what the discourse means in a primary source, this session shows teachers how to take mentor texts to teach students how to discover meaning for themselves. Teachers will take away strategies that can be applied immediately.**Focus:** content; instruction: K-16; multipurpose/general ** Resources: **

** Creating Clarification: Using Document Walks to Collectively Navigate the Historical Process ** Document Walks are a student-driven activity prompting students to collaboratively analyze both primary documents and peer interpretations to generate their own historical narrative. As students rotate through the classroom, they hone literacy skills and grapple with the historiography process.**Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary ** Resources: ** For more information, go to ** www.LearningWithDocuments.wikispaces.com. ** Look under the "Document Walks" tab.

**Knowitall.org-Not Just Fun and Games**Knowitall.org is ETV's free, web-based multimedia portal featuring a collection of 48 interactive sites for K-12 teachers, parents and students, covering arts, math, science, language arts and more. This session introduces you to this valuable educational tool that can enhance learning by allowing children to interact with quality, standards-based information and content.**Focus:** content; instruction: K-16; multipurpose/general**Resources:**

**Visual Literacy: Primary Sources and Beyond**Go above and beyond with primary sources while teaching key historical thinking and literacy skills. Learn to create visually literate students, build 21st century skills, and leave with digital resources/lessons.**Focus:** administration; content; instruction: K-12; multipurpose/general**Resources:**

**Population: SC and the 2010 Census**The SC Geographic Alliance's new population poster focuses on information from the 2010 Census. Learn how to use this resource and other census data to enhance teaching geography across the curriculum.**Focus:** administration; content; instruction: K-12; multipurpose/general ** Resources: **

Session V Presentations ** ﻿Teach with Digital Documents ** The University of South Carolina offers a growing database of free lessons and resources that are ready to use in South Carolina classrooms. This session helps educators make sense of primary digitized documents and models and how to incorporate them into a standards-based classroom.**Focus:** content; instruction: K-16; research**Resources:**

**SDE Standards Update: Grades 1-8**This workshop focuses on the grade-specific changes in the Social Studies Academic Standards and what those changes mean for state assessments (PASS related).**Focus:** administration; assessment/evaluation; instruction: K-8**Resources:**



**India**Learn about India's history, religion and culture. In addition hear about India's economic development and educational system. Find out about activities and references to teach about India.**Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high**Resources:**

**I See Mountains, What Do You See?**South Carolina has a rich diversity of physical features, from the mountains to the coast. This lesson is created to show case these characteristics, particularly landforms. The students will learn about the terrain and use that knowledge to create a map in which information is displayed.**Focus:** content; instruction: elementary**Resources:**

**I Want You: WWII Propaganda**This presentation provides a lesson allowing students to delve into the world of the political and military propaganda used by the countries that were most heavily involved in WWII.**Focus:** content; instruction: secondary; research**Resources:**

**Storytelling for the Social Studies Teacher**Storytelling 101--Stories from the industrial revolution demonstrate how to use personal experience and stories from history to bring figures from America's past to life!**Focus:** administration; content; instruction: K-12; multipurpose/general**Resources:**

**Lending Credibility through Travel Experiences: Overseas Travel Opportunities for Teachers**Summer 2011 Goethe-Institut Transatlantic Outreach Program scholar, Mark Nadobny, addresses the value of travel for educators. Learn how travel can lend credibility to lessons and how you can be a part of it!**Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary**Resources:**

**Accountability isn't a Bad Thing**Standardized testing. Pretest. Post tests. Common assessments. Why won't they just let us teach? We know the complaints about accountability. This session will focus on the positive aspects that come with PASS and EOCEP testing.**Focus:** assessment/evaluation; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary; multipurpose/general**Resources:**

**OnePlaceSC: One User Name: One Password and One Integrated Search**ETV's OnePlaceSC, the "one-stop instructional supermarket" gives teachers and staff the resources they need to solve the educational challenges they face every day. Using their StreamlineSC username and password, teachers can search StreamlineSC, ITV programs, PBS, Knowitall, DISCUS and much more...all at one place. You can even check out our newest channel, "K-12 Instructional Media"--programs not typically found on StreamlineSC or our broadcast channels.**Focus:** assessment/evaluation; content: K-16; multipurpose/general ** Resources: **

** Vocabulary Strategies that Work: Beyond Definitions ** Presenters will provide strategies for vocabulary for use in the social studies classroom. Strategies will focus on higher order thinking skills and standards-based vocabulary activities that extend beyond the traditional "use the glossary to define the word" approach.**Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high ** Resources: **

** Geography: The Adventure in Your Community ** This year's Geography Awareness theme of community geography will inspire exploration and adventure. In partnership with the Geo-Literacy Coalition, National Geographic has created educational materials that advocate for improved education in geography, the environmental sciences, and other disciplines that are critical to geo-literacy.**Focus:** instruction: elementary, middle/junior high ** Resources: **

Session VI Presentations

** Making Black History Month Celebrations Include Primary Sources ** Immerse your primary students in Black History Month using interactive artifacts and primary sources. Learn how teachers have created and implemented standards-based workstations in their classrooms and school museum.**Focus:** instruction: primary/early childhood ** Resources: **

** SDE Standards Update: Grades 9-12 ** This workshop focuses on the grade-specific changes in the Social Studies Academic Standards and what those changes mean for state assessments.**Focus:** administration; assessment/evaluation; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary ** Resources: **

** PFL: Our Civic Responsibility ** This session will address the importance of educating our future leaders in the areas of financial and economic education. By introducing the Share the Wealth financial literacy videos created by college students for high school students, educators will observe the unique twist and value of peer learning. The free DVD addresses financial life decisions and responsible decision making, which is our civic responsibility.**Focus:** instruction: middle/junior high, secondary ** Resources: **

** Making it Civil with iCivics ** See the newest games and lesson materials in the 21st century website for civics education. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's visionary website, iCivics.org, for teaching civics education currently offers 16 games, accompanying high quality lesson plans and web quests that can be used for a single part of a bigger lesson or to create a semester or year-long curriculum--all free of charge. Learn how to make it civil in your school and community this innovative web-based program.**Focus:** general audience ** Resources: **


 * **iCivics**

** Engaging the Digital Natives ** How do you build interest in ancient history for the digital natives? Using a variety of technology programs, participants will learn how to utilize 21st Century tools to engage today's digital natives. See how one middle school uses Animoto, Wikis, digital notebooking and other arenas to bring social studies mastery to students. ** Focus: content **** Resources: http://edtechtuesdays.wikispaces.com/Agenda+for+SCCSS+2011 **

** This Land WAS their Land! ** Compare major Native American cultural groups and summarize the impact of the physical environments and the methods that the different groups used to get food, provide shelter, and govern themselves.**Focus:** instruction: elementary**Resources:**

**Germany Today: Reflections of a Two-Week Study Tour in Germany**Summer 2011 Goethe-Institut Transatlantic Outreach Program scholars Mark Nadobny and Timothy Sweeney share their travel experiences as members of a two-week study tour to Germany. Learn how you can participate in a 2012 summer study tour and experience German today**Focus:** content; instruction: middle/junior high, secondary**Resources:**

**Mainstreaming the Marginal: Native Americans in U.S. History**Agreeing to disagree: exploring personal boundaries of civility when presented with divergent cultural viewpoints.**Focus:** instruction: K-16; multipurpose/general**Resources:**

**Virtual Open Discourse ALL Students will Participate In**In this session, teachers learn about a very effective, virtual discourse strategy to engage ALL students. Teachers will use the instrument to become familiar with the benefits of back-channeling, and how it hooks even the quietest student through not "saying" anything at all. Teachers will explore real classroom examples.**Focus:** instruction: K-16**Resources:**

**SCGA TC Session:**Teacher Consultants of the South Carolina Geographic Alliance are invited to join the alliance coordinator to discuss results of the previous year and hear about upcoming opportunities.**Focus:** SC Geographic Teacher Consultants**Resources:**

**Springwood Cemetery Tour**Nestled in the heart of downtown Greenville, Springwood Cemetery is known for its beauty, landscape and rich history. The cemetery is the resting place for many of Greenville's most prominent citizens. However, the cemetery is not simply a memorial to great names, for it is the resting place of more than 10,000 people from all walks of life, with approximately 2,600 graves with no headstones. The great variety of monuments in the cemetery to commemorate the famous as well as the long forgotten, makes it a compelling lesson in Greenville's history.**Focus:** general audience**Resources:**
 * [[file:teach_from_grave_SG.pdf]]
 * [[file:teaching from the grave_cemetery.pdf]]
 * [[file:teaching from the grave_cemetery.pdf]]
 * [[file:Cemetery Scavenger Hunt.doc]]
 * [[file:Cemetery Scavenger Hunt II.doc]]
 * [[file:Grave Marker Survey.doc]]