Super Social Studies Saturday
March 13, 2010
9:00am - 4:00pm
Pattengill Middle School, Lansing
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.5 SB-CEUs approved.
Fees
- $45 MCSS Member or MGA Teacher Consultant
- $85 Non Member (includes a one year membership to MCSS)
- $10 SB-CEUs
Sessions Details
The following sessions have been scheduled as of 2/26/10. (times may be subject to change)
9:00-10:15am
Michigan/MEECS Materials
Discover how to incorporate new MGA materials to support teaching about Michigan. Lessons and activities aligned with the 3rd and 4th grade GLCEs will be demonstrated using these resources, which include Michigan posters from Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum. (UE)
Hands-On History:Using Primary Sources & Artifacts to Teach Colonial America & The American Revolution
Having your students actually see and touch artifacts from the 18th century will improve their understanding of the this important era in American History. In this session teachers will learn how to use artifacts, primary sources, graphic organizers and discovery worksheets to enhance their teaching of Colonial America and the American Revolution. Hand outs will be given. (UE) (H)
Using Resources: Laminated Maps and Historical Atlases
Integrate history and geography by using strategies and resources that help students connect information and remember it better. This session is designed for teaching US history and geography (8, HS) and world history and geography. (6, 7, HS)
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
This presentation will explore the circumstances surrounding arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama and the subsequent nation-changing bus boycott. The workshop will show how to use the included Teaching Tolerance video and associated materials to explore important social studies concepts such as the meaning of citizenship, activism, and rule of law. The presentation will demonstrate strategies for integrating geography and history concepts. Includes primary documents and strategies for using them. (MS/HS) (H & Geo)
Utilizing the GeoHistoGram Throughout the MC3 Curriculum
Participants will be taken througth seven units of the Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum (MC3) and shown at specific points where and how the GeoHistoGram can be utilized. World history and geography are taught in conjuction and the GeoHistoGram is a means of teaching both. River Vally Civilizations, the Mongol Conquest and the spread of the Bubonic Plague, amoungst other topics will combine world history and geography. (HS)
10:30-11:45am
Integrating Economics and Geography Through Children's Literature
Using children's books, teachers will learn how to integrate geography and economics in Michigan History, Regions and American History. Bibliographies and lesson plans will be distributed. (UE)
Teaching Geography CD-Rom (computer session)
Learn (and teach) the basics of geography using a multi-media, interactive CD containing ready-to-present lessons from all major world regions. Content units are based on focus questions and are cross-reference to spatial thinking skills and map skills. (MS/HS)
Critical Literacy Methods in Examining Texts
This session will focus on methods that teach students and teachers how to critically examine texts for racism, sexism, and authors purpose and point of view. Teachers and students need to examine all texts from classroom to visual and print media. In examinig texts in all forms, students and teachers need to look for and identify; authors p.o.v., authors purpose, readers p.o.v., and multiple perspectives. A critical perspective is especially necessary in a diverse culture such as ours to ensure all voices are heard and respected in the texts a society is exposed.
Aksum: No Questions
This workshop will provide participants with a framework to integrate content rich lessons in Geography and History using the civilization of Aksum and extensions utilizing Google Earth. Strategies used in this lesson can be generalized in other areas of study including English/Language Arts and working with students with special needs. (MS/HS)
Strategies for Teaching Middle School Geography and History
This session will focus on middle school geography and history GLCEs, including activities appropriate to both eastern and western hemispheres as well as contemporary and historical activities. Participants will receive copies of the MGA GeoHistoGram and National Geographic Maps. (6-7)
11:45am-1:00pm
Lunch and Keynote Presentation "Spatial Thinking" by Dr. Phil Gersmehl
1:00-2:15pm
World History & Literature
A high school World History course may be a source of frustration for teachers and students, since the scope of target material may appear too broad. Indeed, teachers must be selective. This session shares how teh use of supplemental iterature may support well teh aims and goals of World History. Five examples of outside literature include Sun-tzo's The Art of War (c.500BCE); Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (c. 1600); Steven Johnson's The Ghost Map (2006, an account of nineteenth-century London); Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City (2003, an account of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair); and Jeff Alexander's Pandora's Locks (2009, an account of invasive species into the Great Lakes; winner of teh following awards: 2010 Michigan Notable Book Award, 2009 Michigan Historical Society State History Award and teh Healting Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition Award, 2010 CHOICE magazine Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2009). (HS)
Strategies for Teaching Middle School Geography and History
This session will focus on middle school geography and history GLCEs, including activities appropriate to both eastern and western hemispheres as well as contemporary and historical activities. Participants will receive copies of the MGA GeoHistoGram and National Geographic Maps. (6-7)
US Regions
The characteristics of regions are often determined by what comes into the region (e.g., solar energy, wind, water, immigrants, oil). Learn to differentiate and compare US regions by understanding what makes each one unique. (UE-4)
Once Upon a GoogleEarth: Creating Digital Geo-Adventures
This unit is designed to integrate writing/literature skills with the exercise of fundamental geographic concepts. In addition, it provides learners opportunities to practice using high level technology skills. (MS/HS) (LA & Geo)
Hands-On History:Using Primary Sources & Artifacts to Teach Colonial America & The American Revolution
Having your students actually see and touch artifacts from the 18th century will improve their understanding of the this important era in American History. In this session teachers will learn how to use artifacts, primary sources, graphic organizers and discovery worksheets to enhance their teaching of Colonial America and the American Revolution. Hand outs will be given. (UE) (H)
2:30-3:45pm
Location, Location, Location
Participate in a student lesson using Conditions & Connections (Site & Situation), Location & Place when selecting a location (site) for a fortified town in the 1600s. Participants will receive a lesson CD. (UE-5)
World History and Geography
This session will introduce teachers to lessons and activities that cover several eras and world regions. These activities require students to investigate background information and make decisions about current issues that apply to global problems today. (HS)
Map Making for Elementary Students
Be prepared to participate in this interactive workshop! Teachers will walk away with a complete, ready-to-use lesson on teaching map skills to elementary students. Teachers will be able to teach their students how to turn a picture into a map and the elements of a map. All materials provided. (EE)
Project Citizen
This presentation, sponsored through The Center For Civic Education, is a hands-on, student-centered civics project. Students begin by brainstorming issues or public policies within their community. Research is conducted to study a variety of existing solutions. Students develop a class policy and action plan. A culminating activity is a reflection piece and a mock Legislative hearing. Participants in this workshop will learn the various aspects of Project Citizen and may also order a free class set of textbooks. (5-8)
Michigan/MEECS Materials
Discover how to incorporate new MGA materials to support teaching about Michigan. Lessons and activities aligned with the 3rd and 4th grade GLCEs will be demonstrated using these resources, which include Michigan posters from Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum. (UE)
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