Heidi Bennett Fall 2010

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Standard 2.4 Social Studies

Welcome to Standard 2.4: Social Studies section of my online portfolio.

In this section, I have included various artifacts from my Childhood Education preparation program that show how I have met this standard.

I have included my Social Studies/Social Skills Lesson plan from my Social and Academic Curriculum course at SUNY Cortland University. This lesson is a social skills/social studies integrated lesson plan, and I implemented this in my host classroom in Cortland, New York. I have included a complete lesson plan that correlates with the New York State Learning Standards for Social Studies. I have also included a reflection about the implementation of my lesson plan about how it went when I taught the lesson, and how the students responded to the way I taught it. I included pictures of my completed lesson plan activity, and it shows the students outcomes from this lesson plan. The lesson plan is about what Veteran's Day is, and it also includes the social skills of taking turns and listening.

The completion of this artifact has taught me about how important it is to plan ahead, and prepare as much as possible before a lesson. I have also learned how to create a lesson plan that incorporates more than one skill. The implementation of this lesson has taught me many new learning experiences that I will take with me in my future teaching career. I have also learned how important it is to develop and practice writing skills. The creation of this lesson plan has taught me how I can incorporate social skills into the development of a lesson plan.
NY- New York State Standards
Subject: Social Studies (1996)
Learning Standard 1 : History of the United States and New York
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York.
Level: Elementary
Key Idea: Study about the major social, political, economic, cultural, and religious developments in New York State and United States history involves learning about the important roles and contributions of individuals and groups.
listen to and participate in classroom debates and discussions of important events and people in U. S. history and New York history, and examine more than one viewpoint on some events and people
discuss heroes, why some people are heroes, and why some individuals might be heroes to certain groups and not to others
conduct a historical case study about an important environmental concern affecting their city’s or neighborhood’s water supply, housing accommodations, or transportation system, and examine competing views on the issues
investigate the importance of scientific and technological inventions such as the compass, steam engine, internal combustion engine, and computer chip.
Performance Indicator:
Identify individuals who have helped to strengthen democracy in the United States and throughout the world.
Learning Standard 5 : Civics, Citizenship, and Government
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the U.S. and other nations; the U.S. Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation.
Level: Elementary
Key Idea: Central to civics and citizenship is an understanding of the roles of the citizen within American constitutional democracy and the scope of a citizen’s rights and responsibilities.
Performance Indicator:
Understand that citizenship includes an awareness of the holidays, celebrations, and symbols of our nation
Performance Indicator:
Examine what it means to be a good citizen in the classroom, school, home, and community
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Author: Heidi Bennett
Last modified: 12/12/2010 5:49 PM (EST)