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Social Studies Lesson

NC- North Carolina DPI Elementary Education Specialty Area Standards
Standard: Standard 4: Elementary teachers have a broad knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in social studies.
Indicator: Indicator 4: Teachers have knowledge of and appreciation for multicultural children’s literature. Teachers select appropriate literature that is free from racist and sexist bias.
Indicator: Indicator 6: Teachers understand basic geographic concepts and how they can be integrated including:
Detail: Map, globe and chart skills
Indicator: Indicator 14: Teachers apply content to life skills. Teachers:
Detail: Provide an environment that fosters critical thinking and effective use of information
Standard: Standard 7 : Elementary teachers use developmentally appropriate strategies to design and deliver instruction in all areas of the elementary curriculum.
Indicator: Indicator 1: Teachers develop and implement the pacing and alignment of curriculum that is consistent with the NC SCOS, LEA standards and pacing guides, and national standards in all subject areas.
Indicator: Indicator 2: Teachers understand and use an interdisciplinary approach to teaching by connecting and integrating language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, healthful living, and arts concepts and processes, with appropriate technologies to enhance their teaching.
Indicator: Indicator 3: Teachers promote new learning by using students’ prior knowledge, misconceptions, and interests when designing lessons.
Indicator: Indicator 4: Teachers implement a variety of teaching and communication strategies for instruction.
Indicator: Indicator 5: Teachers assist students in developing multiple learning strategies to address discipline specific content, critical thinking, and problem solving skills.
Indicator: Indicator 7: Teachers develop and use a variety of formal and alternative assessment strategies as an integral part of instruction and learning appropriate for assessing individual, peer, team, and collaborative skills.
Standard: Standard 11: Elementary teachers connect social studies with the broad curriculum. Teachers use the scope and sequence of the social studies curriculum to teach skills through the integration of the social studies content with the areas listed below.
Indicator: Indicator 1: Teachers incorporate communication in their lessons.
Indicator: Indicator 5: Teachers incorporate technology skills in their social studies lessons through collecting data, organizing and sorting data, and displaying data in a variety of ways.

Context:

I created these three Social Studies lessons to meet a requirement for my CI 3110 class.  I taught them at Mountain View Elementary School, in April Trivette's third grade classroom.  These lessons were a part of my unit on Mexico. 

Impact:

I feel that these lessons have had a good impact on my students.  From their work I have been able to see that they have learned a lot.  When the Spanish teacher came in last week she asked them if they knew anything about Cinco de Mayo and I was so proud when they started talking about the things we had read on the website.  Through these lessons the students have met third grade NCSCOS standards 2.02, 2.03, 3.03, and 4.03 in Social Studies.  They also met third grade standard 1.15 for technology.

Alignment:

I have met standard 4 indicator 4 choosing books about Mexico for my unit that were free from racist and sexist bias.

I have met standard 4 indicator 6 by teaching the Landforms Lesson and using a world map.

I have met standard 6 standard 14 by putting critical thinking quesitons on my web quests worksheet.

I have met standard 7 indicator 1 by linking my unit to the NCSCOS.

I have met standard 7 indicator 2 by integrating Language Arts into my Social Studies unit.

I have met standard 7 indicator 3 by using a focus for every lesson that asked students to use their prior knowledge to get them started.  I also discussed with my cooperating teacher before hand what they would already know about Mexico.

I have met standard 7 indicator 4 by using a variety of strategies to present the information such as, discussion, power point, and smart board.

I have met standard 7 indicator 5 by including critical thinking questions on my Cinco de Mayo and Dia de los Meurots web quest.

I have met standard 7 indicator 7 by using formal assessment at the end of my lessons. 

I have met standard 11 indicator 1 by being sure to communicate all important  ideas to students.

I have met standard 11 indicator 5 by having the students complete two web quests.

 

File Attachments:
  1. Comparing Mexican and American Culture Comparing Mexican and American Culture
  2. Landforms Lesson Landforms Lesson
  3. Reflection on Social Studies Lessons Reflection on Social Studies Lessons
  4. Web Quest on Cinco de Mayo and Dia de los Muertos Web Quest on Cinco de Mayo and Dia de los Muertos
Author: Krystle Lowery
Last modified: 11/14/2006 12:09 PM (EST)