Poster Session
Teaching the Civil War with Modern Day Slavery
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmThis unit ties the US Civil War and Abolitionist Movement to issues of modern-day slavery. Students compare the two events, ultimately designing an advocacy project combating global issues of slavery.
Deciding Students' Academic Trajectories: Social Studies Teachers' Course Recommendation Practices
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmThis session will focus on the decision-making processes utilized by high school social studies teachers when recommending the academic placement of students.
Golden Tickets and Happy Fun Ball: Strategies for Dynamic Lectures
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmDo your students moan when you lecture in class? This presentation includes "nuts-and-bolts" strategies for making dull-but-necessary "teacher talk" more dynamic, engaging, and versatile for the high school classroom.
An Intervention Involving Stanford History Education Group and History Teachers
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmSam Wineburg and the Stanford History Education Group worked with our district on combining the instruction of history content and skills. There is much to share/learn from this intervention.
Finding the Hero in Each of Us
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmLearn how to help students identify their hero through the 12 step cycle of the hero journey by following the hero's golden thread through a labyrinth of primary source documents.
Motivating Students in a Global Society: Etic and Emic Considerations
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmAn etic-emic view of motivation defines universal qualities of motivation allowing some comparison across cultural groups, yet pays attention to the individuality of cultural groups and people.
Exploring the Future through the Lens of Current Events
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmLearn about a new website created by GSB teachers: a living 'online textbook' for teaching current events or a futures course. Our 'History of the Future' course will be discussed.
New Technologies for Engaging with the Past
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmDiscover two new technology-based resources from the Center on Congress that engage students in authentic historical inquiry: Congressional Moments videos and the Civic Quotes iPad app.
Civil War Simulations: Integrating Language Arts and Social Studies
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmThis presentation includes teacher lessons, student writing and digital iMovies of students acting out Civil War events from historical fiction: Bull Run, Follow the Drinking Gourd, and The Patchwork Path.
Presidential Plates and Portraits: Balanced Integration with Art
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:01pmCan balanced integration be achieved? These elementary lessons balanced art and social studies helped students learn state and presidential symbols and how we use symbols as a means of communication.
