Poster Session
Picture This: Exploring Cultural Geography through Photovoice
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:59pmPhotovoice is an approach where students take photographs to document their interest / understanding of a concept. This presentation explores how to use photographs to engage students and promote activism.
Integrating LGBTQ Topics into the Social Studies Curriculum
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:59pmThe presenters will provide session attendees with various teaching methods for incorporating LGBTQ topics into the social studies classroom with a focus on teaching for equity in a democratic society.
The "Magical Life" of Contextualized Autobiographies: Connecting Students with History
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:59pmSession participants will learn about "contextualized autobiographies" as students connect critical events that have occurred in their own lives to those events occurring in the world around them.
An Instructor's Guide to Civic Responsibility in an Interconnected World
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:59pmAre we global citizens or US citizens in a globalized world? This session ponders the question while delivering classroom activities about rights and responsibilities in an interconnected world. Handouts provided.
To Bring or not to Bring!
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:59pmImmigration past and present. To prioritize items that immigrants would need to survive in colonial era. Compare and contrast what immigrants would bring now to survive in the 21st century.
A Child's View of Social Reality among ELL Migrant Children
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:59pmThis poster explores children's perception of social issues seen through the eyes of young ELL migrant children and its implications in delivering culturally responsive social studies experiences.
Representing Knowledge: Children Use Web 2.0 in an Inquiry Unit
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:59pmChildren engaged in an inquiry-based environmental education unit and used Web 2.0 tools to represent knowledge and to construct it. Work samples demonstrating digital literacy integration will be shared.
Implementing the Common Core Using 17th and 18th Century Documents
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:59pmApplying common core skills to colonial Dutch documents helps students develop a deep understanding of history. Participants will investigate Dutch influence on this country’s political, economic and cultural development.
Preparing for the Common Core: Historical Fiction and the DBQ
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:59pmThis interactive presentation will emphasize the use of reading, writing and critical thinking in History, utilizing the Document Based Question (DBQ), historical fiction and alignment to the Common Core Standards.
Dyads: The Window into Someone Else's Thoughts
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:59pmMiddle school students strongly prefer one-to-one discussion over teacher-led whole group discussion. If the dyads are carefully designed, citizenship skills and attitudes are enhanced while content knoweldge is deepened..
