Poster Session
Helping Hands: Digital Engagement and Multiple Sclerosis
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmEngaging freshman World History students is hard enough without the challenges of multiple sclerosis. Teacher Kate Hooks shares how she used in-role drama and digital video as her "helping hands."
I Spy Exhibition Evening: Student Immersion in Historical Thinking
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmYoung historians will increase critical thinking skills while engaged in historical discovery that culminates in an evening of student presentations. Learn how to challenge students and increase participation and results.
Literacy and Technology Greet the Common Core
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmHow do you implement the Common Core Standards with in Social Studies instruction for grades 6-12? Learn how to implement these standards by using literature and technology to engage students.
Occupy Jamestown! Economic Stratification in the American Colonies
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmThis lesson connects the past to the present by teaching economic unrest in Colonial America by comparing it to the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
Addressing Students' Needs in Today's Diverse Social Studies Classroom
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmThis presentation will address the use of differentiated instruction as an effective teaching strategy in secondary social studies classes. Assessments, flexible grouping, tiered assignments, and teaching strategies will be addressed.
Using the Literature of Twain to Enhance Social Studies Instruction
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmThis poster reports on a professional development institute designed to enhance social studies instruction (i.e. units on Reconstruction, evolving race relations) through an examination of selected works of Mark Twain.
Demystifying Rigor for Instruction and Assessment
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmEveryone can learn to: interpret standards and benchmark for rigor; understand cognitive complexity using Webb's DOK model; connect Webb's DOK to classroom instruction; create rigorous classroom assessments
When the World Cares: Teaching about Human Rights and Dignity
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmSession highlights fundamental concepts of universal human rights and humanitarian law, showcases resources and strategies to help students explore their own values, beliefs and connections to globally recognized humanitarian principles.
Exploring Asia's Diversity
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmExplore Asia's diversity through two featured curriculum units, "Islam in Asia" and "Youth Culture in Asia," published by The Seattle Times and UW's Jackson School of International Studies. Free materials!
Creating Future Citizens
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:03pmStudents from Arab Spring countries work with students from the US and Taiwan to learn about democracy. Students explore rights and duties, tolerance and freedom, and civic engagement.
