Teaching Social Studies
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- What is the Legislative branch of government?
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*create laws
*House of Rep. & Senate
*House- 435 members; 2 yr term
*Senate- 100 members; 6 yr term
(Bicameral) - What is the Judicial branch of government?
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Interpret laws by comparing them with constitution
*Supreme Court (9 members); life term, appointed by pres. - What is the Executive branch of goverment?
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Enforce Laws (President)
*4 yr term, 35 yrs old +, born in U.S., 14 yr residency + - What is the name of the supreme court case that dealt with judical review?
- Marbury vs. Madison
- What are the key points in lecturing?
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1. vary tone and pitch
2. focus on big idea
3. eye contact
4. ask questions
5. know audience
6. hold students responsible for content - What are the types of modeling?
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1.Personal- conduct class and yourself
2. Task- guide practice, demonstration
3. Metacognitive- think aloud - What is the goal of a case study?
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to argue points and to persuade others
(cognitive affective domain) - What are the types of case studies?
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1. Full case
2. Sequential
3. Research Case
4. Unsifted - What are the big four in textbook publishing?
- Florida, Californa, Texas and New York
- What is the teacher proof model?
- Textbook companies provide enough info and extra stuff to help teachers with time constraints and dummy proof lessons
- What are some criticisms of textbooks?
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1. biased against minorities
2. innacurate
3. trivial info
4. boring - What are the 3 phases of reading?
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1. pre reading (vocab, obj)
2. reading (aloud, pair, silent)
3. post reading (debrief, discuss) - What is important about reading charts and statistics?
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* healthy skepticism
* read scale carefully
*statistics can be skewed to mean almost anything - What are the types of statistics?
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*quantitative- diff. of amount (#s)
*qualitative- diff of kind - What is the most effective way to teach charts and graphs?
- have students create themselves so that they are relative to thier lives
- What is important to know about using videos to teach?
- use in 10-20 min. increments and make sure the content is gronded in lesson (debrief)
- What is a breakout group?
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quick group (not structured like cooperative learning)
*think pair share - What is cooperative learning?
- structured group learning, memebers held accountable, required interpersonal skills
- What are the key elements of cooperative learning?
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1. teacher supervisio
2. heterogenous groups
3. face to face interaction
4. social skills
5. group processing - What is the purpose of homework?
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1. effectively cover material
2. encourage responsibility
3. show parents the classroom is productive - What are the goals of homework?
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1. practice skills
2. learn baseline info before lesson
3. apply concepts learned in class
4. self discipline - What is Jason O'Briens quote?
- "Kickball, Phonecalls, and Friday Homework"