Session #1 - The First Days: Classroom Preparation and Management

Learning Outcomes:

CLO 5252.1 Identify and implement the California History - Social Studies (CA HSS) State Framework, College, Career, Civic Live Framework (C3) Common Core Social Studies (CCSS) (TPE 1b, 8, 9, 12 & 13).

CLO 5252.2 Plan and write lessons and activities for all learners to maximize their ability to meet and/or exceed the CCSS (TPE 1b, 2, 4, 5, 6c, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 & 13).

CLO 5252.4 Demonstrate competence in creating unit plans and instructional programs in Common Core English/Language Arts and Social Studies content areas (TPE 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6c, 7, 9, 10, 11).

CLO 5252.6 Provide grade-level learning experiences that create the necessary groundwork for student learning success in subsequent courses (TPE 1b, 4, 5, 6c, 7, 8, 9, 10).

Essential Questions:

- How do you teach Social Studies in a Single Subject Assignment?

- How do we learn about our students?

- How can you best utilize instructional time?

- How do you create a supportive social environment in the classroom?

Agenda:

● Introductions

● Course Overview & Requirements

● Classroom Management

● Class Rules/Policies & Course Expectations

● The Common Core

Information:

California History - Social Studies (CA HSS) State Framework. (required in your lesson & unit plans)

Find the subject and appropriate grade level for you assignment from the State of California's History-Social Studies Framework. Even though you are a content expert, you may not be aware of how the state divides up the curriculum For example, did you know that last in-depth study of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome before attending college is Grade 6? World History taught in Grade 10 begins in 1750 C.E. Being an ancient history major, I really objected to this. However, we must understand the reasoning behind this approach. Many US History teachers LOVE teaching the colonial period and the Revolutionary War and spend great amounts of time there. As a consequence, they rarely got past WWII. By beginning Grade 11 US History in the late 1800s, there is more chance that the classes can study up to the 2010s. See your grade and subject. What surprises are there? Be prepared to specifically indicate which standards your lesson plans will be addressing. For example, if you were to study the speeches of Dr. King and Malcolm X in your Grade 11 class, your Content Standards would be CA HSS 11.10.4. (see pp. 743-744) Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights . For the same lesson, your College, Career, & Civic Life Framework (C3) would be D2.His.16.9-12. "Integrate evidence from multiple relevant historical sources and interpretations into a reasoned argument about the past."

College, Career, Civic Live Framework (C3) (required in your lesson & unit plans)

"The result of a three year state-led collaborative effort, the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards was developed to serve two audiences: for states to upgrade their state social studies standards and for practitioners — local school districts, schools, teachers and curriculum writers — to strengthen their social studies programs. Its objectives are to: a) enhance the rigor of the social studies disciplines; b) build critical thinking, problem solving, and participatory skills to become engaged citizens; and c) align academic programs to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies. "

YOU MUST READ THIS. The schools you are teaching in are implementing this NOW, you can help them.

Common Core Standards (CCSS) (required in your lesson & unit plans)

Read the appropriate Common Core standards for your class or class you plan to teach and choose the standard(s) for your unit plan. We will be discussing the Common Core approach. (The culminating project is a Unit Plan you will create for your grade and subject level. It will encompass all conceptual areas of this class. You will also be creating detailed lesson plans using the LMU lesson plan template for beginning teachers.

ELD Standards and descriptors are found here (pdf). (required in your lesson & unit plans)

If you have English Learners in your classes, you must familiarize yourself with how they are identified and provide support for their learning. Even if you do not have "identified" English learners, you do have those who struggle in English. These standards and strategies are for ALL students.

California expects not only students to meet certain standards, but also the teachers. These are called the Teacher Performance Expectations (TPEs). Not only are there standards for students, but there are standards for teachers as well.

Make it REAL. LMU's mission in the education field is to make teachers leaders in education. Teachers are to be the standard-bearers for our vocation. See LMU's REAL. (Download REAL pdf). REAL = Respect, Educate, Advocate, and Lead - LMU's School of Education's mission involves more than the teaching of academic standards. Teachers from LMU have this mission in common: our purpose to be the encouragement of life-long learning and academic excellence, the education of the whole person, and the promotion of service and justice for all. You will need to refer to REAL when you create your LMU lesson plans.

Create lessons plans (5 lessons this semester) and a unit plan (due early next semester) you will actually use in your teaching. No sense wasting time creating lessons you will never use. So choose wisely and for the future.)

READ F. D. Drake and L. R. Nelson's Engagement in Teaching History (Second Edition) and J. Zevin's Social Studies for the Twenty-First Century: Methods and Materials for Teaching in Middle and Secondary Schools (Third Edition). The reading for this course is FRONT-LOADED. Your reading will be focused in the first half of the course but will be applicable throughout this course and your teaching career.

The other readings are in BrightSpace.

Assignments:

1. Create a Google website which will house your work for the term. 1. First log into your gmail account. (You may choose to create a new gmail account for the purposes of this class if you are not comfortable in using your regular Gmail account.) 2. go to sites.google.com - create a website that is PUBLIC (not private) so that I and the members of this class may access it. Due this week.

See video for detailed steps.

2. Survey

3. Print/Save or simply Bookmark the the above frameworks and standards for the grades and subjects you teach or plan to teach. Be prepared to identify appropriate standards for all your lesson plans. Note - there are 5 components for EACH of your teaching assignments:

You must identify and put into action the following in all your lesson plans

1. California History - Social Studies Content Standard (CA HSS)

2. College, Career, & Civic Life Framework (C3)

3. Common Core for Social Studies Standards (CCSS)

4. English Language Development (ELD) - even if you do not have officially identified students

5. TPE & REAL teaching standards

Be sure you identify the appropriate standards for your lesson plans.

4. Read and be prepared to discuss next session:

Diane Ravitch, "A Brief History of Social Studies" (chap 1, pp. 1-5)

Next Steps:

Reading for this course is front-loaded. Get ahead.

Week 5: First Lesson Plan due.