Term: Fall, 2013
Instructor: Tony Filipovitch, 126 Morris Hall, 507-389-5035 (office), 507-388-2264 (home)
Office Hours: My office hours are posted here. I am available in my office at those times (or other times by appointment). I also check my e-mail daily (usually several times during the day), and have an answering machine on both my home and office phone. There is no reason to flounder around, unsure of what “he wants” or confused about what you are doing; and even if everything is going fine with the coursework, there is more to learning than completing the assignments. I encourage you to visit me, in person or at a distance by phone or e-mail, many times during the course.
· The course will use D2L as the instructional management system. Grade rosters and other course management issues will be handled through that site.
· The software for this course will be PC-based Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer, or compatibles. I prefer to receive e-mail and course submissions to my e-mail address (not to D2L), and I can only open Microsoft Word or text files (if you are using, say, WordPerfect, make sure to send any files to me in .txt or .rtf format).
· I will communicate with you using your official MSU e-mail address; if this is not your preferred e-mail provider, make sure you have set your MSU e-mail account to forward to your preferred address (instructions are available from the help desk at help@mnsu.edu or 507-389-6654).
· I generally will reply to e-mails within 48 hours (give me an additional 24 hours over the weekends), unless I have notified the class through D2L that I expect to be away from my computer (e.g., when I am attending a national conference). If you do not hear from me within that time, please resend your question or comment as it may have been lost.
Hillary Wackman & Nancy Wagner. 2013. Northern Lights, 3rd. Ed. (Student Edition). MN Historical Society Press.
Teachers College Columbia University, 2012. Understanding Fiscal Responsibility (Online edition) http://understandingfiscalresponsibility.org/
The purpose of this course is to initiate formal preparation for teaching secondary social studies.
Students will
Students will address the following Minnesota Board of Teaching and National Council for the Social Studies Teacher Education Standards by applying their understanding of:
Class time will be a mix of lecture, discussion, activities, and student presentations. You are expected to come to class, and come prepared to discuss the material assigned for each week. Also, throughout much of the course there will be a current events quiz at some time during the class. Material for the quiz will be taken from the StarTribune, although you might get a boost from NPR’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.”
You will need to establish an online professional portfolio. You will continue to develop your portfolio throughout your studies here at MSU, and most likely will continue it once you are in your profession. We recommend MnSCU’s e-Folio site, although you may use other websites if you get prior permission. The instructions for the Portfolio are found in the Course Calendar.
Using the template provided in the Course Calendar, you will write three lesson plans, each from a different Strand from the NCSS Standards or the MN Native American Performance Expectations (you may choose which strands). These lesson plans will give you practice both in the construction of lessons and in covering the breadth of the social studies content areas. The first lesson plan will be based on one of the lessons from the Teachers College Columbia University series; the second and third will be based on a chapter from Northern Lights.
You will develop a complete lesson plan which:
You will:
Date |
Topic |
Readings/Assignments |
Activities & Integrating Concepts |
8/28 |
Becoming a Social Studies
Teacher: a. Introduction & Writing a Lesson Plan |
NCSS;
“How
to Build a Student for the 21st Century,” Time,
12/18/06, 50-56; Library
Guide for Education |
Writing instructions—nouns & verbs |
9/4 |
b. Thinking like a social studies teacher: Standards-based teaching c. Inquiry & Discovery: “spiraling
instruction” & “connected learning” |
MN
Standards; TPA
Framework ; Bloom's
Taxonomy; Inquiry
& discovery; “Engaging
Students” (in D2L Contents); C3 National Standards |
Standards, results, evaluation, curriculum, instruction **Current events quiz |
9/11 |
d. Portfolios & Social Studies Profession (Social Studies Panel) |
Create your portfolio |
**Current events quiz |
9/18 |
Critical Thinking Content & academic language |
Manfra, “Critical Inquiry” (in D2L Contents); Critical Thinking on the Web; Critical Thinking in the Curriculum; Mutual Indignation Society; Text, Investigation 1 |
**Current events quiz |
9/25 |
Preliminary review
of first lesson topic |
||
10/2 |
Thinking in Paradigms a.
The business of paradigms b.
“Differentiating
Instruction” |
Perspectives & frames of reference; Johnson, “Template of the Reporter” (in D2L Contents); Robert Hanvey, “An Attainable Global Perspective”; Text: Investigation 7 |
**Current events quiz **Portfolio due |
10/9 |
c. Multiple
perspectives |
Christensen, “Conducting Policy” & Kurzman, “Reasonable Disagreement” (in D2L Contents ); “Our Mutual Indignation Society”; "Living with partisanship"; Text, Investigation 9 |
“Two Women” **Current events quiz |
10/16 |
First Lesson
Plan--discussion |
|
|
10/23 |
Geography—Physical, Cultural, and GIS |
MAGE; US Census Population Pyramids; Chloropleth Maps; Climographs; Text, Investigation 19 |
**Current events quiz First Lesson Plan due |
10/30 |
Second Lesson Plan--discussion |
|
|
11/6 |
History Civics—Teaching local government |
Stanford History Education Group; World History for Us All; The Uses of History; Iroquois Constitution; Adriaen Van der Donck; Van der Donck’s Description (D2L); History Right and Left; When History Is Held Hostage to Tests; Teachers College “American History” and “World History”; Text, Investigation 6 Center for Civic Education; Teaching the Local Community; A Framework for Policy Analysis; Teachers College “Civcs/Government”; Text, Investigation 13 & 18 |
**Current events quiz Second Lesson Plan due |
11/13 |
Third Lesson Plan--discussion |
**Current events quiz |
|
11/20 |
Economics |
EconEdLink; Workers’ Wages; American Pie; Paying higher taxes; The New Normal; Health Care; Teachers College “Economics”; Text, Investigation 10 |
**Current events quiz Third Lesson Plan due |
12/4 |
Multiple Perspectives Lesson Plan--review |
|
Multiple
Perspectives Learning Activity **Current events quiz |
12/9 |
Multiple Perspectives Plan due; Course evaluation due |
There are 100 points for the course, divided as follows:
1) Current Events Quizzes (10 @ 3) 30
2) Web site/Portfolio 20
3) Lesson Plans (3 @ 10) 30
4) Multiple Perspectives Project 20
The final grade may be based on a curve, but students can expect at least an A if they achieve 90, a B with 80, etc.
All assignments are due on the assigned date. There will be no
makeups except for very unusual circumstances (a medical excuse will require a
doctor’s slip). No extensions or makeups are allowed without prior
permission.
Written reports are expected to be free of grammatical, spelling, and content
errors. It should be submitted in typewritten, standard formats (APA, MLA,
URSI Style Sheets). You must familiarize
yourself with the University’s Academic
Honesty Policy. I encourage you to
draw on the ideas of others—but you must also identify when you do so (you gain “brownie points” for citing the
work of others!). Plagiarism is a
serious breach of academic behavior and will result in an F for the course.
I will help you in whatever manner humanly possible. However, once the semester is over, there is not a great deal I can do. If there is something that you don’t understand, are having problems with, or need help on, please get in touch with me as early as possible.
Every attempt will be made to accommodate qualified students with disabilities. If you area student with a documented disability, please contact me as early in the semester as possible to discuss the necessary accommodations, and/or contact the Disability Services Office at 507-389-2825 (V) or 1-800-627-3529 (MRS/TTY).
There are a number of interesting and useful journals and websites that might help you dig deeper into the issues raised in this course. Among them are:
The Social Studies [D16.3.S65]
Social Education [H62.A1S6]
Theory and Research in Social Education [H1.T47]
Journal of Economic Education [H62.5.U5.J6]
Journal of Geography [G1.J87]
The History Teacher [D1.H8177]
Teaching Sociology [HM1.T43]
General
Minnesota Academic Standards in History and Social Studies
Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Social Studies Development Center
PBS and PBS Online NewsHour Extra
History
Nationals Standards for History
American Memory (Library of Congress)
Geography
National Geographic Education Guide
Cartography of the Anthropocene
Civics
National Standards for Civics and Government
Economics
Others
Psychology Suggested Standards
Online Directory for Sociology Education
“Teacher-Designed Social Studies Websites,” C. Frederick Risinger, Social Education, 2004, 68(7), 464-465, lists:
Mr. Dowling’s Electronic Passport
Mr. Dziubek’s Virtual Classroom
Mr. Donn’s Ancient History Page
© 2004 A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 9 August 2013