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This document discusses strategies for promoting student engagement in social studies classrooms. It outlines objectives and standards related to collaboration and professional learning. Several literacy strategies are presented, including vocabulary predictions, "What Would Blank Say About Blank?", and chunking. Content delivery methods like Voicethread are suggested. Finally, inquiry-based learning through document-based questions is addressed. Teachers are encouraged to discuss how these strategies could be adapted for their own classrooms and subjects.

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This document discusses strategies for promoting student engagement in social studies classrooms. It outlines objectives and standards related to collaboration and professional learning. Several literacy strategies are presented, including vocabulary predictions, "What Would Blank Say About Blank?", and chunking. Content delivery methods like Voicethread are suggested. Finally, inquiry-based learning through document-based questions is addressed. Teachers are encouraged to discuss how these strategies could be adapted for their own classrooms and subjects.

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Engagement in the Social

Studies Classroom
By Alexandra Brown for the MSA-SA Social Studies
Department
April 28th, 2020
Objective and Standards

Objective: Standards:
Teachers will learn ◈ CSTP 6.3: Collaborating with
colleagues and the broader
strategies to help professional community to
promote engagement support teacher and student
learning.
with students in the ◈ TLS Domain 3: Promotes
social studies classroom. Professional Learning for
Continuous Improvement.
◈ NBPTS Proposition 5: Teachers
are Members of Professional
Communities.
How Can We Make Social Studies More Interesting
for our Students?

◈ In general a lot of information to take in.


◈ A lot of reading and analysis- hard for students!
○ SPED or EL students
◈ Focus on ways to promote participation and
engagement.
Promoting Engagement in the Classroom

Adapted from 101 Best


Strategies for Teaching Social
Studies Presented by
Christopher Lange

Sponsored by the Bureau of


Education and Research.
3 Categories:

◈ Literacy Strategies
◈ Content Delivery
◈ Inquiry/Problem Based Learning

I will go over five strategies/activities you can use


in your classrooms!
Literacy Strategies

◈ Vocabulary and Summarizing


○ Vocabulary Predictions/ What Would Blank
Say About Blank?
○ Chunking
Vocabulary

Vocab Predictions:

Word: Observation: Context Clue: My Guess: Definition:


(Look up images. Write Look at the clues in the Make a guess! Do at the very end!
down 2-3 things you see.) sentence to get an
understanding of the word.

Coalition For decades now,


Palestinians and
Israelis have been
appealing to the world
for help and sympathy,
but also to take sides
and form a coalition.
Vocabulary:

“What Would Blank Say


About Blank”
◈ What would Lincoln say
about emancipation...
You Try:

Come up with three examples you could use for a


“What Would Blank Say About Blank” assignment!
Chunking

◈ Summarization
tool
◈ Build on each
section
You Try:

Discuss with those around you:


◈ Why is literacy so important in a social
studies classroom?
◈ How can we make learning literacy
strategies more engaging for our
students?
Content Delivery
◈ Voicethread
○ Upload slides, record
themselves taking or
video
○ Students can interact
with one another and
comment on their peers
presentations
○ Great for distance
learning or use in the
classroom
Inquiry and Problem Based Learning

DBQ(Document Based
Question)
◈ Controlled Inquiry
◈ Teacher Provides:
Context,Essential ?,
Documents
◈ Student: Thesis, Develops
an Argument using the
documents as evidence.
You Try: Discussion Question

1. How can the strategies presented today be


used in your classroom?(think about your
subject and grade level)
2. Why is student engagement important?
Exit Survey

Please take a moment to


complete the Exit Survey
through Google Slides.
All answers are
anonymous!

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