Thursdays, 7:15-9:55 in Iacocca Hall room A-235
First class = Thur, 29 Aug; last class = Thur, 5 Dec; no class on 28 Nov (Thanksgiving) – voter registration deadline in Pennsylvania = Mon, 21 Oct; check your voter registration status at https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/voterregistrationstatus.aspx
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Reading
Maxim, ch. 8 (geography)
PDE geography standards (download these to a convenient folder; you'll need to refer to them)
C3 framework, geography section (again, download to a convenient spot...)
NCSS, 2009 (powerful and purposeful elementary social studies)
Assignments
Complete & bring in OIM #1; be prepared to show-and-tell!
Complete this Google Form for an in-class demo of a lesson called "Weaving the Globe" (form)
Complete WTL for week 2
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Before class
Complete Google Form on shoes/textile (link above)
Complete reading
Don't forget to do the WTL in CourseSite!
Complete & bring in OIM #1
During class (ppt)
Meet in lobby of Iaccoca at 6:30! We'll start from there
First thing tonight = scaffolded geocache. I will share starting materials here; if you want the full set, just ask
Handout with simple visual intro to lat/lon
List of coordinates for starting point, targets, and finish location
Decision-making scaffold, if anyone needs it
(If I were teaching this with elementary students: I'd actually start with this photoset to see locations along the Equator & Prime Meridian before going outside)
(Alternatively: Here's a webpage [StoryMap] with info about latitude & longitude. This was written for older folks, not elementary students, but it has the images I would use with elementary students. Note that it also has embedded images on the map.)
(Since this activity does lots work in Google Earth: I encourage you to download Google Earth onto your laptop – https://www.google.com/earth/versions/ . It's WAY more powerful as a downloaded program than something that runs in your browser.)
(And if you want to get into 'real' geocaching, go here: https://www.geocaching.com/play )
Discussing geography standards – quick look at PDE vs. Five Themes
Quick look at JamBoard of methods – we have some updating to do!
Potentially useful framework for thinking about your instructional decision-making: TPACK
(Additional supporting example of how technology can intersect with content and pedagogy: https://arcg.is/0LiKD1 )
Sharing OIM #1
More updating of JamBoard!
Closure
After class
Reading
Barton & Levstik, 1996 - skim to get the idea about how to build image set for HTCE assignment
Optional: If you liked the scaffolded geocache, save a copy of Hammond et al., 2014
Assignments
Prepare & turn in HTCE image set; see syllabus for details
WTL on school activities that relate to calendar events: Sept 11, Constitution Day, Hispanic Heritage Month, etc.