TLT 412, Social Studies in preK through 4th grade (Fall 2014)

Dates/times/locations

• Course meets Mondays, 4-7 pm
• Iacocca Hall, room E-104
• First class = Mon, Aug 25; Last class = Mon, Dec 1; class meets on Labor Day, Mon, Sep 1.

Topics/assignments

• syllabus: Google doc copy (dynamic; updated throughout course); pdf copy (static, suitable for printing).
• course map (intended curriculum; subject to change).
• course record (an ongoing list of class sessions, resources, etc.--the enacted curriculum)

Toolbox

• Lehigh's content management system: coursesite.lehigh.edu.
• course bookmarks (a list of potentially useful resources)
• APA help: delicious.com/tchammond/APA.
• List of social studies journals
  
  • Available online
    
    • Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education: Social studies section
    • Social Studies Research and Practice
    • Journal of Social Studies Research
    • Canadian Social Studies
    • Theory and Research in Social Education (courtesy of the University of South Florida – thanks!! – and covers years 1973-2002)
  • Available through the Lehigh Library
    
    • The Social Studies (fulltext available online)
    • The History Teacher (fulltext available online)
    • The Elementary School Journal (fulltext up to 2004; note that they periodically have special issues on topics like social studies)
• Useful tech links
  
  • Lehigh wireless
  • Lehigh printers
  • Lehigh VPN
  • SSH 3.2 (Lehigh's licensed secure FTP client)
  • Lehigh's digital portfolio community (aka Mahara).
  • Lehigh's Google Docs server.