TLT 412, Social Studies in preK through 4th grade (Fall 2012)

Dates/times/locations

• Course meets Thursdays, 7-10 pm

• Iacocca Hall, room E-104

• For a calendar of class sessions, see the course map (below).

• First class = Thur, Aug 30; Last class = Thur, Dec 6; final work due Thur, Dec 13.

Topics/assignments

• syllabus: Google doc copy (dynamic; updated throughout course); pdf copy (static, suitable for printing).

• course map (intended curriculum), list of assignments .

• 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.