Social+Studies+Think+Tank

= = == =Where's the Thinking?= = =

//Learning activity types function as conceptual planning tools for teachers; they comprise a methodological shorthand that can be used to both build and describe plans for standards-based learning experiences. Each activity type captures what is most essential about the structure of a particular kind of learning action as it relates to what students do when engaged in that particular learning-related activity (e.g., “group discussion;” “role play;”“fieldtrip”).// //Activity types are combined to create lesson plans, projects and units//.
 * Activity Types**:
 * Think - Connect - Share**
 * Step 1 (15 minutes) - In pairs, examine a set of 3-4 "activity types"
 * Step 2 (20 minutes) - Pick 2 to annotate (can be 1 you are currently doing a version of and 1 new-to-you, or 2 new-to-you that you'd like to try). Please include:
 * **Share**: A brief summary of the activity
 * **Connect**: Where might this "activity type" fit with your updated curriculum?
 * **Grow**: How might this activity support deeper learning?
 * Step 3 (15 minutes) - Once you've posted your thoughts, please consider the posts of your colleagues
 * Which activity-types might you like to try?
 * Where do you see opportunities (plural) to work the activity in to student learning?
 * How might they strengthen the learning experience?
 * Step 4 (10 minutes) - whole group share
 * pick one activity type to share with the group
 * **Share**: A brief summary of the activity
 * ** Capture **: Where are students asked to invest their thinking?
 * **Connect**: Where might this "activity type" fit with your updated curriculum?
 * **Grow**: How might this activity support deeper learning?


 * Activity Types:**
 * Cause and Effect Flow Chart - E.g. Civil War Flow Chart
 * [|Creating Argument Diagrams] (Word document)
 * [|Debate Team Carousel]
 * [|Historical Event Broadcast]
 * History of ... in X Objects
 * Imagined Interviews
 * [|Mini Biographies]
 * [|Mini Events]
 * Event Inquiry
 * Multimodal Vocabulary
 * PechaKucha
 * Think-Pair-Share
 * Top 10 Forum
 * Virtual Field Trip

More: @http://activitytypes.wmwikis.net/Social+Studies


 * Other Resources/Ideas**:
 * [|PureMI] / [|PureLA] / PureTX / PureRegions
 * iTunes
 * [|iTunes U - History]
 * [|iTunes U - Social Science]
 * [|Stuff You Missed in History Class]
 * Information Literacy/C.R.A.P. Detection
 * !gnite Wiki
 * Socratic Seminars
 * [|Socratic Seminars Strategy Guide] - Read Write Think
 * [|Circle of Knowledge] (book chapter)
 * Questioning
 * [|Socratic Seminars]
 * [|TEDTalks]
 * [|TEDTalks organized by subject]
 * Google Earth - Tour Tutorials
 * Video Tutorial Library: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/index.html
 * Creating a Narrated Tour: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/kmltours.html
 * Annotating Google Earth: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/annotate.html
 * Getting Started: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/annotate.html#getstarted
 * Adding Placemarks: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/annotate.html#addplacemarks
 * Adding Paths: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/annotate.html#addpaths
 * Adding Polygons: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/annotate.html#addpolygons
 * Folders: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/annotate.html#folders
 * Adding Photos & Image Overlays (video): http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/earthoverlays.html
 * Embedding Images: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/annotate.html#images
 * Embedding YouTube videos: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/annotate.html#videos
 * Saving Project To Share Out: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/annotate.html#saveproject
 * Using Views & Perspectives: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/snapshotviews.html
 * Adding legends, logos & banners: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/screenoverlays.html