Social Studies

SPED 5311 Instructional Strategies for High Incidence Disabilities

Week 5 Assignment: Teaching Social Studies Overview For this assignment, you will demonstrate your understanding of the skills presented in Week 5 course materials. Chapter 8, “Effective Strategies for Teaching Social Studies” outlines several big ideas for teaching social studies skills: problem-solution-effect, multiple perspectives, and factors of group success. Your application assignment is to create a teaching tool (strategy) that addresses one of the big ideas. To complete your assignment, you must create the tool, implement the lesson with a student that could benefit from the instruction, and reflect on your experience. You must develop a strategy (tool), take a picture of the materials after you implement the lesson, and write a two page reflection. Your completed template must be uploaded to Blackboard and TK20. This assignment is worth a total of 100 points. Directions

1. Identify a student with exceptionalities or a student that struggles in the area of social studies skills.

2. Using the ideas outlined in the text, or a credible resource (see Suggested Resources), select an effective teaching strategy that targets the needs of your exceptional (struggling) student. Design an interactive, hands-on learning tool that targets the area of need for your student. You may involve a group of students for this activity, but you will be targeting the needs of your identified exceptional (struggling) student. Your activity must focus on social studies skills from the K-12 TEKS.

3. Using the template provided, design a plan to implement your strategy. 4. Create the materials you will use to implement the strategy for teaching a social studies skill. 5. Implement the strategy with your identified exceptional (struggling) student. Remember, you

can incorporate a group of students in this activity, but you will be targeting the needs of your identified exceptional (struggling) student.

6. Using the Reflection section of the template, write a two page reflection on the creation and implementation of the strategy (tool). Fully discuss the topics outlined in the template. Be sure to include the effect on student learning.

7. Photograph the materials you used after implementing the tool (strategy). Imbed the photograph in your template.

8. Upload your completed template to Blackboard and TK20 in Week 5. Suggested Resources: Harvey, S., & Goudvis, A. (2000). Strategies that work: Teaching comprehension to enhance

understanding. York, ME: Stenhouse Publishers. This book can be purchased for $20.00 at Amazon.com. http://www.tooloftheweek.org/teacher-tools/ http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/ http://www.readingrockets.org/article/28757

Click on “Teaching Reading”, “Classroom Strategies”, then choose a “Featured Strategy.” http://readingeggs.com/freetrial/?gclid=CMCCw7HokMACFSMV7AodcVQAEg You can sign up for a two week free trial. http://www.edhelper.com/ This website will cost $19.99 for a year subscription.