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SSE 4333: Middle School Methods of Social Science Education

SSE 5331: Foundations, Curriculum, & Instruction of Social Science Education

This website supports SSE 4333/5331 with documents and links required for the completion of the course.

ePortfolio*******Chalk & Wire

The Social Science Education Program of the USF College of Education (COEDU) is a NCATE, FDOE, and NCSS approved program. For students to have the benefits of such a program, there are special assessment and reporting requirements that students and instructors must meet. A number of required COEDU courses (not courses in other colleges) will have assignments identified as Critical Tasks.   

The ONLY process by which you will meet the reporting requirements is the creation of an ePortfolio and you will be required to use the software Chalk and Wire. COEDU offers a full support system of seminars, e-mail inquiries, a walk-in help center, and phone assistance to assist you in learning the system and completing the ePortfolio, see http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/chalkandwire/index.htm.  Also, and most important, please review the SSE ePortfolio polices at http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/seced/SocialS/SSEePortfolio.htm so that your grade is not adversely affected as a result of your not meeting the mandatory deadlines. There are two critical tasks for SSE 4600/5641:

  1. SSE Program Standards Acknowledgement Form. [This is a different form from the Chalk and Wire Consent Form that you submit when setting up Chalk and Wire]. It must be submitted to your ePortfolio during the first week of classes. Please go to http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/chalkandwire/index.htm to learn the process by which you register for Chalk and Wire, create and ePortfolio, and submit this artifact.
  2. Unit Plan -Name this Artifact, SSE 4333 Unit Plan or 5331 Unit Plan. This is submitted contemporaneously by you at the time you submit your unit plan to the instructor. Th deadlines will be provided by your instructor.

Chalk and Wire Help

COEDU offers a full support system of seminars, e-mail inquiries, a walk-in help center, and phone assistance to assist you in learning the system and completing the ePortfolio, see http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/chalkandwire/index.htm.
If you have any questions about how to perform these tasks associated with Chalk and Wire, YOU NEED TO CONTACT THE Chalk and Wire OFFICE.

When you set up your ePortfolio, under Table of Contents Undergraduates will select

  • Social Science Education (B.S.)
  • MATs will select under Social Science Education (MAT)

Chalk and Wire Purchase

  • Purchase a Chalk and Wire License Online CHALK + WIRE
    Both the first time user and the renewal codes can be purchased on-line.

    1. Log on to the Bookstore
    2. Go to the BUY YOUR BOOKS ONLINE SECTION.
    3. Please select the correct Term and use Department EDF, Course 0000 and Section 000 to purchase Chalk and Wire
    4. You will be emailed the code if this is the only item you purchase, so for this transaction only purchase Chalk and Wire.
    5. You will be emailed the code within 48 hours (excluding weekends).
    6. If not received within 48 hours, call (813) 9745412 or (813) 9744712 or email, gmcqueen@admin.usf.edu

Documents for SSE 4333/5331

You should download the following documents and bring them to the 1st class meeting.

Lewis and Clark Expedition Statement of Goals

Lewis and Clark Expedition Class Notes

Assessment Rubric for Statement of Goals and Class Notes

Template for Statement of Goals and Classnotes

Standards for your Internet-Based Lesson Plan

 

Sunshine State Standards. The Florida State Sunshine State Standards were revised in 2008. For each there is a:

  1. Grade Level: K through 12
  2. Subject Area: (American History, etc.)
  3. Standard: (Historical Inquiry and Analysis, etc.)
  4. Benchmark Code: (SSKA1.1, etc.)
  5. Benchmark: (Develop an understanding of how to use and create a timeline)

When citing goals in a lesson plan to be achieved, all 5 should be cited.

Middle and High School Textbook Chapters for lesson planning by McDougal Littell for downloading in PDF form

• History Selection 1: The Americans (McDougal Littell), Chapter 5: Shaping a New Nation, pages 130 to 151 for a lesson on history.
• Government Selection 2: The Americans (McDougal Littell), Chapter 6: Launching a New Nation, pages 152 to 179, for a lesson on government.
• Geography Selection 3: World Geography (McDougal Littell), Chapter 4: Human Geography, Section 1, “The Elements of Culture,” pages 70 to 82, for a lesson on geography.
• Economics Selection 4: World Geography (McDougal Littell), Chapter 4: Human Geography, Section 5, “Economic Geography,” pages 91 to 98, for a lesson on economics

 

Text Books for SSE 4333/5331

The following textbooks are required and are available at the USF Bookstore.

Social Studies on the Internet (3rd Ed.) (M. Berson, B. Cruz, J. Duplass and H. Johnston). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Publishers, 2003. ISBN 0131108085.

Middle and High School Teaching: Methods, Standards, and Best Practices by James A. Duplass, Houghton Mifflin ©2006. This is a shrink-rapped, bundled book that should also include, the Educator's Guide to Classroom Assessment by Cooper, 2004 and Educator's Guide to Inclusion by Cooper, 2004 ISBN 0618-681043.

HMCO Website & Resources

for Middle and High School Teaching: Methods, Standards, and Best Practices

http://college.hmco.com/education/duplass/
middle_high/1e/students/index.html

There are multiple resources at the book's website at Houghton Mifflin (HMCO) that you will need for completion of the course. The password and directions to the HMCO website are located on page XVI of the "Student's Introduction" of the textbook.

At the HMCO website you will find the following which are necessary for SSE 4333/5331:

1. Web Links
All (almost 1000) of the websites and ERIC On-line Full Text documents included in the textbook are provided as clickable links. They are organized by Topic and in order of appearance in the text. In addition, at the end of each Topic, there are "Bonus Links" to additional websites and ERIC documents that were not included in the text.

2. Middle and High School Social Studies textbooks.

You will be required to download one of these PDF chapters of a social studies textbook for your lesson planning activities.

• History Selection 1: The Americans (McDougal Littell), Chapter 5: Shaping a New Nation, pages 130 to 151 for a lesson on history.
• Government Selection 2: The Americans (McDougal Littell), Chapter 6: Launching a New Nation, pages 152 to 179, for a lesson on government.
• Geography Selection 3: World Geography (McDougal Littell), Chapter 4: Human Geography, Section 1, “The Elements of Culture,” pages 70 to 82, for a lesson on geography.
• Economics Selection 4: World Geography (McDougal Littell), Chapter 4: Human Geography, Section 5, “Economic Geography,” pages 91 to 98, for a lesson on economics.

 

You should preview the entire HMCO website prior to the first class meeting. Other assignments for SSE 4333/5331 will also require you to retrieve information from the HMCO website.

SSE 4333/5331 Additional Links

 

American History

The Index of Resources to American History

http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/

American History Timeline

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/timeline.htm

Images from American Political History

http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/_browse.htm

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History

http://americanhistory.si.edu/

The National Achieves, Primary Resources

http://www.nara.org/

Innovative Teaching –The best American history resources –A Gateway site

http://surfaquarium.com/american.htm

Gateway to the U. S. Presidents

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/  

Gateway to U.S. Documents

http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

Gateway to Historical Sites

http://www.cr.nps.gov/

Native American History Achieve and Museum

http://www.plumsite.com/shea/history.html

African American Historical Text Archives

http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php?op=viewlink&cid=4

World History

Gateways to World History

http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html

Historical Text Archives

http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php  

The World History Archives –A Gateway site

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/

Historical Maps

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html

World History Timeline and Clickable people, events, & maps

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

http://eawc.evansville.edu/

National Inventor Hall of Fame by Inventor and Inventions

http://www.invent.org/book/index.html

History of Inventions

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexa.shtml

Gateway to All Art

http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/

10,000 World Art images on the Internet

http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/cgi-bin/home

A Gateway to Literary Classics

http://classics.mit.edu/

A Gateway to Music History

http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/music-history.htm

Primarily Student-Based & Lesson Plans

 

Economics

Definitions of Economic Concepts

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/K6goals.htm

Gateway to Major Economic Theories

http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/index.html

Economic Schools of Thought

http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/index.htm

Economic Resources for Teachers & Lesson Plans

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/teach.htm

The Foundation for Teaching Economics –Lesson Plans and resources

http://www.fte.org/

Calculations and Conversions of Money in today’s value

http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html

U.S. Treasury Department.

http://www.treas.gov/education.html

Lessons and Simulations

http://themint.org/

The Stock Market Game

http://www.smg2000.org/

Econed’s Complete List of Lesson Plans

http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/

Economics Lesson Plans

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/K-12/home.cfm

Money at the Federal Reserve

http://www.frbsf.org/federalreserve/money/index.html

http://www.capitalism.org/

Marxism

http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/marx.html

The CIA Factbook - Economic Profiles of all Countries

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Lessons and Simulations at the World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/

Web Site Resources: Geography Skills & Concepts

Geography

National Standards Related Lessons & Activities

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/standards/

U.S. Census Bureau Statistics

http://www.census.gov/

Geographic Terms

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/alpha.html

National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Blank Maps of countries and states

http://geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/

Greatest Places virtual field trips

http://www.greatestplaces.org/

Maps.Com has on line World Atlas and Maps

http://www.maps.com/explore/ & http://www.maps.com/learn/

Gateway to Geography Games

http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/games.html

Florida Alliance of almost 100 Lesson Plans

http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/lessonplans.html

Graphical Map Definitions

http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/

U.S. Census Date from 1790 to 1960

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/

The National Atlas allows you create maps based on crime, forest, etc.

http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/natlasstart.asp

Gateway to the 50 States

http://www.50states.com/

Library of Congress Map Collection from 1500 to 2000

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

The National Atlas of the United States

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

State and Capitols Games

http://www.scottforesman.com/resources/statescapitals/index.html

The University Texas Links and Extensive Collection of Maps

http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/resources/map_libs/map_libs.htm

The CIA Factbook

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Almost 200 “Globe” Images of Earth

http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm

Altepeida’s Map Collection

http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html

The Department of State’s Geography Site for Teachers and Students

http://geography.state.gov/htmls/statehome.html

Ancient Maps Gateway

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/Ancient%20Web%20Pages/Ancient1.html

Over 2500 live Cameras from Around the World

http://www.leonardsworlds.com/camera.html

 

U.S. Government

Avalon at Yale University has primary documents in Law History and Diplomacy

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

Gateway to Current Political Goings On's

http://www.politics1.com/

Gateway to news centers and reference information

http://www.polisci.com/

Gateways to Federal Agencies

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html

Civics Online

http://civics-online.org/

Bensguide to U. S Government

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Lesson Plans on Citizenship

http://www.civiced.org/lesson-plans.html

Constitution facts, puzzles etc.

http://www.constitutionfacts.com/

American National Patriotic Songs

http://www.scoutsongs.com/categories/patriotic.html

Government Documents

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/coredocs/index.html

U. S. Justice Department

http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/

The World Fact Book

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Amnesty International

http://www.amnesty.org/

Free Speech Around the world

http://www.indexonline.org/

Gateway to International Relations & Treaties

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html

Gateway to Human Rights Organizations

http://www.hrweb.org/

The United Nations

http://www.un.org/

 

ePortfolio

Critical Task

1.SSE Program Standards Acknowledgement Form
2. Unit Plan - Name this Artifact, SSE 4333 Unit Plan or 5331 Unit Plan

 

Directions for ePortfolio

Links

Course Topics

National Documents

 

The NCSS Themes of Social Studies

The NCSS Democratic Beliefs and Values

The NCSS Essentials of Social Studies Education

Civics and Government Standards

National Content Standards in Economics

National Geography Standards and Themes

National History Standards

Standards for Historical Thinking