ICE 458CIE 658: Teaching Elementary School Social Studies

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ICE 458/CIE 658Teaching Elementary School
Social Studies
Learning Centers

• Christy Keeler, Ph.D.

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What activities are conducive to use in social
studies learning centers?
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Daily Objectives

• Students identify available instructional
  materials for use in elementary-level social
  studies classrooms.
• Students make informed judgments about the
  quality of social studies materials for use in
  their individual classrooms.
• Students design learning centers for
  elementary-level classrooms that enhance social
  studies content learning.

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Daily Outline

• Question-of-the-Day
• Opening
• Social Studies Learning Centers
• Group Discussion Learning Centers
• Closing

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Learning Centers

• Box City
• Computer Station SeaWorld Tycoon and GeoBee
• Conquering Cartography Draw South America
• Puzzles (World and USA)
• Leapster America Rocks and Dora the Explorer
• Monopoly Junior
• Practice Boards (USA and Africa) and SmartGlobe
• Contour Maps

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Separation Game
Choose a social studies-themed team name.
Write your team name and team members names
on the board.
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Learning Centers

• Box City
• Computer Station SeaWorld Tycoon and GeoBee
• Conquering Cartography Draw South America
• Puzzles (World and USA)
• Leapster America Rocks and Dora the Explorer
• Monopoly Junior
• Practice Boards (USA and Africa) and SmartGlobe
• Contour Maps

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Discussion Social Studies Learning Centers
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Daily Objectives

• Students identify available instructional
  materials for use in elementary-level social
  studies classrooms.
• Students make informed judgments about the
  quality of social studies materials for use in
  their individual classrooms.
• Students design learning centers for
  elementary-level classrooms that enhance social
  studies content learning.

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Daily Outline

• Question-of-the-Day
• Opening
• Social Studies Learning Centers
• Group Discussion Learning Centers
• Closing

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For Next Session

• Reading and Synopses/Syntheses
• Patty Reeds Doll, pp. 1-80
• Audio availability
• Due 10/10 or 10/12

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ICE 458/CIE 658Teaching Elementary School
Social Studies
See you next session!

• Christy Keeler, Ph.D.