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GCU ELM351 Week 1 Assignment 

TOPIC 1 STANDARDS BASED LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Teachers of social studies and the arts are challenged to develop standards-based curriculum that integrates current local and global issues into instruction. Doing so engages students in applying content knowledge to real-world problems. To develop a standards-based curriculum, educators must first research grade-level specific state academic standards for social studies in order to align learning objectives with required learning standards.

The Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels are an extension of the Know, Understand, and Do guidelines and activate complexity in thinking, rather than just focusing on content.

There are four levels that allow students to engage with content in various ways:

• Recall and Reproduction
• Skills and Concepts/Basic Reasoning
• Strategic Thinking/Complex Reasoning
• Extended Thinking/Reasoning

Use the “Unwrapping  the Standards” template to complete this assignment.

Part 1: Video Evaluation

View a social studies activity video segment found in the Topic Materials. In 250-500 words, reflect on the following:

• Has the teacher modeled academic language and critical thinking skills while addressing social studies standards and current events?  Provide examples for why or why not.
• What questioning strategies does the teacher incorporate into social studies instruction to increase students’ critical thinking skills and depth of knowledge?

Part 2: Writing Learning Objectives

Using the standards from your state, select one social studies standard and one art standard. Write one measurable learning objective to the standards for each DOK level using “Students will be able to” language.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

GCU ELM351 Week 2 Assignment 

TOPIC 2 INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

Utilizing resources and media to make meaningful connections to social studies content within lessons helps teachers to engage their students. Surveying and analyzing potential technology resources that integrate real-life application in the social studies classroom is vital for today’s fast-moving classroom. With a technology-based resource list, teachers are well equipped with tools to engage students and allow them to work both independently and collaboratively.

Review your state’s social studies academic standards specific to state history and geography.

Create a 10-15 slide digital presentation for an audience of your fellow educators  that showcases integrating media, resources, and technology into social studies curriculum specific to your state’s history and geography standards. Identify a minimum of five technology resources, one of which should integrate the arts into the content.

Your presentation should include:

• Link to your state’s history and geography standards.
• Description of each technology resource and how it works.
• A specific learning activity for each technology resource that demonstrates scaffolded instruction of the standards identified.
• Explanation of how the technology resource engages students and allows them to work independently and collaboratively.
• Real-world application of the standards that is promoted by the technology resource.
• Title page, presenter’s notes, and reference page.

Digital presentation should include graphics that are relevant to the content, visually appealing, and use space appropriately.

Support your findings with 2-3 scholarly resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

GCU ELM351 Week 3 Assignment 

TOPIC 3 AMERICAN HISTORY QUESTIONS

Every day, teachers are challenged to engage their students in meaningful conversations that prompt critical thinking. The purpose of this assignment is to address the varying levels of knowledge and skill building that occur during these vital conversations.

Part 1: Standards-Based Questions

Select one K-8 grade level and identify two American history standards for your state. Complete the “American History Questions Chart” by developing a lesson outline that includes standards-based questions that promote

Part 2: Rationale

Write a 250-500 word rationale explaining how the questions you have developed model and teach respectful communication skills within standards-based social studies instruction. How do the questions increase students’ critical thinking and depth of knowledge? Why it is important to pre-plan critical thinking questions?

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

GCU ELM351 Week 4 Assignment 

ELM 351 TOPIC 4 WORLD HISTORY LESSON PLAN

 

Designing social studies instruction that integrates the arts provides a unique opportunity to align content standards to more creative demonstrations of knowledge and skills. Designing robust, standards-based lesson plans that practice this integration helps teachers to become well-versed in their content area. In addition, lessons that integrate technology provide opportunities for teachers to introduce real-world applications into social studies instruction.

Select a grade level 1-8 world history standard and an arts standard. Using the “Class Profile” and the “COE Lesson Plan Template,” write a complete lesson plan that includes:

• Classroom and Student Factors/Grouping: Use the “Class Profile” to inform this section, and to differentiate for the needs of students throughout the lesson plan.
• National/State Learning Standards: Identify one world history standard and one arts standard for your selected grade level.
• Specific Learning Target(s)/Objectives: Create at least one specific learning objective that includes both standards.
• Academic Language: List relevant academic language and how it will be modeled.
• Resources, Materials, Equipment, and Technology: Incorporate  at least one media or technology resource that supports real-world applications and scaffolding of social studies standards-based instruction.
• Multiple Means of Representation: Explain how knowledge and skills will be presented, and how the selected technology supports real-world applications and scaffolding of social studies standards-based instruction.
• Multiple Means of Engagement: Include at least one learning activity that utilized a technology resource to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Multiple Means of Expression: Formative assessments are designed to provide data on student performance for monitoring and adjusting instruction, and provide students feedback so they can evaluate and adjust their own learning. Summative assessment is comprehensive and cohesive in form and function.

In a 100-250 word reflection, explain how your selected instructional strategies help to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills and meet the needs of all students.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

GCU ELM351 Week 5 Assignment

TOPIC 5 COLLABORATIVE LEARNING SMALL GROUPS

Collaborative learning in the social studies classroom helps to encourage communication, teamwork, and provides the opportunity for students to learn from one another. Teachers who plan engaging collaborative activities for their students provide a variety of learning opportunities and choice centered, many times, on the same academic standards and content.

Complete the “Collaborative Learning Activity Template.”

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

GCU ELM351 Week 6 Assignment

TOPIC 6 CIVICS/GOVERNMENT LESSON PLAN

Differentiating instruction is vital to the individual growth of students. Social studies instruction provides students with opportunities to display knowledge and skills in multiple ways, including through the arts. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a group of diverse students and design a standards-based lesson plan that meets the needs of all students while incorporating student experiences, cultures, and communities into instruction.

Select an upper elementary (5-8) grade level and at least one social studies standard related to civics or government and one arts standard. Using the “COE Lesson Plan Template,” write a complete lesson plan that is aligned to the standard you chose .

Include the following in your lesson plan:

• Classroom and Student Factors/Grouping: Based on your Clinical Field Experience class, describe the class and student factors that affect instructional planning. Use this information to differentiate for the needs of students throughout the lesson plan.
• National/State Learning Standards: Identify one world history and one arts standard for your selected grade level.
• Specific Learning Target(s)/Objectives: Create at least one specific learning objective that is aligned to both standards.
• Academic Language: List relevant academic language and how it will be modeled.
• Resources, Materials, Equipment, and Technology: Describe resources required for the lesson, including media or technology that can be used for differentiation and that supports real-world application.
• Multiple Means of Representation: Explain how content will be presented to meet the needs of all students.
• Multiple Means of Engagement: Include at least one learning activity that enhances student learning within standards-based social studies instruction.
• Multiple Means of Expression: Describe formative and summative assessments that enhance student learning within standards-based social studies instruction.

In a 100-250 word reflection, explain how your differentiated instructional strategies integrate technology and incorporate student experiences, culture, and communities through real-world application.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

GCU ELM351 Week 7 Assignment 

TOPIC 7 BENCHMARK – SOCIAL STUDIES AND THE ARTS UNIT PLAN

Social studies instruction, when properly planned and implemented, can promote responsible citizenship in elementary students. In a culturally diverse democratic society, it is important for students to make informed decisions in order to be good citizens in our interdependent world.

For this assignment, you will use the “Unit Plan Template” to create a five-lesson unit designed for the students in your clinical field experience class. Identify a K-8 grade level, 1-2 social studies standards, and at least one arts standard as the focus of your unit plan. You may adapt any previous assignments in the creation of this unit plan.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies [and professional standards]:

BS in Elementary Education

BS in Elementary Education and Special Education

BS in Elementary Education with an Emphasis in English as a Second Language

BS in Elementary Education with an Emphasis in STEM

BS in Elementary Education with an Emphasis in Teaching Reading

COE 1.4

Promote responsible student use of active technologies to collaborate in positive face?to?face and virtual local and global environments through applying effective interpersonal communication skills. [ACEI 1.0; CEC 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, ICSI.5.K3, ICSI.5.S7, ICSI.5.S19, IGC.5.S25; InTASC 3(b), 3(g), 3(h), 3(m), 3(n), 3(o); ISTE?T 4a, 4c; GCU Mission Critical 1, 4, 5]

COE 2.4

Use the major concepts and modes of inquiry from the social studies and other related areas to promote elementary students’ abilities to make informed decisions as citizens of a culturally diverse democratic society and interdependent world. [ACEI 2.4; CEC 2.1, 3.1, ICSI.1.K5, ICSI.1.K6, ICSI.1.K15, ICSI.2.K7, ICSI.2.K8, ICSI.2.S1; InTASC 4(b), 4(m), 4(o), 4(p) 5(g); GCU Mission Critical 2, 5]

COE 2.5

Use—as appropriate to their own understanding and skills—the content, functions, and achievements of the performing and the visual arts as primary media for communication, inquiry, and engagement among elementary students. [ACEI 2.5; CEC 3.2, ICSI.5.S19; InTASC 5(e), 5(n), 8(h), 8(m), 8(q); GCU Mission Critical 1, 2]

 

 

GCU ELM351 Week 8 Assignment 

TOPIC 8 UNIT FIELD TRIP

Providing students with real-world experiences tied to the academic content they learn within the classroom is priceless. Teachers will be asked to seek out local opportunities to bridge content understanding, and planning such occasions is imperative.

Based on your completed benchmark assignment, plan a field trip (virtual or in-person) to provide students with a real-world experience related to the content learned (i.e., museums, plays, art galleries, etc.)

In 500-750 words, outline the following about your field trip:

• At least one social studies standard and one arts standard, and at least two standards-based objectives that will be met on the field trip
• Location of field trip and summary of learning in which students will be engaged
• Explanation of how the field trip will guide students in analyzing real-world issues or situations
• Description of digital tools or resources that can be incorporated into the design of the field trip
• A project -based post-field trip learning experience that incorporates cross-disciplinary perspectives, knowledge, and skills
• Rationale  for how the field trip enhances the unit plan by developing students’ critical thinking and content-area skills

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.