Mr. Ambrose’s
6th Social Studies Class: 2002-2003
LIFE
IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA :
A Survey of
“Everyday Life” in Central and South America. .
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The formula is simple: L = TBC |
LEARNING = |
THINKING and
Background Info. |
BUILDING Knowledge & Concepts
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COMMUNICATING What Has Been Learned |
Part 1. Thinking
and Background Information:
1. IDENTIFY PROBLEMS to be Solved: A whole-class
CrossTalk to identify problems to be solved.
- Team 6-4 must create virtual field trips to
locations within Central and South America
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2.
BACKGROUND: One week of Direct Instruction by the teacher. Worksheets, skill development, _notes from text, and vocabulary assignments by the
student..... with quizzes, etc.(Students usually work by
themselves.)
- Physical Geography of the Central and South
America:
1.
Overview-vocabulary
2.
Region
by Region (Text p.107-115)
3.
Central
America and Caribbean Countries 4.
South American Countries
- Government and Economy: (Text 123-130; 145-149; 164-171)
- Real World Snapshot:–Current status, problems,
potential future
3.
FTE CERTIFICATION: (required for each student and
coop group in order to become FTE’s (Field Trip Experts):
1. Geog Quiz
(G) 2. Country Quiz (S) (retakes of Country
Quiz at end of Part 2 –below—for those students who need
quiz)
3. Economics Quiz (S) 4. Government Quiz (G)
Part 2. Building Knowledge and
Concepts:
1. THE STUDENTS BECOME EXPERTS: The students are problem solvers who research, work
at Print Media Stations and Educational Technology Stations in order to get
information and data which they think about, rebuild into a personal library of
information and personal experiences.
udents relate the details
they find during their research to the concepts introduced (in Part 1) and
thereby develop a deeper understanding of those concepts.
2. LIFE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA: —“BUILDING KNOWELDGE”
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Field
Trip Assignments:
Field
Trip Assignments will be jointly created by Teacher and FTE ‘s.
Each FTE shall research and prepare for its specific Field
Trip Assignment. Research findings
and related resources shall be stored the FTE’s
notebook or folder on the Team 6-4 Intranet.
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WHO
IS BEING VISITED |
EXACTLY
WHERE |
JOBS-CHORES |
HOUSING
-FOOD |
RECREATION-CUSTOMS |
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Invent 3 or 4 adults
and 1 child. They must
have names and must be related to each other. |
Where in the
world? Where in the
Country? Where locally? What kinds of transportation used?- |
Adults must have
jobs. Child must have
chores and perhaps some form of schooling |
What of living
quarters, resources, styles?
What kinds of foods?
Where cooked? |
Sports, holidays,
customs, free time use, pop culture, national traditions, etc. |
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Resources
and Research Rotations:
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#1 PRINT MEDIA 1. Textbook p.107-177 |
#2 NATIONAL GEO MAPS 1. LOTS
of info can be found on the laminated National Geographic Maps. |
#3 MAPMAKER’S TOOLKIT 1. Use
the tools and resources in Mapmaker’s Toolkit to create an accurate,
informative map which shows both exact location and location in relation to
big cities or the capital of the country you are researching. 2. Make
your map easy to read 3. Store
it in your FTE ‘s folder on the Team 6-4 Intranet. |
#4 INTERNET RESEARCH 1.
Go to the SOCIAL STUDIES PLACE
web site (choose “6th
Grade Social Studies )
and follow the leads. The
most useful sites are there waiting for you. 2. Be
sure to use the Research Companion (available on-line) to help you take
“Internet Notes” |
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#5 SPECIAL |
#6 CROSS COUNTRY USA 1. Take a
class period and play this game.. It
will continue to teach you US Geography. Who is the best driver in your FTE ? |
#7 SMALL BLUE
PLANET 1. Capture some screen
shots of the various landmarks at your Field Trip site. 2.
. Change the screen shots into Gif’s or Jpg’s and store them in
your FTE ‘s folder on the Team 6-4 Intranet. |
#8 WALKING “QUIZ” 1.This
study activity will help you prepare for the Country Map Quiz ..if you must
re-take or s to re-take and raise your grade earned on the first
Country Map Quiz 2.
Re-Take of Country Quiz |
3. THE STUDENTS REFLECT on the information they have found; they re-sequence
the information and re-think it. Small group discussions, study groups,
collaborative On-Line discussions (The TALKING PLACE), and interactive quizzes
provide opportunities to refine learning and build understanding.
Each student must
contribute to the discussion for
this Unit found at The Talking Place on-line.
4. THE TEACHER MANAGES all these opportunities for students to explore and to build knowledge and concepts.
Each FTE show and discuss with the Teacher the research and resources it has created.
Part 3. Communicating
What Has Been Learned:
1. THE EXPERTS CERTIFY THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS: The students respond to test questions and test
activities in order to certify their knowledge of details and understanding of
concepts.
· Team 6-4 “Vocabulary
Specialists”:
2. THE WORKSHOP: STUDENTS PREPARE TO TEACH: The
students create multi-media presentations in which they demonstrate through
informative cross-teaching, the quality of their knowledge of details and
understanding of concepts.
3 LIFE IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTH AMERICA: —“COMMUNICATING
WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED” TEST, WORKSHOP
AND TEACHING - PRESENTATION
ROTATIONS
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JOB # 1. PREPARE
FOR PRESENTATION: Use the
research notes and resources created to prepare for a presentation of your
Field Trip findings. |
JOB # 2. PRESENTATION 1.
(one
of the following ) (1) A Hyperstudio Stack presentation (2) a Bluescreen
Virtual Reality Interview or Dramatic Skit or (3) a Music Video. 2. This is actually your TEST on
the Unit 3. You will each receive a Geog
Vocab Grade and an Presentation Grad |
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JOB # 3. EVALUATION
PANEL (G) 1. Each FTE will serve as an Evaluation Panel
and use the Blue Screen Presentation Rubric to score the
“performance” of another FTE’s. Each FTE
may be asked to
serve as an advisory panel to help evaluate HyperStudio or Music Video
Presentations. |
JOB # 4. . VIEW
Finished Vocabulary Movie (W) 1.Watch
and learn from finished movie. |
TEST SCORECARD: (Geog SCORE) _______(Presentation SCORE)___________
