Elementary Social Studies Leadership Council

1. Elementary Social Studies Leadership Council November 5, 2008 Marbrook Elementary

2. Old Business • DSTP • Distribution of Materials (Economics Books, Geography K-3 &4-5, DRC Pilot and Visit) • Textbook lists • Surveys from 09/22/08 • www.rcsocialstudies.edublogs.org

3. New Business • Opportunities for Council Members • February 5th, DSTP review at DOE with J. Qvarnstrom • Economics in FUNdamental – February 18th for Grades 4-5 • Economics for Kids – Kindergarten • Democracy Project

4. New Business • Secondary Social Studies Projects and Activities • TQE • University of Delaware Partnership

5. New Business • Materials • Declaration of Independence and Constitution copies courtesy of DSEA

6. Information Activity • DSTP 101

7. DSTP 101 What does the DSTP in Social Studies look like? How can we better prepare our students for the DSTP? Rebecca N. Reed

8. 68 Total Points Equal Among 4 Content Areas 17 Points in Each Content 2 Multiple Choice and 1 Short Answer per Benchmark

9. You’re right!!!!! That doesn’t add up to 17. An additional multiple choice usually for the first content standard is added.

10. What about History Standard 4? This standard is not assessed, but knowledge of the content should be demonstrated in student answers.

11. SOCIAL STUDIES GROUP SUMMARY REPORT

12. SOCIAL STUDIES GROUP SUMMARY REPORT

13. What else are students expected to know to be successful on this test? Any word used in the end of grade cluster benchmark is “legal” language to use.

14. Multiple Choice Questions Have: • 4 choices (A, B, C, D) • Plausible distracters • Parallel construction • Free of clueing and bias

15. History Standard #2 Grade K-3 cluster Students will use artifacts and documents to gather information about the past.

16. Archaeologists digging in the remains of a Native American village have discovered the following artifacts: • a buffalo bone • a bone fish hook • ashes from a fire • wild grain seeds Which artifact would not have been found in Delaware? A

17. Archaeologists digging in the remains of a Native American village have discovered the following artifacts: • a buffalo bone • a bone fish hook • ashes from a fire • wild grain seeds Which artifact indicates that the people who lived in this area made and used tools? B

18. Civics Standard #3 Grade 4-5b cluster Students will apply the protections guaranteed in the Bill of Rights to an analysis of everyday situations.

19. * NEWS * * NEWS * Government Policies Lead to More People Living in Poverty • The Bill of Rights allows a government official • to respond to this headline by--- • arresting the publisher of the newspaper. • closing down the newspaper. • demanding that the newspaper print a new headline. • writing a letter of protest to the editor. Answer: D

20. History Standard #2 Grade 4-5a cluster Students will identify artifacts and documents as either primary or secondary sources of historical data from which historical accounts are constructed.

21. “Almost every family manufactured their own clothes. They ate their own beef, pork and poultry along with wild game, fruits, and butter and cheese of their own making, and they grew wheat and corn enough for their own needs.” Thomas Rodney, writing in 1790 about life in Delaware before the French and Indian War • Which historical conclusion most likely used this primary source as evidence? • Colonial families ate more vegetables than meat. • The colonials always had plenty of food to eat. • Colonial families were mostly self-sufficient. • The colonials wore clothing in the latest styles.

22. Short Answer or Constructed Response: • Open Ended • Answer and Application • Evidence, Example or Explanation • 0, 1, 2 Grading Scale

23. This sign appeared outside of a movie theater: No Food or Drinks May Be Brought In From the Outside What other rule should be found at the movie theater? Explain your answer.

24. Civics Standard #2 Grade 4-5b cluster Students will understand that a society based on the ideal of individual liberty requires a commitment on the part of its citizens to personal civility.

25. 2- This response gives a valid rule with an accurate and relevant explanation. 1- This response gives a valid rule with an inaccurate, irrelevant, or no explanation. 0- Inaccurate response.

26. rule explanation rule explanation 2- This response gives a valid _________ with an accurate and relevant ___________. 1- This response gives a valid _________ with an inaccurate, irrelevant, or no __________. 0- Inaccurate response.

27. This sign appeared outside of a movie theater: No Food or Drinks May Be Brought In From the Outside What other rule should be found at the movie theater? Explain your answer.

28. Another rule would be no cell phones. Cell phones ring and people can’t hear the movie. Score of 2

29. People should stay in their seats during the movie and not get up before the credits. Score of 1

30. I like to go to the movies with my sister. Score of 0

31. North and South America Paper Milk Tin Sugar Cocoa Beans Tin Cocoa Beans Hershey’s How might the chocolate industry help improve the economies of foreign countries? Explain your answer with evidence from the map.

32. Where to go from here: • Look for charts, graphs, maps, quotes, etc. • Expose students to the types of questions: MC or CR • Use standards and key benchmark terms

33. Closing • Next meeting date? • Distribution of extra materials for grades 4-5