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Crossroads: Ideas for Thematic Teaching

Crossroads: Ideas for Thematic Teaching. Kelly McKee Lake Forest High School kmckee@lfschools.net. Overview of Presentation. Common Core 10 NCSS Themes China First! Four “P” Themes Classroom Application. Let’s begin…. One Minute Essay!. Common Core. One Minute Essay!.

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Crossroads: Ideas for Thematic Teaching

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  1. Crossroads: Ideas for Thematic Teaching Kelly McKee Lake Forest High School kmckee@lfschools.net

  2. Overview of Presentation • Common Core • 10 NCSS Themes • China First! • Four “P” Themes • Classroom Application

  3. Let’s begin…. • One Minute Essay!

  4. Common Core

  5. One Minute Essay! • What does Common Core mean to you and your students? • How has Common Core changed your teaching?

  6. http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RH/9-10

  7. 10 NCSS Themes • Culture 2. Time, Continuity and Change 3. People, Places and Environment 4. Individual Development and Identity 5. Individuals, Groups and Institutions

  8. 10 NCSS Themes • Power, Authority and Governance 7. Production, Distribution and Consumption 8. Science, Technology and Society 9. Global Connections 10. Civic Ideals and Practices

  9. 10 NCSS Themes Application of NCSS Themes to the Ancient Crossroads exhibition….. ?

  10. Selecting Themes • Everyday Life • Power and Glory • Influence and Innovation

  11. The Four “P” Themes • Progress • Power • Population • Poverty

  12. C H I N A F I R S T

  13. MING to MAO! Zhu Yuanzhang – Hongwu Emperor Mao Zedong

  14. CHINA FIRST! MING (1368-1644) QING (1644 – 1911) REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1911-1949) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1949-Present Day)

  15. MING DYNASTY Global Events?

  16. Forbidden City

  17. Great Wall

  18. Columbus

  19. Constantinople 1453

  20. Elizabeth and Akbar

  21. Martin Luther

  22. Mayflower

  23. MAKING CONNECTIONS

  24. Taiping Rebellion 1850-1864 • Emancipation of serfs in Russia • U.S. Civil War • Colonial conquest of Africa • Unification of Italy and Germany • Perry arrives in Japan • Meiji Restoration in Japan • Sepoy Mutiny in India • French conquest Indochina

  25. The Learning Process What instructional strategies most impact student learning? Robert J. Marzano“Classroom Instruction that Works: Research Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement”

  26. The Learning Process -Question, Cues and Advance Organizers -Identifying similarities and differences -Summarizing and note taking -Setting objectives and providing feedback -Homework and Practice -Nonlinguistic Representations -Cooperative learning -Generating and testing hypotheses

  27. The Learning Process Identifying similarities and differences = 45% Summarizing and note taking = 34% Homework and Practice = 23% Nonlinguistic representations = 27% Cooperative learning = 27% Setting Objectives and providing feedback=23% Generating and testing hypotheses = 23% Questions, cues and advance organizers=22%

  28. Classroom Application

  29. Board Games!

  30. Monologues

  31. Commonplace Book

  32. Commonplace Book • Thematic Application • Finding Common Ground… • PAST • PRESENT • FUTURE

  33. Commonplace Visual Book • Four ‘P’ Themes + Global Context • Thematic approach across regions and eras • Past-Present-Future • Indentifying similarities and differences • Visit to the Art Institute • Promoting Visual Literacy • Selecting objects at the museum • Student Voice • Cooperative Learning

  34. Commonplace Art Talk • Is this Common Core curriculum?

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