Social Science CofO

P.I.E.S

Positive Interdependence

Individual Accountability

Equal Participation

Simultaneous Interactions

Group Work

Working with one goal in mind

Cooperative Learning

Knowledgeable other informing group of information

Verbal Linguistic

Word Smart

Enjoy encoding and decoding language

Reading, writing, speaking, listening

ABC’s

Logical Mathematical

Logic Smart

Enjoys riddles, puzzles, problems

Patterns, numbers, relationships

Visual Spatial (Application)

Art Smart

Drawing, arranging, organizing

Art, drama, graphic design

Bodily Kinethetic

Body Smart

Physical movement

meaningful movement

Musical Rhythmic

Music smart

enjoy rhythm/sound

poetry, music, band

What is a class vision

Words

sentence

choice

collaborate

refine

Creating a learning Community

1. Determine goals

2. Create Physical Space 

3. Establish rules, norms and procedures

4. Create and publish vision

Functions of a Class Meeting

1. Announcements

2. mutual support

3. solve problems

4. improve class

5. plan events

6. regular time

7. Predetermined agenda

8. student planning

9. begin positive, work end positive

Horizontal Learning

Self-World

Spiral Learning

Doing same content but each year adds a little more

How would you explain Social Studies to a third grader

Social studies is the ability to understand the world and peoples choices/actions that got us to where we are today

Strands

Anthropology 

Economics

History

Geography 

Political Science

Sociology 

Anthropoplogy

Physical

Cultural

Economics

Production

Distribution

exchange

consumption

History

How people lived in the past

Geography

The study of the world around us 

Landmarks/Locations

Political Science

Civics

Sociology

The study of humans and how they interact with each other