Schedule

Week/ Topic	Blog/Homework Assignments
March 19th & 21 Chapter 8-Planning Units, Lessons, and Activities -Developing Teachers Knowledge and Purpose -Planning the Unit -Teaching the Unit -Planning Lessons within Units -Five Ways to Enrich any Unit
March 26 & 28 Chapter 9-Five Great Teaching Strategies -Strategy 1 through 5 Concepts, Inquiry, Social Studies Skills, Good Questions, Cooperative Learning Groups	*3/28 Phase 3 due
April 2 & 4 Chapter 11-Social Studies as the Integrating Core -Curriculum Integration -Example 1: Composing Cooperative Biographies -Example 2: Understanding Living Things -Understanding the Two Examples
April 9& 11 Chapter 12-Four Great Resources -School Media/Resource Center -Community Resources - Computer Resources -Textbook	*4/11 Phase 4 due
April 16 & 18 Chapter 7-Assessing Student Learning Purpose of Assessment Principles of Assessment Methods	*Unit Revisions (observation of teaching 1 lesson in practicum)
April 23 & 25 Chapter 10-The Literacy Social Studies Connection Literacy and Content Area Learning Textbooks as Study Aids Interpretive Discussion Trade Books for Multiple Perspectives	*Unit Revisions (observation of teaching 1 lesson in practicum)