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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Overview and Rationale
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Overview and Rationale

• Use data to make decisions about
   the effectiveness of social studies  curriculum,
  instruction, and  assessment, and
  their alignment.
• Identify common or similar TEKS in  Grade 8,
  World Geography Studies,  and World History
  Studies.

World History and World Geography Goals
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Overview and Rationale

• Compare the common/similar TEKS for  Grade 8,
  World Geography Studies, and  World History
  Studies to the TAAS II  objectives.
• Identify characteristics of effective
   curriculum, instruction, and assessment,  as
  well as characteristics of the  effective
  alignment of these three  elements of an
  instructional system.

World History and World Geography Goals
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Overview and Rationale

•  Outline strategies to help students  master TEKS
  that might be included in  the TAAS II social
  studies  examinations.
• Develop an example of an instructional  sequence
  that focuses on both the  common TEKS for World
  History and  World Geography and the TAAS II
   objectives.

World History and World Geography Goals
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• How do you make decisions about the
  effectiveness of curriculum, instruction, and
  assessment in your classroom?

Making Decisions Using Data
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• What role does experience play in  your
  decisions?
• What role does research play in  your decisions?
• What role does data play in your  decisions?

Making Decisions Using Data
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• You worked through the Data  Driven Decision-Maki
  ng  TEKS Tool?
• What data sources would you  use now?

Remember when...
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• We will examine U. S. History End- of-Course
  Exam, TAAS, and TAAS  II Objectives and determine
  their  relationships to the Social Studies  TEKS.

Overview
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Read through the TEKS for World  Geography
  Studies and World  History Studies.
• Make a list of those TEKS that are  common or
  similar for the World  Geography Studies and the
  World  History Studies courses.

Examining the TEKS
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Now read through the TEKS for Grade 8  U.S.
  History. Are there any TEKS in this  course that
  are also similar to those  shared by World
  Geography Studies  and World History Studies?

Examining the TEKS
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Compare your results with those of your
   colleagues.
• What common/similar TEKS did you  find?
• What does this mean for curriculum?

Examining the TEKS
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Examine the TAAS II objectives.
• Around what themes or concepts  do the TEKS
  intersect with the  TAAS II objectives?

Looking at TAAS II Objectives
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Relating TEKS and TAAS

•  What themes, topics, and concepts  must be
  included in the curriculum to  prepare students
  for the TAAS II exam?
• What skills must be included in the  curriculum
  to prepare students for the  TAAS II exam?

Intersection of the common/similar TEKS with the
TAAS II objectives
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• What knowledge is a necessary  prerequisite for
  students to learn  the curriculum?
• What skills are a necessary  prerequisite for
  students to learn  the curriculum?

Looking Back
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• When do students learn the prerequisite
   knowledge and skills?
• Select a topic at the intersection of the  TEKS
  and the TAAS II objectives.
• Search for prerequisite knowledge and  skills
  across the grades.

Treasure Hunt
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• In which grade levels were  prerequisite knowledg
  e and skills  found?
• What does this suggest about the  importance of
  the social studies  curriculum in the elementary
  and  middle grades?

The Importance of a K-12 Social Studies Curriculum
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Curriculum is like a skyscraper.
It takes a solid foundation to reach the highest
levels.
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• What are indicators of effective  curriculum?
• What are indicators of effective  instruction?
• What are indicators of effective  assessment?

Effective Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Why is it necessary to look at  curriculum,
  instruction, and  assessment together?

A Look at the Big Picture
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• What criteria would you use  to evaluate a C-I-A
  system?
• Make a list.

Evaluating C-I-A
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Curriculum is TEKS based.
• Instructional strategies are appropriate  to the
  type of knowledge or skills being  taught.
• Assessment is frequent and is  performance
  based.
• Curriculum, instruction, and  assessment are
  tightly coupled.

Sample Criteria
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Using your criteria, evaluate the two  examples
  of the teachers  performances in Whats
  Wrong with  this Picture?
• Which was the better of the two?    Why?

Evaluating Examples
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Examine the lesson A Tiny Flea is  a World
  Affair.
• Use your criteria for effective  curriculum,
  instruction, and  assessment to determine what
   you like about the lesson and  what you would
  change.

Examining a Lesson
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Using the Texas Social  Studies Framework K-12
• Using the Texas Social  Studies Toolkit (CD ROM)
• Social Studies Center Website

Filling in the Gaps
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• SSC TEKS Tools
• PDAS
• Five Models of Staff  Development

Filling in the Gaps
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Stage 1 Identify desired results of
   instruction.
• Stage 2 Determine evidence to judge  whether
  results were achieved and how  well they were
  achieved.
• Stage 3 Plan learning experiences and
   instruction.
• Stage 4 Evaluate the system and use  the
  results to plan improvements.

Constructing Examples of a C-I-A System
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TEKS Tool World History and World Geography
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• What do you need to do in your  room,  your
  school, your district?
• How will you accomplish your  work?
• What resources do you need?
• What is your schedule?

Planning Your Work
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A Social Studies Compass Setting Directions for
Success
Data Driven Decisions
Collaboration
Active Learning
Evaluation of Programs
TEKS Based Curriculum
Student Success
TAAS Objectives Across the Grades
Appropriate Staff Development
Well-aligned Assessments
Effective Learning Designs
Relevant Applications
Appropriate Strategies
Real World Experiences