Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter

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American Revolution/Primary SourcesWeek Three
A CCSD Teaching American History Grant Module
Facilitator Sharon L. Carter Content Scholars
Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley,
Ph.D. Content Pedagogy Scholar Christy G.
Keeler, Ph.D.
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Instructions

• Sit in your grade level section
• Get in a group of 4 with people you do not know
• Share all foldables within your group

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Agenda

• Small Group Sharing Foldables
• Whole Group Discussion Content and Foldables
• Content Lecture and Analysis
• Break video documentary
• Presentation and Analysis Artifacts of the
  Revolution
• Lecture Integrated Social Studies Unit
  Planning
• Closing
• Group Work Unit Planning

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Discussion and Content Presentation

• Presented by
• Dr. Michael Green
• and
• Dr. DeAnna Beachley

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Break and Video Documentary
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Special Presentation

• Artifacts of the Revolution
• Presented by
• Jeff Hinton

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Pedagogy Presentation

• Integrated Social Studies Unit Planning

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Unit Planning

• Logically sequenced, integrated content
• Aligning with curricular standards
• Using available resources
• Textbooks
• Tradebooks
• Primary sources
• Technologies
• Appealing to multiple learning styles
• Engaging events of instruction

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Engaging Activities

• Inquiry
• Project-Based Learning
• Audio/Video
• Games/Challenges
• Presenters
• Field Trips
• Simulations

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Unit Plan

• Unit Planning Template

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Unit Plan Example
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Unit Plan Example
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Assignments

• This week
• Unit plan
• Read Using Primary Sources in the Classroom (pp.
  4-18, 170-172)
• Listen to 3 podcasts (Speaking of History,
  Colonial Williamsburg, TAH Podcast)
• Next week
• Unit plan
• Listen to podcasts (Green lecture, Great Moments
  in History X 2)
• Week 4 Post
• Week 4 Response
• Optional Teaching with Documents

• Final Week
• Post unit plan
• Week 5 post
• Attend unit plan tour
• Week 5 critique
• Post-assessment and survey

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Group Work

• Sign-up for Unit Planning Group
• Unit Planning

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American Revolution/Primary Sources
A CCSD Teaching American History Grant Module
Facilitator Sharon L. Carter (on
InterAct) Content Scholars Michael S. Green,
Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. (on
InterAct) Content Pedagogy Scholar Christy G.
Keeler, Ph.D. (702.577-2331, christy_at_keelers.com)