Zarrillo Chapter 9 Integrated Curriculum

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Zarrillo Chapter 9 Integrated Curriculum

• The Benefits
• Students who are engaged more
• Excited about learning
• More often will explore further on their own
• The Concepts
• Language Arts
• Performing Arts
• Visual Arts

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The Language Arts

• Teaching children to
• Read
• Reading textbook
• Speak
• Oral Presentation
• Listen
• Guest Speakers
• Write
• Journal

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Studies
Textbooks

• Advantages
• Tend to avoid controversy
• Illustrations and Graphics
• Timelines
• Present material in a form that most students can
  readily understand

• Disadvantages
• Fail to present conflicting points of view
• Boring/Dull
• Fail to state clearly consequences of an event
• Written for a generic student

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Instructional Strategies

• Background knowledge
• Preread, K-W-L, graphic organizers
• Vocabulary
• Contextual redefinition
• Reword so students understand
• Semantic Maps
• Webbing/linking, words, definitions and visuals
• A Best Option Approach
• Knowing your students and knowing where you want
  them to go

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Instructional Strategies Cont.

• Comprehension
• Reciprocal Teaching
• QARs
• Right there, think and search, author and you, on
  my own
• Highlighting Important Information
• Teaching Sequence
• Link, place, strategy, vocabulary, purpose, read,
  focus, and springboard

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Childrens LiteratureFiction and Non-Fiction

• Fiction
• Three best types
• Historical Novels
• Out of the Dust
• Folktales
• Artic Hunter
• Contemporary Realistic Fiction
• Too Many Tamales
• Why use fiction?
• Provides with a sense of empathy

• Non-fiction
• Types
• Biographies
• Martins Big Words
• Autobiographies
• Journals, books
• Informational Books
• Books that include facts or specific information
• How to use information books
• Read Independently, find specific information

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Writing

• Forms of writing well suited to social studies
• Non-prose writing in forms of notes charts or
  graphs
• Written form of role-play
• Newspapers
• Research reports
• HyperStudio, oral presentations, or bulletin
  boards

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Writing Forms Cont.

• Writing as a part of Civic Education
• Civitas
• Participatory writing
• Writing to gather social science data
• Surveys, agencies for information
• E-mailing Public Officials
• Writing Agendas and Minutes
• Writing for Political Campaigns
• Speeches, radio and television ads, posters, and
  brochures
• Writing Laws and Rules
• Classroom rules

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Speaking and Listening in the Social Studies
Program

• The Five Conditions for Creating a Civic
  Classroom Climate
• A cooperative versus a competitive context
• Goal is not to win but rather to Learn
• Relevant Information
• Discussions are based and accurate and pertinent
  information
• Perspective Taking
• Empathic perspective
• Disagreeing While Confirming
• Agree to disagree
• Inclusion
• Make sure everyone has a chance to learn and
  express themselves.

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Performing Arts

• Performing Arts
• Music
• Produce a song
• Listen to songs
• Compare and contrast
• Dance
• Folk dances
• Cultural groups or dancers
• Drama
• Readers theater
• Plays
• Role-play

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Visual Arts

• Visual Arts
• A variety of media
• Crayon
• Clay
• Paint
• Film
• Video
• Computer based
• Live drama
• Paintings
• Anything students can use to express themselves