Oswego University

State University of New York

Oswego, New York

Instructor: Carolyn McKeever

CED 350

Teaching Social Studies: Authentic Literacy and Learning

Calendar for the Semester

And Course Outline (Tentative)

Week One

1.  Introduction

2.  Course Expectations

3.  Syllabus

4.  Graphic Organizers Topic 46 (335-338)

5.  Coat of Arms Organizer

6.  Read Student’s Introduction (xiv-xx)

1.  Discuss Student intro

2.  Assign pages 335-338 (find four graphic organizers online and put in section 1)

Week Two

1.  New York Standards

2.  Website of Performance Indicators

3.  Topic 2

4.  Read Topic 3 ---do pages 21 and 22

Week Three

1.  Unit Two Jigsaw Topic 48 Cooperative Learning

2.  Presentations Unit Two

Week Four

1.  Read Unit Three Topic 10

2.  Be prepared to answer assignments 10.1  10.2  10.3

3.  Topic 11-Topic 15 Disciplines 

4.  Presentations

Week Five

1.  Presentations

2.  Read Topic 4

Week Six

1.  Watch the movie, “Starting Small”

2.  Graphic Organizer   

3.  Pick two websites and use the outline to critique the site.

4.  Multiple Intelligence Survey

5.  Topic 28 Teaching Diversity

Week Seven

1.  Multiple Intelligence Assignment

2.  Current Events

3.  Go over Topic 17

Week Eight

1.  Library Meeting

2.  Lesson 1

Week Nine

1.  Read Topic 21

2.  Literature in Social Studies

3.  Power Point Presentations In- Tel

4.  Assign Topic 54 Technology

Week Ten

1.  Power Point Presentations

2.  Lesson 2

Week Eleven

1.  Classroom Management Topic 34 (Effective Teacher  book)

2.  Weigand Video

3.  Graphic Organizer

4.  Module 1 Unit Planning

5.  Topic 32 Infusion

6.  Lesson 3

Week 12

1.  Mini-Unit Modeling

2.  Expectations and Assignments

3.  Lesson Plans 1 + 2 due

4.  Assessment

5.  Social Studies Test

6.  Topic 55

7.  Multiple Choice

8.  Lesson 3 Due

Week 13

1.  CRQ

2.  DBQ

3.  Rationale

4.  Practicum Due

Week 14

Classes will be held to finish unit work. All units will be due Friday May 7th at 5:00pm.  No final will be given!

Please Note:

Late Assignments:

Points will be deducted if any assignments are not in at the assigned times.

Due dates will be given one week in advance.

Presentations:

If a student misses the preparation or actual presentation, full credit points

will be deducted.