Syllabus

EDU 362 Secondary Social Studies and Multicultural Education “ Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” -Roger Schank, cognitive scientist

Instructor: Beth Evans 221 Education Center 778-7375 eevans@maine.edu

required texts: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Loewen 1st ed.

Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society 7th ed.or 8th : Gollnick, Chinn

Pride of Baghdad: Vaughn 1st ed.

Primary Goals of Course(quoted directly from Rod Farmer -To introduce each student to a variety of issues related to middle and secondary school social studies and multicultural education-such issues as censorship and academic freedom, multicultural education, the place of history and geography, sociology, etc. in the curriculum, citizenship education, etc.   - To stimulate each student to develop his or her own personal perspectives on these issues, especially the issues which related to forming a personal philosophy of social studies education the selection of instructional methods and curriculum materials, and the creation of the middle school and high school curriculum.    - To encourage each student to relate the roles and responsibilities of the social studies teacher to the human issues involved in living in a multicultural and interdependent world.    - To practice participating in a democratic society-this one is Beth’s very special goal for this class

Assessment/grading: Based upon 100 point scale-subject to change due to student input: 1. professionalism: possible 15pts. 2. current events: possible 5pts. 3. unit prep./pres.: possible 25pts. 4. performance task: possible 10pts. 5. Book/Music review: possible 10pts. 6. social studies teacher declaration: possible 10pts. 7. learning profile/ teaching profile: possible 5pts. 8. graphic novel report: possible 5pts. 9. lies essays: possible 10pts. 10. TBA: possible 5pts.

Major assignments for September: MEPS Presentations, Lies essay, current events/civil conversations, ss portfolio-professionalism.

Major assignments for October: Unit Plan, MEPS Presentations, essay, civil conversations, professionalism.

September'10 Tues./Thurs. || Prepared presented Material/ideas/issues || Assignments ||
 * Focus/Date:
 * Class 1: Reunion || Reintroduce, emotional intelligence, cultural literacy, define social studies || Name games, sandwich, cultural literacy quiz, social studies definition, textbooks, personal map to ss, cultural identity... ||
 * Class 2: What are we going to do? || Current events, cultural literacy, cooperative groups, unit plan, reflection, ss portfolio, etc. focus on critical thinking- || Read chapt.1 MEPS-opportunities for reflection 10 entries in ss portfolio, cultural literacy quiz (http://www.prenhall.com/gollnick), cultural identity pie/%, current events-civil conversations/debates: patriotism ||
 * Class 3: Equality and social justice in a democratic classroom || democratic class, social studies themes, social deviance, national standards, MLR's || choose/research MEPS chapt.- presentations-sign up, current events-civil conversations/debates: student led, www.criticalthinking.org - check it out, bring laptop ||
 * Class 4: Core concepts in understanding the human experience and critical thinking || critical issues in multicultural education, introduction to comparison essay || DVD-Chapt 1 MEPS-Video insight, Lies-introduction/chapter one outline, current events/ civil conversation/debate: student led ||
 * Class 5: Art of Questioning || Culturally responsive teaching || Prepare quiz, article review, current events/civil conversations, Lies-chapt 3 Columbus, music packet ||
 * Class 6: Student Presentations: MEPS 2,3 Class/Ethnicity and Race || Lesson plan, student involvement, reflection, peer assessment || Present or assessment Peer Review ||
 * Class 7: Student Presentations: MEPS 4,5 Gender/Exceptionality || Lesson plan, student involvement, reflection, peer assessment || present or assessment Peer Review ||
 * Class 8: Student presentations: MEPS 6,7 Religion/Language || Lesson Plan, student involvement, reflection, peer assessment || Peer review ||
 * Class 10: Assessment || Feedback-class assignments, debate-Columbus Day, Theme Team - Lesson Plans/Concept Map/Unit Plan-Performance Task || Columbus Day Essay, Unit Plan Performance Task Brainstorm, Post Lesson Plans- Wiki ||
 * Class 11: Assessment || Feedback-Class Assignments, Types of assessments-Questioning Skills/Test Prep || Performance Task, Pen/Paper Test - Ichapin Chapt. 5 ||
 * Class 12: Exploring Diversity || Personal History - Multicultural Teaching - Cultural Literacy || Comparision Essay, Exploring Diversity 1-3 Reflections ||
 * Class 13: Life as Social Studies Teacher || Teacher Panel || Prepared Questions, Syllabus draft unit plan ||
 * Class 14: Reflection Seminar || A practical guide to Secondary Social Studies || Syllabus, Chapt 6 - Loewin ||
 * Class 15: Teaching History || Video - The life blood of Social Studies Teachers || Graphic Organizer - Freedom Writers ||
 * Class 16: Teaching through Biography || Americans who tell the truth art exhibit. || Dress in character, deliver Bio. ||
 * Class 17: Teaching through Museum || Holocaust Center of Maine || Feedback journal entry. ||
 * Class 18: Teaching through Performance based assessment || Presentation of Unit/wiki || Peer feedback/reflection ||
 * Class 19: Teaching through video || View VIDEO TO BE DETERMINED || Create graphic organizer ||
 * Class 20: Reflection of teaching strategies || Working portfolio || Peer feedback ||
 * Class 21: Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools || International conference on critical thinking webquest. || Webquest ||
 * Class 22: Current Events || Create Civil Conversations || Current Events Notebook ||
 * Class 23: We can't teach what we don't know. || Book talk. || Peer feedback/reflection ||
 * Class 24: Social studies teacher Declaration || Deliver in class to peers || Peer feedback/analysis ||