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Including Schedule of Assignments & Due Dates a SPRING 2011Dr. Dan Hechenberger

WEEK, DATE,
CLASS # DO/DUE THIS CLASS PERIOD ASSIGNMENTS & DUE DATES

WEEK 1 Today·s Theme Assignments ‰

JANUARY 18
Overview, Intro to Course & Effective Methods
‰Get NCSS Membership online; Review Syllabus in LiveText
TUESDAY
CLASS #1 Assignment ‰Thursday, Feb. 3: Assist with stations for
Elementary students attending Harriet Tubman performance.
(2 HRS
ON CAMPUS)
‰ (for March 8³Class #15)
TIMELINE RESOURCE aGuidelines & Scoring Sheet on Live
Text(Note: submit assignment via LiveText)

‰ (for April 21³Class #26)

THEMATIC UNIT PLANaGuidelines & Scoring Sheet on Live
TextNote: submit assignment via LiveText)

WEEK 1 Due today:

JANUARY 20 ‡ Be an NCSS member via website.

THURSDAY
CLASS #2 Today·s Theme
Intro to SS & More Effective Methods: Living
History/History Alive
(2HRS ON
CAMPUS)
Presentations Today:
‡Dr. H.-Living History ² Extended History Alive w-
Teaching Aid
WEEK 2 Today·s Theme Assignments ‰ Read:
JANUARY 25 Intro to SS X2& Reasoned Eclecticism
‰(for Jan. 25+)Presentations: Cooking Aid, History Alive,
TUESDAY ‡ Access ELED466, Sec. C in LiveText & review andState Map Collage. Guidelines & Scoring SheetsËLiveText
CLASS #3
guidelines/scoring sheets for presentations: Cooking
(2 HRS ON Aid, History Alive, & State Map Collage. ‰ (for. Wk 3, Class 5)
CAMPUS) ‡ Neilson et all. ² Citizenship Education
‡Sign up for presentations, choose timeline era for
timeline resource & thematic unit plan, choose state for
map collage.

Readings,in class, today:

‡ Pascopella ² Staying Alive

‡ O·Mahoney ² Planning for
Social Studies Learning

WEEK 2 Class 4Theme

JANUARY 27 Intro to SS X2& Reasoned Eclecticism continued
THURSDAY
CLASS 4 Reading due this class
‡ Pascopella ² Staying Alive
(2 HRS ON ‡ O·Mahoney ² Planning for
CAMPUS) Social Studies Learning

ELED Conceptual Framework & this class

NCSS 10 themes
IL State Standards/Benchmarks 14-18 for SS & ISBE SS Resources

WEEK 3 Class 5Theme

Building Communityin the Classroom Assignment ‰Thursday, Feb. 3: Assist with stations for
FEBRUARY 1
Elementary students attending Harriet Tubman performance.
TUESDAY Reading due this class:
CLASS 5
‡ Neilson et all. ² Citizenship Education
‰ (for Wk 4, Class 7)
(1.25 HRS ‡ Stevens & Starkey ² Teaching an Interdisciplinary Unit
ON CAMPUS)
‡ Cruz & Murthy ² Breathing Life into History

WEEK 3
Assist with stations for Elementary students attending
FEBRUARY 3 Harriet Tubman performance.
THURSDAY
CLASS 6

(1.25 HRS
ON CAMPUS)
WEEK 4 Class 7 Theme Assignment ‰Read:
An Introduction to Basic History Concepts
FEBRUARY 8 and More on Role-Playing ‰ (for Wk 4, Class 8)
‡ Parker ² Talk Isn·t Cheap
TUESDAY ‡ Henning et al. ² Listening to Children
CLASS 7
Reading due this class:
‡ Stevens & Starkey ² Teaching an Interdisciplinary Unit ‡ Be prepared for a quiz.
(1.25 HRS
‡ Cruz & Murthy ² Breathing Life into History
ON CAMPUS)

‰ (for Wk 5, Class 9)
‡ Alleman & Brophy ² Introducing Children to Democracy
‡ LeCompte ² Conditions of Democracy

WEEK 4
Class 8 Theme
FEBRUARY 10
Deliberation andCritical Thinking
THURSDAY
CLASS 8 Quiz #1 on Readings due today:
‰Timeline Resource due via LiveText by 11 PMMarch 8³Class
(1.25 HRS ‡ Parker ² Talk Isn·t Cheap
ON CAMPUS) ‡ Henning et al. ² Listening to Children
#15

WEEK 5 Work on Timeline Resource in Computer Lab³Dr. H

gone Assignment ‰Read:
FEBRUARY 15
Class 9 Theme
TUESDAY An Introduction to Political Science: ‰ (for Wk 5, Class 10)
CLASS 9 Teaching Democracy
‡ Gandy ² Developmentally Appropriate Geography
(1.25 HRS ‡ Ekiss et al. ² The World in Spatial Terms
ON CAMPUS)

Reading due today: ‰ (for Wk 6, Class 11)

Whittingham ² Economics is for Everyone
‡ Alleman & Brophy ² Introducing Children to Democracy
‡ LeCompte ² Conditions of Democracy

WEEK 5 Class 10 Theme

An Introduction to Geography
FEBRUARY 17

THURSDAY Reading due today:

CLASS 10
‡ Gandy ² Developmentally Appropriate Geography
(1.25 HRS ‡ Ekiss et al. ² The World in Spatial Terms
ON CAMPUS)
WEEK 6
Class 11 Theme Assignment ‰Read:
FEBRUARY 22
An Introduction to Economics
TUESDAY ‰ (for Wk 6, Class 12)
CLASS 11 Reading due today: ‡ Nebel et al. ² Students as Digital Citizens

(2 HRS ‡ Whittingham ² Economics is for Everyone ‰ (for Wk 7, Class 13)

ON CAMPUS
‡ Lobb ² Teaching About American Indians
Reflective Essay #1 ‡ Finchum ² ´Iµ is for Indian
-TALALA
ELEMENTARY
Presentations Today: ‡ Be prepared for a quiz.
INSTITUTE
DAY) ‡ 2-State Map Collages

Meet in Computer Lab today

WEEK 6
Class 12 Theme Assignment ‰
FEBRUARY 24
Web 2.0 in the Classroom
THURSDAY
CLASS 12 Reading due today: ‰Timeline Resource due via LiveText by 11 PMMarch 8³Class
#15
‡ Nebel et al. ² Students as Digital Citizens
(1.25 HRS
ON CAMPUS)
Cooperative Learning Activity #1³Website Evaluation

WEEK 7 Class 13Theme Assignment ‰Read:

Teaching About Native Americans
MARCH 1
‰ (for Wk 7, Class 14)
TUESDAY Quiz #2 on Readings due today: ‡ Burstein & Hutton ² Planning and Teaching
CLASS 13 ‡ Warren ² Viewing American History
‡ Lobb ² Teaching About American Indians
(2 HRS ‡ Finchum ² ´Iµ is for Indian ‡ Be prepared for a cooperative activity dealing with the material covered.
ON CAMPUS
Presentations Today:
-TALALA
ELEMENTARY
‡ 6-State Map Collages ‰ (for Wk 8, Class 15)
IN ISAT)
‡ UDL Guidelines 1.0 Introduction and One-Page Chart
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines

‰Timeline Resource due via LiveText by 11 PMMarch 8³Class

#15

WEEK 7 Class 14 Theme

Teaching Multiple Perspectives
MARCH 3

THURSDAY Reading due today:

CLASS 14
‡ Burstein & Hutton ² Planning and Teaching ‰Timeline Resource due via LiveText by 11 PMMarch 8³Class
(2 HRS ‡ Warren ² Viewing American History #15
ON CAMPUS
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Please Note: To best meet the needs of this course, this schedule is subject to changes. If an changes are made to course readings or
assignments, ou will be notified as soon as possible. Because of the Februar 3 work with students at stations for the Harriet Tubman
performance da, some other material will be shifted into the two-hour classes we have on campus when ou cannot be at Talala Elementar
in the afternoon.