Slavery and The Social Studies
Session I
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Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter • Content Scholars: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. • Content Pedagogy Scholar: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter • Content Scholars: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. • Content Pedagogy Scholar: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
Slavery and The Social Studies
Agenda
• Sign-In/UNLV Credit
• Welcome
• Expectations
• Pedagogy
• The Social Studies
• Vital Themes
• Google Lit Trips
• Collecting Artifacts
• Break (get assignment)
• Content Presentation
• Requirements
CCSDTeaching
TeachingAmerican
AmericanHistory
HistoryGrant
GrantModule
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Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter • Content Scholars: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. • Content Pedagogy Scholar: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter • Content Scholars: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. • Content Pedagogy Scholar: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
Slavery and The Social Studies
Pedagogy Presentation
CCSDTeaching
TeachingAmerican
AmericanHistory
HistoryGrant
GrantModule
Module
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Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter • Content Scholars: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. • Content Pedagogy Scholar: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter • Content Scholars: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. • Content Pedagogy Scholar: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
Origins of The Social Studies
• The Committee of Ten (1892)
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Established history as a legitimate discipline for secondary education
Formal study of history to begin by ages 9 - 11
Grade 7: American history; Elements of civil government
Grade 8: Greek and Roman history
• 1916 Report of the Committee on the Social Studies
– Established primary subject areas
– Importance of cultivating “good citizens”
– Marked the beginning of social studies as a school subject
• 1921—Establishment of NCSS
• History alone was not adequate for citizenship education
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.
Definition of The Social Studies
(1916)
“…those whose subject matter relates
directly to the organization and
development of human society, and to
man as a member of social groups.”
—U.S. Bureau of Education
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.
Definition of The Social Studies
(1994)
“…the integrated study of the social
sciences and humanities to promote
civic competence.”
—National Council for the Social Studies
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.
What Are The Social Studies?
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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.
What Are The Social Studies?
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are needed to see this picture.
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.
Sources of Subject Matter
 Mass Media
 Future Studies
 Popular Culture
 The Law
 The Arts
 Role of Place
 Consumer Affairs
 The Humanities
 The Sciences
 Contemporary Issues and
Events
 Human-Environment
Interaction
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.
History’s Vital Themes and
Habits of the Mind
• Standards
• Themes
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Civilization, cultural diffusion, and innovation
Comparative history of major developments
Patterns of social and political interaction
Human interaction with the environment
Conflict and cooperation
Values, beliefs, political ideas, and institutions
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.
Habits of the Mind
Significance of the Past
…understand the significance of the past
to their own lives, both private and
public, and to their society.
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.
Habits of the Mind
What’s Important, and What’s Not
…distinguish between the important and
the inconsequential, to develop the
“discriminating memory” needed for
discerning judgment in public and
personal life.
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.
Habits of the Mind
Historical Empathy
…perceive past events and issues as
they were experienced by the people at
the time, to develop historical empathy
as opposed to present-mindedness.
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.
Habits of the Mind
Shared Humanity
…acquire at one and the same time a
comprehension of diverse cultures and
shared community.
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.
Habits of the Mind
Change and Consequences
…understand how things happen and
how things change, how human
intentions matter, but also how their
consequences are shaped by the means
of carrying them out in a tangle between
purpose and process.
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.
Habits of the Mind
Change and Continuity
…comprehend the interplay of change
and continuity, and avoid assuming that
either is somehow more natural, or more
to be expected, than the other.
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.
Habits of the Mind
History is Unfinished Business
…prepare to live with uncertainties and
exasperating—even perilous—unfinished
business, realizing that not all “problems”
have solutions.
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.
Habits of the Mind
History’s Tentative Nature
…appreciate the often tentative nature of
judgments about the past, and thereby
avoid the temptation to seize upon
particular “lessons” of history as cures
for present ills.
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.
Habits of the Mind
People Who Made a Difference
…recognize the importance of
individuals who have made a difference
in history, and the significance of
personal character for both good and ill.
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.
Habits of the Mind
The Unintended and Unexpected
…appreciate the force of the nonrational,
the irrational, and the accidental in
history and human affairs.
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.
Habits of the Mind
Time and Place are Inseparable
…understand the relationship between
geography and history as a matrix of
time and place and as a context for
events.
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.
Habits of the Mind
Evaluating Evidence
…read widely and critically in order to
recognize the difference between fact
and conjecture, between evidence and
assertion—in order to frame useful
questions.
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.
Habits of the Mind
Campaign Against Monocausality
…grasp the complexity of historical
causation, respect particularity, and
avoid excessively abstract
generalizations.
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.
Google Lit Trips
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What are they?
Why use them?
How do I find them? (Look HERE)
Let’s see one!
Slave Dancer
• Becoming an expert
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.
Collecting Artifacts
• Finding of Primary Sources Artifacts
– Digital libraries
– Social media (e.g., Flickr)
– Check out Delicious
• Citing Your Sources
– Creative Commons
• Storing Artifacts
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.
Slavery and The Social Studies
Break
[Get Experts Assignments]
CCSDTeaching
TeachingAmerican
AmericanHistory
HistoryGrant
GrantModule
Module
AACCSD
Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter • Content Scholars: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. • Content Pedagogy Scholar: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter • Content Scholars: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. • Content Pedagogy Scholar: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
Slavery and The Social Studies
Session I
CCSDTeaching
TeachingAmerican
AmericanHistory
HistoryGrant
GrantModule
Module
AACCSD
Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter • Content Scholars: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. • Content Pedagogy Scholar: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
Facilitator: Sharon L. Carter • Content Scholars: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. and DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. • Content Pedagogy Scholar: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.