Week 01 (Aug 24): Introduction to HIS 5450 / Zotero / Digital Profile/ Social Studies Today
- ALL: “The Importance of a Digital Profile For Public Historians,” Jason M. Kelly, accessed August 8, 2021, https://jasonmkelly.com/jason-m-kelly/2020/11/27/a-digital-profile-for-public-historians.
- Read ONE [students designated below]
- Katharina Matro, “Teaching Content, Teaching Skills: What I Learned in My First Five Years in the High School Classroom,” Perspectives on History, August 17, 2021. [Gracie, Evan, Nicholas]
- James Grossman, “What Are Students Learning? ‘Divisive Concepts’ in History Education,” Perspectives on History, August 18, 2022. [Alanna, Margaret, Matthew]
- Megan Threlkeld, “Teaching the History Wars,” Perspectives on History, April 18, 2023. [Emma, Tucker, Jacob]
Zotero Support
- Andrea Davis, “From Learning to Cite to Learning to Write,” Perspectives on History, October 2018. https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/october-2018/from-learning-to-cite-to-learning-to-write-using-zotero-in-the-classroom
- Read the description of Zotero, explore this comprehensive tutorial, and watch the 3 min. video: http://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/c.php?g=359201&p=2426080
- Jacob Long, “Zotero, the Free Citation Manager for Students, Teachers, and More” in Getting Things Tech, March 3, 2014. http://www.gettingthingstech.com/zotero-free-citation-manager-students-teachers/
Week 02 (Aug 31)
Historical Debates Over History Teaching / Current Issues in History & Social Studies
- Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone), Introduction; and Chapter 3 (“Committing Zinns”) [Private]
- T. Mills Kelly, “Making: DIY History” (Chp. 2) in Teaching History in the Digital Age, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013.
- Course Textbook (CT): Reading Like a Historian, Introduction and Chapter 3 (Lincoln in Context)
- Choose one:
- Thomas Andrews and Flannery Burke, “What Does It Mean to Think Historically?,” Perspectives on History, January 1, 2007.
- Terrie Epstein, “Preparing History Teachers to Develop Young People’s Historical Thinking,” Perspectives on History, May 1, 2012.
Week 03 (Sep 7): Understanding By Design Pt. 1 / In Focus: NC Standards for Social Studies
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 11 (“Questions for Learning”)
- (CT): Reading Like a Historian, one select chapter (as designated below)
- Chapter 1 (Did Pocahontas Rescue John Smith?) – Emma, Alanna, Evan, Cole
- Chapter 2 (“Standing Tall” or Fleeing the Scene?) – Gracie, Tucker, Matthew
- Chapter 4 (Columbus Day: 1892, not 1492) – Margaret, Jacob, Nicholas
- Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, “Backward Design,” in Understanding By Design, 2nd Expanded Edition (Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2005). [Private]
Week 04 (Sep 14): Understanding By Design Pt. 2
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 10 (“Concept Attainment”)
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 13 (“Analysis of Primary Sources”)
- Read one chapter (as designated below)
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 12 (“Image Analysis”) – Emma, Margaret, Tucker, Evan, Matthew
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 14 (“Synthesis Charts”) – Gracie, Jacob, Alanna, Nicholas, Cole
Optional (Useful) Readings – Ideas for Instruction: The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 6 (“Mnemonics”) and Chp 7 (“Timelines Revisited”)
Week 05 (Sep 21): Assessment FOR Learning
- Sam Wineburg, Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone), Chapter 1 (“Crazy for History”)
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 20 (“Assessment”)
- (CT): Reading Like a Historian, Chapter 8 (To Blink or Not to Blink: The Cuban Missile Crisis)
And choose ONE (1) short read from the following:
- Center for Teaching and Learning, “Commenting on Student Writing,” Washington State University CTL, accessed August 9, 2021, http://ctl.wustl.edu/resources/commenting-on-student-writing/.
- Harvard College Writing Program, “Responding to Student Writing,” Harvard Writing Project, 2007, https://writingproject.fas.harvard.edu/pages/responding-student-writing.
- Rick Stiggins and Jan Chappuis, “What a Difference a Word Makes: Assessment FOR Learning Rather Than Assessment OF Learning Helps Students Succeed,” Journal of Staff Development 27, no. 1 (2006): 10–14. – scan
- Part 1: Jesse Stommel, “Why I Don’t Grade,” Jesse Stommel, October 26, 2017, https://www.jessestommel.com/why-i-dont-grade/ and Part 2: “How to Ungrade,” Jesse Stommel, March 11, 2018, https://www.jessestommel.com/how-to-ungrade/.
- Starr Sackstein, “(Un)Grading: It Can Be Done in College (Opinion),” Education Week, March 31, 2016, https://www.edweek.org/education/opinion-ungrading-it-can-be-done-in-college/2016/03.
- David Gooblar, “I’m Not Ready to Quit Grading,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 21, 2018, Online edition, sec. Advice, https://www.chronicle.com/article/im-not-ready-to-quit-grading/.
For a comprehensive collection of assessment resources, suggestions, and tools, visit the Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning at: https://ctl.gatech.edu/grading-and-assessment-resources
Week 06 (Sep 28): Digital (History) Pedagogy
- Robert B. Townsend, “How Is New Media Reshaping the Work of Historians?,” Perspectives on History, November 1, 2010.
- John Rosinbum, “Teaching with Digital Archives,” Perspectives on History, November 30, 2017.
- John Rosinbum, “Using Digital History in the Classroom: Three Simple Principles,” Perspectives on History, November 14, 2019.
Week 07 (Oct 5): Globalizing the Curriculum / Discussion of Ray Suarez’s Latino Americans
- Lendol Calder, “Uncoverage: Toward a Signature Pedagogy for the History Survey,” The Journal of American History 92, no. 4 (2006): 1358–70, https://doi.org/10.2307/4485896.
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 8 (“Current Event Case Study”)
- Analysis of Community College Globalized Courses [teaching lessons, activities, materials, and online resources] at: https://worldview.unc.edu/resources/courses
- Choose one:
- American History II Module (Choose two activities for critique): https://worldview.unc.edu/resources/courses
- American History I Module (Choose two activities from the five options) https://worldview.unc.edu/resources/courses
- Choose one:
In-Class Reading: Alex Pinelli, “Middle Schoolers Take on Columbus: A Lesson on Contextualizing History” (AHA Perspectives, October 8, 2020)
Week 08 (Oct 12 – LIV): No Class – Asynchronous Curriculum Work
- NONE
Week 09 (Oct 19 – LIV): No Class – Asynchronous Curriculum Work
- NONE
Week 10 (Oct 26): Culturally Responsive Teaching, Social & Emotional Learning / Active Learning in the History Classroom / Reading and Literacy Strategies Through History Instruction
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 18 (“Culturally Responsive Teaching”)
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 19 (“Social & Emotional Learning”)
- David Gooblar, “Do Students Really Learn Nothing From a Lecture?,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 3, 2019, Online edition, sec. Advice, https://www.chronicle.com/article/do-students-really-learn-nothing-from-a-lecture/.
Book Club (delayed to 10/26): Ray Suárez, Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation (New York: Celebra, 2013). Come Prepared with two “expertise” chapters; prepare discussion Qs
Read ONE (1) final chapter as designated below
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 15 (“Listening & Speaking Activities”) – Gracie
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 16 (“Discussions”) – Tucker & Emma
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 17 (“Project-Based Learning”) – Evan & Cole
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 2 (“Reading Strategies”) – Margaret
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 1 (“A Fresh Look at Vocabulary”) – Alanna
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 5 (“Writing in Social Studies”) – Nicholas
- (CT): The Social Studies Teacher’s Toolbox, Chp 4 (“Thematic Data Sets”) – Jacob & Matthew
Week 11 (Nov 2): Individual Conferences & Teaching World History as a Mystery
- Jack Zevin and David Gerwin, Teaching World History as Mystery (New York: Routledge, 2011). – the entire book
Week 12 (Nov 9): Presentation Week
- None
Week 13 (Nov 16): Lab Week
- No Readings
Week 14 (Nov 30): Course Wrap-Up
- No Readings
