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Tracy Watanabe

Revised AP Physics, U.S. History Coming Soon - Curriculum Matters - Education Week - 0 views

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shared by Tracy Watanabe on 10 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • The College Board today announced the release of redesigned AP programs for U.S. history and physics, with a focus on reducing the amount of content coverage required to allow more time for studying key concepts in greater depth. Schools will offer the revised courses starting in fall 2014.
  • The emphasis on covering less material in greater depth surely rings a bell with lots of this blog's readers, given that this is a core mantra these days, emphasized, for example, in the Common Core State Standards in mathematics, as well as the common science standards now being developed by a coalition of states and others.
  • Topics covered in Physics 1 include Newtonian mechanics; work, energy, and power; and mechanical waves and sounds. Physics 2 covers fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics, and atomic and nuclear physics.
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  • As for U.S. history, the key objectives of the changes include: • Alignment with evolving U.S. history curriculum at the nation's top colleges and universities; • Providing teachers and students flexibility to focus on specific historical topics, events, and issues in greater depth; and • Increasing student practice of historical thinking skills as central to understanding history.
Sheryl Anderson

Gotham Schools - 0 views

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Common_Core social_studies curriculum

shared by Sheryl Anderson on 12 May 13 - No Cached
  • The guide to the new standards
  • Sheryl Anderson on 12 May 13
     
    An 85 page document that is a "road map" to one state's social studies curriculum. The 7th and 8th grade sections might make a good starting point for Arizona's standards, if they could bear to change what they have now.
Tracy Watanabe

Reading Like A Historian | History Curriculum - 2 views

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Teaching Channel reading history Reading like a Historian bias claim evidence primary_sources

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 07 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 07 Mar 13
     
    Historians read the first part, then jump to the end and ask themselves: Who wrote this? When was it written? What else do I need to know to make a considered and valued judgment?  What is the author's point of view? Why was it written? Is this source believable? Why? Why not? ----------------- Before we accept this as fact or true, we ask ourselves the above questions. (This is called Sourcing) It's critical thinking and evaluation. It's worthwhile. Not just filling in worksheets. 
Sheryl Anderson

New York Social Studies Scope & Sequence - 1 views

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shared by Sheryl Anderson on 24 May 12 - No Cached
  • Sheryl Anderson on 24 May 12
     
    Scope & Sequence for Social Studies Curriculum with essential questions (Common Core)
Tracy Watanabe

Rand McNally Education :: Play the Election - 1 views

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election politics interactive social studies

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 17 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 17 Sep 12
     
    Rand McNally launched a free online tool for students and teachers to learn more about the presidential election process. "An accompanying online teacher resource center includes lesson plans based on the Common Core Standards making it easy to integrate the games and activities into the classroom.   Features of "Play the Election" Digital Learning Game * Interactive electoral map - Breaks down the Electoral College by state, details past election results, real-time polling data, election-related headlines, and more. * Digital Mini-Games - Students can choose from eleven different mini-games that reinforce key concepts of the election, delve deeper into the issues of influential and battleground states, and tie core civics curriculum to current events. * Standards-aligned lesson plans - Professionally-created lesson plans for educators that cover key aspects of the 2012 Election, the Electoral College, and major debates. * Student Access - Each student creates their own unique profile that allows them to save and edit their own electoral map, play and track their progress through the games, and see how their answers stack up against those of others in their class or the country. * Create Your Own Games - Teachers can create their own mini-games to reinforce key concepts or to teach new, related events. "Play the Election" was created in collaboration with ImpactGames and is powered by ImpactGames' Knight News Game award winning platform."
Tracy Watanabe

Home: About CAP Civic Action Project | High School Civics Government Curriculum | Lesso... - 0 views

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shared by Tracy Watanabe on 25 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Civic Action Project (CAP) is a project-based learning model for civics and government courses. It offers a practicum for high school students in effective and engaged citizenship and uses blended learning to engage students in civic activities both in and out of the traditional U.S. government classroom. By using web-based technology and civics-based instruction and activities, students exercise important 21st century skills in digital literacy, critical thinking, collaboration, self-direction, and learning to be an engaged and effective citizen in a democracy.
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