"Creating Effective Citizens...One Student At A Time."
COMMON CORE LITERACY STANDARDS for SOCIAL STUDIES
Is Your Classroom "Common Core" Friendly?
In
considering implementation of the new Common Core Literacy Standards for Reading
and Writing in the Social Studies, which are now a vital element of our new
State of Oklahoma OC3 Standards, please remember that the use of primary sources
is a perfect path toward reaching Common Core goals.
Special thanks to Natalie Murray from Edmond Memorial High School, who
graciously permitted us to videotape one of her lessons this spring over the
Civil Rights movement.
Just a reminder...History classes are "natural" laboratories for investigating
the past, as well as for implementing more opportunities to reinforce reading
and writing in our disciplines. Enjoy!
Civil Rights Documents Analysis
Lesson
Industrial
Revolution Module (Unit Developed by LDC)
Economic Systems
Module (Unit Developed by LDC)
Gulf
Oil Crisis Module (Unit Developed by LDC)
Common Core
Crash Course: OCSS State Conference 2012
Resources & Presentations
Teaching
Argumentation: The Reading-Writing Connection
Feel free to use these
resources for introducing students to the skill of critical reading and analysis
of an author's claim, as required by Common Core Argumentation Writing tasks:
Modes of Writing for Common Core Literacy in Social Studies (Introduction ppt.)
Modes of Writing (Sample writing tasks/prompts) for Grades 6-12
Types of
Evidence (Middle School Geography focus)ppt.
Types of
Evidence (Middle and High School History focus) ppt.
Types of Evidence
(Middle School Geography chart of examples)
Types of Evidence
(High School Geography chart of examples)
COMMON CORE
Literacy for Social Studies
VIDEO LIBRARY
The following video-clips can be used for district and site professional development as an introduction to the new Literacy Standards for Social Studies. Thank you to the various Oklahoma districts who shared this collection:
The following articles and publications are offered for Oklahoma Social Studies teachers interested in research regarding effective curriculum and instruction.
