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Prerequisites:
Students must have completed Blocks I, II, and III prior to enrolling
in SSE 4312.
Required
Books & Readings
Parker, Walter. Social Studies in Elementary Education,11th Edition.
Prentice Hall. (SSEE)
Social Studies Alive! Engaging Diverse Learners in the Elementary Classroom.
Teachers' Curriculum Institute. (SSA)
Other required readings will be available on EReserve in the FIU Library
(EReserve)
Syllabus and Class Schedule may be downloaded at:
http: coeweb.fiu.edu/classes/landorf
I. Course Description:
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and tools
needed to be effective elementary social studies teachers. Students
will learn strategies that allow for diverse learners to "experience"
social studies, and to integrate social studies with all other subject
areas. In this course, together we will attempt to establish a "social
curriculum" that starts with the social studies, includes all academic
areas, and expands out into the halls, the playground, and into the
world.
II. Purpose of Course:
The purpose of this course is to prepare teachers with the understandings,
skills, and practical applications to effectively design, implement,
and evaluate effective instruction in social studies focusing on hands-on
inquiry and problem solving strategies. The course is also designed
to help teachers become competent educators able to meet the challenge
of a multicultural, multilingual urban school population, as well as
prepare students for participatory citizenship in a diverse, pluralistic,
and globally-interconnected world. Finally, the course aims to encourage
and urge learning for all.
III.
Course Outcomes:
Upon the completion of this course, the students will have the following
understandings, skills, and dispositions:
Understandings
1. Understands the nature, definition, purpose of, and rationale for
social studies education in a multicultural democratic society that
is globally interconnected with other societies around the world.
2. Understands the interrelationship of social studies with the social
science disciplines and other disciplines within the field of elementary
education.
3. Understands the scope and sequence, curriculum resources, and materials
necessary for the development of an elementary social studies program.
Skills
4. Plan, teach, and evaluate effective lessons in social studies, focusing
upon engaging students in reflective inquiry, hands-on learning, and
a growing understanding of social responsibilities. Use Sunshine State
Standards in the planning and assessment of learning.
5. Identify the needs of all children including ESL and ESE students,
and develop and adapt appropriate instructional materials to meet their
needs, including the use of hands-on activities, non-language procedures,
computers and other media to enhance learning. (TESOL standards 6, 13,
15, 16, 17)
6. Plan a multi-lesson interdisciplinary unit of instruction that is
appropriate for all students, including those with disabilities, varying
exceptionalities, and diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Dispositions
7. View social studies as the social context for all learning.
8. Maintain enthusiasm for social studies and continue to explore social
issues in the light of social studies learning
9. Continue professional growth in the field of social studies education.
IV. Student Responsibilities:
Students in SSE 4312 should bring to the course the desire to explore
social studies topics from multiple points of view, the willingness
to challenge one's own values, the commitment to interdisciplinary teaching
and learn, and the courage to believe that every child can learn.
Students are responsible to do the following:
1.
Attend all classes.
2. Be to class on time.
3. Remain in class until it is dismissed.
4. Do all required reading.
5. Participate in all in-class activities.
6. Complete all assignments on due date.
7. Successfully complete and upload efolio artifact by due date.
8. Behave in a professional manner in class and in the field.
9. Spend at least 20 hours in selected field school.
V. Evaluation:
Grades will be based on the following:
Mid-Term
Quiz
There will be one mid-term quiz given during the semester.
EFolio
The efolio system is the College of Education's mechanism for documenting
and tracking student mastery of the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices
(FEAPs). As you complete your program, you will create a set of artifacts
from your coursework that will be archived in the efolio system. In
each program course, there is one assignment ("artifact")
that is designated for efolio. The efolio assignment is designed to
provide evidence of your accomplishment of one or more FEAPS.
For
this course, your efolio assignment is the Unit Plan. In order to receive
a final grade for this course, you are required to upload your Unit
Plan as an "artifact" on the efolio system (http://coeweb.fiu.edu/efolio).
If you do not receive at least a grade of "C" on this assignment,
and successfully upload the assignment on the efolio system by the due
date of December 4th, the best you can get in this course is an INCOMPLETE.
Assignments
There are six assignments (including the American Adventure assignment)
to be completed in this course. All assignments must be typed or computer
generated. No hand written assignments will be accepted.
Assignments must reflect students' own thoughts and effort. Cheating
or plagiarism will result in an "F" grade for the assignment.
The instructor may also take further action as described in the Academic
Misconduct section of the current FIU Student Handbook.
In the event of an absence, students must make arrangements to have
the assignment delivered to class on time. Late assignments will be
reduced one full letter grade per week late. Presentations cannot be
made up.
Final
Exam
During the last class session, all students will take the final exam.
This exam will allow students to integrate information gained from this
course, show an understanding of the various curriculum theories, strategies
and beliefs associated with social studies education that are discussed
in the required reading, and express one's own grounded opinions about
social studies education.
Attendance
Attendance in this course is mandatory. Attendance will be taken at
the beginning of each class and again at the end. Arriving in class
more than 15 hour after class has started will be counted as an absence.
Absences of more than two class sessions can result in a lower final
grade. If a presentation is scheduled and missed due to an absence,
there will be NO makeup. If you must leave early, you are required to
give the instructor notice before class begins. Otherwise, leaving early
will be regarded as an absence.
Field
Schools
Students should be able to provide the instructor with information regarding
field placement by the second class meeting. Each student is responsible
for a minimum of two hours per week at their field placement. Failure
to report regularly to one's field school will result in a failing grade.
VI.
Grading:
All assignments and final grades are based on the following scale:
A+ 97-100 A 93-96 A- 90-92
B+ 87-89 B 83-86 B- 80-82
C+ 77-79 C 73-76 C- 70-72
D+ 67-69 D 63-66 D- 60-62
F 0-59
Final
grades will be determined based on the following percentages:
Mid-Term Quiz 05%
Assignments 35%
American Adv. 10%
Final Project 20%
Participation 10%
Final Exam 20%
The
grade "IN"(Incomplete) will be assigned in accordance with
FIU policy. In order to receive a grade of "DR" (Drop), a
student must drop the course in accordance with the time line in the
Fall 2003 Schedule of Classes.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
8/26:
Topic: What is Social Studies: Introduction
9/02:
Topic: History and Social Narratives
Reading:
Chpt. 1, Social Studies in Elementary Education (SSEE hereafter)
Introduction, Strategies 1 & 2, Social Studies Alive! (SSA hereafter)
9/09: Topic: Citizenship Education & Democratic Values
Reading:
Chpt. 3, SSEE
Strategies 3 & 4, SSA
"Letting the Spill Grow (chpt.5)," in Habits of Goodness:
Case Studies in the Social Curriculum, EReserve.
9/16: Topic: Multiculturalism and Tolerance Assignment 1 Due
Reading:
Chpt. 2, SSEE
Part II, SSA, pp.82-104.
Fran Tropp, from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), will lead a class
discussion on the ADL international institute to promote tolerance in
a diverse environment, "A World of Difference."
9/23:
Topic: History, Geography and the Social Sciences
Reading:
Chpt. 4, SSEE
Strategy 5, SSA
9/30: Topic: Social Studies Tools: Time Lines, Maps, Globes, Graphics
Reading:
Chpt. 5, SSEE Assignment 2 Due
Strategies 8 & 9, SSA
10/07:
Topic: Current Events
Reading:
Chpt. 6, SSEE
Strategies 6 & 7, SSA
10/14: Topic: Planning Units, Lessons and Activities
Reading: Assignment 3 Due
Chpt. 7, SSEE
10/21: Topic: Literacy and Social Studies Quiz on chpts. 2-7, SSEE
Reading:
Chpt. 12, SSEE
Part III, SSA
10/28:
Topic: Cooperative Learning Assignment 4 Due
Reading:
Chpt. 11, SSEE
"How Are You Going to Unbore Yourself? (chpt.7)" in Habits
of Goodness. EReserve
11/04: Topic: Social Studies Resources Class meets in Technology Lab
Readings: Chpt. 9, SSEE
11/11: National Council for Social Studies Conference: No Class
Chpt. 10, Assessment, SSEE
11/18:
Topic: Putting it all together: Final Presentations, Part IEfolio =
Assignment 5 Due
Chpt. 13, SSE
11/25:
Topic: Putting it all together: Final Presentations, Part II Assignment
5 Due
12/02:
Topic: Review of Social Studies EducationUpload of Efolio = Assignment
5 Due
12/09: In-Class Final Exam
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