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IowaCouncilfortheSocialStudiesMarch2016

MissionandVision

MissionStatement

ICSSpromotes,supportsand
providesleadershipto
improvesocialstudies
education.

VisionStatement
Ourvisionistobethe
premierorganizationofIowa
SocialStudiesprofessionals,
ensuringthatallstudents
haveahighqualitySocial
Studieseducation.
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BestPracticesInstituteOffered
Registrationisnowopenforthe2016BestPracticesinSocial
StudiesInstitute.Goheretoregister.RegistrationwillcloseMay
10th.
The institute will take place June 20-21 at the State Historical
Museum in Des Moines. It is open to any K-12 social studies
teacher and entirely FREE to attend. License renewal credit will
also be available.
Time will be devoted to discuss the process for writing the draft of
new social studies standards. Elementary teachers will have the
opportunity to attend our statewide elementary social studies
professional development. In addition, there will be sessions
targeted towards history content, a Supreme Court update,
psychology, technology, and much more. You can see the draft of
our at-a-glance schedule here. You can also check out a flyer
about the institute here.

SeekingPresentersfor
AnnualConference

RuleofLawWorkshop
ICSSwillonceagainbeofferinga
FREERuleofLawworkshopin
2016throughagrantfromthe
AmericaAdjudicatorSociety,tobe
heldinAmes,Iowa.The
workshop,June810,willfocuson
thehistoryofthecourtsinthe
UnitedStates,thefounding
documents,andlessondesignfor
variouslearningtypes.Selected
participantswillreceiveafree
licenserenewalcredit,a$200
stipenduponcompletionofcourse
requirements,andfreelodging(as
needed).Thecourseisopento
ALLK12educators,notjust
SocialStudiesteachers!Apply
here!

TheIowaCouncilfortheSocialStudiesseekssocialstudies
educatorstosubmitproposalsforthe2016conference.The
conferencetakesplaceOctober6,2016attheAirportHolidayInn
inDesMoines.Thisyear'sconferencethemeisRaisingthe
SocialStudiesStandard:SocialStudiesforthe21stCentury.The
councilseeksproposalsaroundthethemeandthefollowingsub
themes.Wewouldalsowelcomeelementaryspecificproposals.
ProposalsareacceptedJanuary18June1,2016.Ifproposals
areaccepted,presenterswillbenotifiedinJuly2016.
Submityourproposalhere.

IdeasforyouEconomicsClass
Coupleofeasytouseandeasytoadaptactivitiesforyour
Economicsclassroom

Gilligan'sIsland(ormorerecentlyyoucouldcallitCastaway)
(3060min)
Topic:TypesofEconomicSystemsandthethreequestionsevery
economicsystemmustanswer.
Havestudentsbreakintogroupsoftwoorthree.Thenstrandthe
studentsonadesertedislandinwhatevermanneryouwant(I
usedaspringbreaktriptoHawaiiwheretheywouldrideona
threehourboattourwhichwould,ofcourse,haveasinkingboat).
Oncetheyareontheislandtheymustfigureouthowtheyare
goingtosurvive.Theyarestuckontheislandforaminimumof
sixmonths.Havestudentspresenttotheclasswhattheyare
goingtoproduce,howtheyaregoingtoproducethoseproducts,

andwhoontheislandgetstousetheproducts.Wanttoadda
twist?Alloweachpersoninthegrouptograboneitemfromthe
boatorplanebeforeitsinksintotheocean.Providealistofitems
forthegrouptograb(sharkrepellent,oceanmap,caseofC
rations,transistorradio,fiftyfeetofrope,etc).Alsohavefun
makingthemprovethattheycandothethingstheyclaimtheycan
do.Forexample,manywillstrugglemakinganaxeusingastick
(meterstick)andarock(CDcase)withavine(string).Greatway
totieintheorywithrealitywithalittlehandson.
IfyouarelookingforagreatvisualofwhattheU.S.Federal
Governmentdebtlooksliketrythiswebsite.Itisveryeye
openingforbothkidsandadultstoseewhatatrillion(or
seventeen)lookslike.

NCSSPresentsFreeWebinarforMembers
Tuesday,April26,2016
7:00pmET/4:00pmPT

BringthelegislativeprocesstolifewithCongress.gov,a
groundbreaking,comprehensive,userfriendly,freesourceof
informationabouttheworkofCongressbothtodayandinhistory.
Thiswebinarwillexploretheclassroomapplicationsof
Congress.gov,thecomprehensive,userfriendlyonestopsource
forfactbasedinformationabouttheU.S.Congressfromthe
LibraryofCongress.

Storyboard

TheadventoftheC3FrameworkbytheNationalCouncilforthe
SocialStudies(NCSS)hasbeenagamechangerforsocial
studieseducation.Socialstudiesteachers,regardlessofgrade
level,mustconsiderthetypesofclassroomactivitiesand
assessmentstohelpbuildstudentscontentarealiteracyskills.
Forsome,thisisadramaticshifttotheirclassroompractices.Itis
importantforteacherstodesignclassroomactivitiesthatallow

studentstoexploretopicsinmoredepthandengagethemin
higherorderthinking.
Oneactivitytolookatdifferentperspectivesaboutaneventisfor
studentstocreatetwostoryboardswithcompetingarguments.
Withstoryboards,studentsutilizewordsandimagestoconvey
theirunderstandingofaneventinachronologicalnarrative.This
activityisbeneficialforstrugglingreadersandEnglishforSecond
Languagestudents.
Forthisactivity,theteacherwillwanttoselectatrialfromFamous
Trials,http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm.Each
trialonthiswebsitecontainsevidencefromtheprosecutionand
defense.Studentsshouldexaminethisevidenceinsmallgroups.
Theteachermayprovidestudentsagraphicorganizertorecord
theevidencefromtheprosecutionanddefense.Studentsthen
discusstheirfindingswithgroupmembers.Theteachershould
movearoundtheclassroomtohelpthegroupsduringthis
researchprocess.Aclassdebriefthenneedstooccurforstudents
tosharetheirfindingsandfortheteachertoclarifyany
misunderstandingsbythestudents.
Afterthisdebrief,theteachershouldputstudentsbackintotheir
groupsandgivedirectionstocreatetwostoryboardsaboutoneof
thetrials.IhaveprovidedtwostoryboardstoshowhowtheBritish
andcolonistsviewedtheBostonMassacredifferently.Thework
forthestoryboardsneedstobesplitupamongthegroup
members.Thisactivityallowsstudentstoexplorehowdifferent
groupsmayviewthesameeventverydifferentlywhile
summarizingthesetwodivergentperspectives.Theteachermay
showsomeexamplestoryboardsforstudentstovisualizethe
expectationsoftheassignment.Afterstudentscompletethis
assignment,theyshouldshowcaseandexplaintheircompleted
storyboards.Theteacherneedstoaskquestionsthatgetstudents
tounpacktheirthinkinginthestoryboards.Thecontentarea
literacyskillsembeddedwithinthisactivityalignwiththebest
intentionsforthetypeofteachingthatweshouldbedoing
accordingtotheC3Framework.Thesetwoexamplestoryboards
werecreated:
StoryboardOne
StoryboardTwo
SubmittedbyShannonHamblen.

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