PowerPoint from Primary Source's "Common Core and the Humanities: Global Approaches for Social Studies and ELA" workshop at the PGL 2012 Conference. June 29, 2012.
Global Lehigh Strategic Initiatives (without descriptions)
Primary Source Common Core PowerPoint
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Common Core and the Humani/es:
Global Approaches for Social Studies
and ELA
Liz Howald, Program Director
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Workshop Agenda
“The Big Changes”
Informational Texts for Social Studies & ELA
Strategies & Activities
Korea
Children & War
Resources
Q/A & Discussion
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Warm Up
Group Introductions
Paired Introductions
Introduce Yourselves
Know, Wonder, Fear, and Hope (Think/Pair/Share)
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Common Core: The Big Changes
Interdisciplinary: shared responsibility for literacy
Emphasis on college and career‐readiness
Internationally benchmarked (to ensure students are globally
competitive and collaborative)
Skills are cumulative
Reading: greater emphasis on informational texts (esp. in ELA)
Reading: greater focus on text complexity
Writing: strong emphasis on argument and informative/
explanatory writing, writing about sources, and using evidence to
inform argument
6. + Common Core Standards for ELA and Literacy in
History/Social Studies
Students who are College and Career Ready :
Demonstrate independence Use technology and digital
media strategically, capably
Build strong content
knowledge through research Come to understand other
perspectives and cultures
Adapt communication to
demands of audience, task,
purpose, & discipline
Comprehend as well as
critique
Value evidence
From CCSS for ELA (p. 7)
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Reading Standards for Literacy
Categories for History and ELA
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
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What types of informa8onal texts are
you using to teach about the world?
What types could you use?
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Types of global informa8onal texts
Historical accounts Debates
Memoirs TED talks
Oral histories Essays
Blogs Investigative journalism
International newspapers Opinion pieces/ op‐eds
International NGO reports Manuals
Speeches/rhetoric A Constitution or other
foundational gov t document
News broadcasts
11. + Ac8vity 1: Korean Labor Strike
Integra8ng Mul8ple Quan8ta8ve and Qualita8ve Sources
to Answer a Ques8on
1. Learning from Charts
2. Reading a Photo
3. Answering a Question
16. + Korean News Ar8cle
Text‐Dependent Questions
What words are used to describe or characterize the nature of
the strike?
What details does the article provide about the events leading
to the strike breakup?
What does the quote by the KCTU tell us about how they view
the law enforcement’s interference?
“Big Picture” Questions
What is the purpose of the article?
How does the article inform your understanding of the images
and graphs? In what ways do the images and graphs inform
your understanding of the article?
17. + Student Assessment
Character Procile
Research
Reclect/evidence
Inference/critical thinking/evidence
Extensions
Bringing in literature
ciction
sijo poetry
North Korea v. South Korea
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:Earthlights_in_nkorea.jpg
19. + Excerpts from Impact of Armed Conflict on Children
& Beyond the Fire: Teen Experiences in War
Integra8ng informa8on from mul8ple global sources
Part 1: Popcorn read UN Report Note & Introduction
Structure: What are the Main Parts?
Title
Opening Note—Purpose, Tone (words?), Type of Writing
Report/Summary—Purpose, Tone (words?), Type of Writing
How does each part inform our understanding of the other?
Text‐Dependent
What words and details does the author use to describe war’s
effect on children?
20. + Excerpts from Impact of Armed Conflict
on Children (UN Report, 1996)
Structure & Purpose of a Global Informa8onal Text
Major Issues Identicied in UN Report
Forced cleeing & displacement
Recruitment to military & participation in war
Breakdown of family support systems
Violent attacks
Threats to health (walking, water, food, illness)
Gender‐based violence
Risk of dying
Identify evidence for issues in oral history transcripts.
Write strongest evidence on back of paper.
21. + From Reading to Research
Wri8ng informa8ve/explanatory texts and conduc8ng short
research projects
Task: Develop a Research Question About the War in Somalia
What do you need to know?
Write a paragraph:
How did you decide on this question? Why?
Criteria
Question is clearly‐stated and research appropriate
Paragraph uses evidence from Beyond the Fire and cites passages
correctly
Follow Up Options
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More on the Common Core
Common Core State Standards Initiative
http://www.corestandards.org/
Partnership for 21st Century Skills Common Core Toolkit
http://www.p21.org/tools‐and‐resources/publications/p21‐
common‐core‐toolkit
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
http://www.parcconline.org/ and Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium http://www.k12.wa.us/smarter/
Measuring Text Complexity (Kansas DOE)
http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4605
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Resources for Informa8onal Texts
Nonciction Resource Guide (Primary Source)
http://resources.primarysource.org/nonciction and other
regional guides: http://www.primarysource.org/resourceguides
Primary Source World
http://www.primarysource.org/primarysourceworld
World Digital Library
http://www.wdl.org/en/
Online Newspapers
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/