Friday, March 12, 2010
New Social Studies Curriculum
Texas State Board of Education agreed to new social studies curriculum today. Interesting article. Even more interesting...who makes up this BOE.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Possible Change in Standards?
I read an article on MSNBC yesterday about standards. The U.S. is proposing to have a set of common school standards, and may eventually do away with benchmarks.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Can You Name All Five Standards?
How does one go about memorizing the five NYS social studies standards in order?
My group decided the best way was to create a bulls-eye type diagram.
We divided the standards based on size, going from smallest to largest.
Our order went like this...civics, citizenship, and government; history of the U.S. and NYS; economics; world history; and geography.
While I don't think this diagram helps anybody to remember the standards in order, it worked for us.
I can now tell you all five standards, and in order too!
On a side note...
I am trying to post a picture of my group's diagram of the standards. So far, no luck. Once I figure out how to, I'll be sure to update the post.
My group decided the best way was to create a bulls-eye type diagram.
We divided the standards based on size, going from smallest to largest.
Our order went like this...civics, citizenship, and government; history of the U.S. and NYS; economics; world history; and geography.
While I don't think this diagram helps anybody to remember the standards in order, it worked for us.
I can now tell you all five standards, and in order too!
On a side note...
I am trying to post a picture of my group's diagram of the standards. So far, no luck. Once I figure out how to, I'll be sure to update the post.
Standards, and Key Ideas, and Performance Indicators! Oh, My!
Our groups presented projects this week. Each group was assigned a standard. Our group had the task of presenting mathematics and science standards.
Math and science standards are a part of MST (Mathematics, Science, and Technology).
MST is composed of seven standards. Standard 3 is the math standard, and standard 4 is the science standard.
Each standard is made up of content standards, or key ideas, which are what the student should know within that standard.
Following the content standards, there are performance indicators. These performance indicators are used for students to show that they understand the content.
After learning about all of the standards, my task is to now pick which standards I will use (both national and state) in my unit plan.
I only need to use all five New York State social studies standards in my unit, and be able to correlate those standards with the national standards.
This should be easy, right?
Math and science standards are a part of MST (Mathematics, Science, and Technology).
MST is composed of seven standards. Standard 3 is the math standard, and standard 4 is the science standard.
Each standard is made up of content standards, or key ideas, which are what the student should know within that standard.
Following the content standards, there are performance indicators. These performance indicators are used for students to show that they understand the content.
After learning about all of the standards, my task is to now pick which standards I will use (both national and state) in my unit plan.
I only need to use all five New York State social studies standards in my unit, and be able to correlate those standards with the national standards.
This should be easy, right?
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