1. Dr. Camille Rutherford
camille.rutherford@BrockU.ca
X5344
EDUC 8Y29
Junior/Intermediate Social Studies

2. Agenda
Welcome
Goals
Course Overview
Activity: Thrills & Chills
The Purpose of Social Studies?
Activity: Point / Counter Point

3. Goals
The focus of teaching and learning in the social
studies, history, and geography curriculum is on the
development of essential knowledge and skills. The
goal of this course is for Pre-service teachers to
develop a thorough knowledge of basic concepts that
they can apply in a wide range of situations.
-Ontario Ministry of Education

4. Big Idea
KNOW: How to create and implement an
engaging Social Studies program
DO: Create an engaging Social Studies unit plan
BE: A 21st century educator

5. Triangle of Teaching

6. Triangle of Teaching
Subject
Knowledge

7. Triangle of Teaching
Subject pedagogical
Knowledge Knowledge

8. Triangle of Teaching
Subject pedagogical
Knowledge Knowledge
Student
Knowledge

9. Triangle of Teaching
Subject pedagogical
Knowledge Knowledge
Teaching
Excellence
Student
Knowledge

10. Course Overview
Expectations
Session Outline
Evaluation
Assignments

11. Textbook Discussions
You will be required to create 3 textbook discussion posts
(150-250 words) related to three different chapters. You will
have two weeks from when a chapter has been assigned to
submit your post. Each post should demonstrate your
understanding the information covered in the text book. This
can be accomplished by:
• Synthesizing concepts and principles discussed in class with
the textbook material.
• Connecting classroom practice you have observed with the
textbook material.
• Providing a substantiated critique or endorsement of the
textbook material.
• Providing a substantiated reaction or follow-up to another
teacher candidate’s post that provides new information to the
discussion.
Evaluation 3 X 5% per post

12. Online Participation
Contribute to the development of an online learning
community while engaging in self-directed learning by
responding to the reading assignments, reviewing the
online social studies resources, and responding to the
comments and material posted by the class. Each post
or comment is worth 1%. You may accumulate a
maximum of 10% of your final mark. You will have until
the end of week 8 to submit your posts. To receive a
mark a post must:
Evaluation: 10%

13. Online Participation
To receive a mark a post must:
• Demonstrate thoughtful reflection of one's own
experiences to inform professional growth and
improvement.
• Demonstrate an integration of concepts and
principles from course session/discussions/readings
and classroom practice.
• Engage the class by sharing resources, providing
links to resources or facilitating discussion. When
sharing resources and links the rationale or benefits
of the resource must be stated.

16. Lesson Description
Using the lesson description template provided, create a
lesson description for an engaging Social Studies lesson that
has a cross-curricular connection and addresses a 21st
century learning skill.
The lesson description must list the curriculum expectations,
lesson learning goals, assessment strategies and tools,
required materials and resources as well as a description of
the instructional plan (Setting the stage, core learning
activity, lesson consolidation, apply new learning, debrief).
The lesson description should include enough information so
that it can be used to easily create a detailed lesson plan that
adheres to the Brock lesson plan template.
Submit via Sakai.
Evaluation: 25%

18. Social Studies Unit Plan
Working in groups of 3 or 4, teacher candidates will prepare a
Social Studies, History or Geography unit plan.
The unit plan must include a unit overview, lesson sequence, and
12 lesson descriptions that list the curriculum expectations, lesson
learning goals, assessment strategies and tools, required materials
and resources and description of the instructional plan for each
lesson.
The lesson sequence should scaffold student learning as it
prepares them to successfully complete the culminating activity.
Throughout the unit students must be provided with engaging
learning opportunities that address a variety of learning styles and
21st century learning skills while fulfilling expectations from a
variety of subject areas.
Evaluation: Rubric 40%

19. Social Studies Unit Plan
Presentation
Each group will also create a 20-30 minute presentation that
provides an overview of the unit plan and includes a
demonstration lesson from their unit plan. As part of this
presentation, each group will also prepare a Social Studies Fair
display or interactive e-book that highlights the main features of
their unit. This display will be used to share your unit with the
class and can be used in the future for curriculum night.
Evaluation: 10%

20. Social Studies Fair Topic
Purpose Summary / Conclusion
Images
Research Paper Artifacts

21. Social Studies Fair

22. Social Studies Fair

23. First Nations Peoples
Purpose
Students will be learning about the
Sequence of Activities
lifestyle of the First Nations peoples
and Early European Explorers that
discovered Canada as part of the
Lesson #1
Grade 6 Social Studies curriculum. First Nations culture oral
More importantly, they will find the tradition and storytelling
connections between these two Created by:
groups and how early contact has
affected the lives of First Nations Bernadette Verbuyst, Ash Garside, Lesson #2 Part 1
peoples of today. Janet Tykoliz, Patrick Carter, Angie Puim. Viking, French, and English
explorers
Culminating Activity
For a culminating task, each Lesson 2: Part 2 and 3
student will act as Editor-in- chief Positive and negative effects
and create a newspaper called First
Nations Newspaper (they may of early contact between
change the name if they feel inclined European and First Nations.
to do so). This culminating task will
be ongoing throughout the unit.
During each lesson, students are to Lesson #3
complete an assignment. By the end
of the unit, these assignments are to First Nations residential
be organized in a fashion that schools
represents a newspaper. Students
will be given a check list of all the
components that need to be present Lesson #4
in their final piece of work. Students
may include information that we
Achievements and
discuss in class; however, they will contributions of present-day
be encouraged to use outside
resources to find their information.

24. Social Studies
Thrills & Chills

25. Social Studies
Thrills & Chills
Thrills

26. Social Studies
Thrills & Chills
Thrills Chills

27. Social Studies
Thrills & Chills
Thrills Chills

28. Social Studies
Thrills & Chills
Thrills Chills

29. Social Studies
Thrills & Chills
Thrills Chills
Sweet Spot
of Teaching

30. Why Social Studies?

31. Why Social Studies?
Students require the knowledge and skills
gained from the social studies curriculum to
function as informed citizens in a culturally
diverse and interdependent world and to
participate and compete in a global
economy.
- Ontario Ministry of Education

32. The Purpose of
Social Studies Education
✓ Develop the skills, strategies, and
habits of mind required for effective
inquiry and communication.

33. The Purpose of
Social Studies Education
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34. The Purpose of
Social Studies Education
✓ Develop the skills, strategies, and
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35. The Purpose of
Social Studies Education
✓ Develop the skills, strategies, and
habits of mind required for effective
inquiry and communication.
✓ Relate and apply the knowledge acquired
through Social Studies to the world
outside the classroom.

36. Point/Counter Point
Team 1 will argue that
Social Studies should
be taught every day.
Team 2 will argue that
Social Studies should
not to taught at all.

37. Point/Counter Point
Each team member
must make one point
or counter point.
After a point has been
made, the other team
will an opportunity to
make a counter point.

38. Next Week
Junior/Intermediate Social Studies
Curriculum Overview
Review the Social Studies Curriculum
document
Read Chapters 2, 10, 11
Participate in the online discussions
Activity: Social Studies Connections
(Bring your curriculum document)