ELM 351 Full Course Assignments GCU

Utilizing resources and media to make meaningful connections to social studies content within lessons helps teachers to engage their students. Surveying and analyzing potential technology resources that integrate real-life application in the social studies classroom is vital for today’s fast-moving classroom. With a technology-based resource list, teachers are well equipped with tools to engage students and allow them to work both independently and collaboratively.

Review your state’s social studies academic standards specific to state history and geography.

Create a 10-15 slide digital presentation for an audience of your fellow educators  that showcases integrating media, resources, and technology into social studies curriculum specific to your state’s history and geography standards. Identify a minimum of five technology resources, one of which should integrate the arts into the content.

Your presentation should include:

• Link to your state’s history and geography standards.
• Description of each technology resource and how it works.
• A specific learning activity for each technology resource that demonstrates scaffolded instruction of the standards identified.
• Explanation of how the technology resource engages students and allows them to work independently and collaboratively.
• Real-world application of the standards that is promoted by the technology resource.
• Title page, presenter’s notes, and reference page.

Digital presentation should include graphics that are relevant to the content, visually appealing, and use space appropriately.

Support your findings with 2-3 scholarly resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Building a learning environment in which students use respectful communication skills demonstrates the importance of creating safe, positive spaces inside and outside of the classroom. By modeling these questioning strategies, teachers provide examples of how to communicate in collaborative and social situations.

Prior to your field experience, review the requirements of all clinical field experiences for this course. Create a document to share with your mentor teacher detailing your requirements for all field experiences for this course, as well as what is being requested of your mentor. This document should include the scheduling required to complete all assignments.

Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Observe a minimum of two social studies lessons taught by a certified K-8 grade teacher. During your observation, take note of questioning strategies utilized by the teacher, and the communication those questions fostered.

After observing the social studies lessons, create four supplemental questions that are reflective of the content taught, identifying the alignment of each question to a DOK level. Share your questions with your mentor teacher seeking his or her feedback.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

Compose a 250-500 word reflection summarizing the lessons you observed and your discussion with your mentor teacher. Include the supplemental questions you created and any revisions you would make based on the feedback you received from your mentor teacher.

Thinking about your future professional practice, explain how you will apply what you observed about using questioning strategies in social studies instruction to increase students’ critical thinking skills and depth of knowledge

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

Using technology-based resources within the social studies classroom supports real-world applications and helps to inspire teachers in their lesson planning and instructional practices. Continually exploring technology resources which can be utilized within the classroom demonstrates a teaching best practice.

Allocate at least 3 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Observe a minimum of one social studies lesson taught by a certified K-8 teacher. During the observation, take particular note of how technology was used and its effectiveness. If technology was not used where in the lesson was there an opportunity for technology to be used?

Following your observation, collaborate with your mentor teacher to discuss the integration of technology in the social studies classroom. Specifically discuss with your mentor teacher his or her practices related to ensuring the safe, legal, and ethical use of technology in the classroom.

In addition, arrange a time to implement a social studies lesson with a small group of students or the entire class. Discuss with your mentor teacher an appropriate standard to address in that lesson.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

In 250-500 words, reflect on your observation and discussion by addressing the following:

• During the lesson you observed, what technology resources did your mentor teacher use? Did the technology resource contribute to instruction or engagement? Why or why not?
• At what DOK level was the technology used or could have been used?
• What specific additional technology could have been used within the lesson and how would you have used them?
• How does your mentor teacher ensure the safe, legal, and ethical use of technology and information accessed from the technological resources?
• Summarize and reflect upon your observations. Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

If no technology was used, identify a technology that could be used, answering the above questions.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

Active student engagement is key in any classroom as such interaction allows students to immerse themselves in the academic content. Observing student engagement strategies and instructional questions in the social studies classroom helps to guide teachers to develop actively engaging lesson plans.

Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to complete this field experience.

With permission from your mentor teacher, implement the lesson you created in Topic 4 to a small group of students or the entire class. Following your implementation, review the experience with your mentor teacher and receive feedback. Discuss what went well and what could have been done differently.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect upon your experiences implementing a social studies lesson and the feedback received from your mentor teacher. Include the following:

• What did your mentor say went well with the lesson? What areas of development did you discuss with your mentor?
• What strategies  engaged the students and met the needs of students? What additional strategies could be put into place?
• What were the students’ responses to the integration of creative arts and technology during instruction?
• How you will apply your experience in your future professional practice.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

Differentiation to meet the needs of students within a classroom is vital. Teachers who understand the needs of their students, and plan to meet students’ potential, are using best practices to provide appropriate educational experiences. Observing the use of engaging social studies materials and differentiation in the social studies classroom helps to guide teachers to develop their own actively engaging lesson plans.

Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Assist your mentor teacher with teaching at least one social studies lesson. Take note of the use of social studies text and other print and non-print resources, as well as how the mentor teacher differentiates the instruction. After the teaching experience, speak with your mentor teacher about how he or she differentiates instruction to address the learning needs of the students in a class.

In addition, collaborate with your mentor teacher to review the social studies textbook and other print materials and non-print resources that are used to teach social studies in your clinical field experience classroom. Analyze the text, materials, and resources to determine what opportunities or supports are provided for teachers to address cultural relevance and differentiated learning.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

Write a 250-500 word reflection that summarizes the following:

• Differentiated instruction and instructional materials for individual students with particular learning differences or needs that were observed.
• Inclusion of students’ experiences, cultures, and community into social studies instruction and instructional resources.
• Analysis of how the text, materials and resources address cultural relevance and differentiated learning.
• How you will apply what you have learned to future professional practice.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

Providing students with real-world experiences tied to the academic content they learn within the classroom is priceless. Teachers will be asked to seek out local opportunities to bridge content understanding, and planning such occasions is imperative.

Based on your completed benchmark assignment, plan a field trip (virtual or in-person) to provide students with a real-world experience related to the content learned (i.e., museums, plays, art galleries, etc.)

In 500-750 words, outline the following about your field trip:

• At least one social studies standard and one arts standard, and at least two standards-based objectives that will be met on the field trip
• Location of field trip and summary of learning in which students will be engaged
• Explanation of how the field trip will guide students in analyzing real-world issues or situations
• Description of digital tools or resources that can be incorporated into the design of the field trip
• A project -based post-field trip learning experience that incorporates cross-disciplinary perspectives, knowledge, and skills
• Rationale  for how the field trip enhances the unit plan by developing students’ critical thinking and content-area skills

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.