Education 533 - Integrated Methods 1
Early Childhood/Elementary Curriculum Methods
Fall, 2005
Course Resources
Class 1 - Course Introduction
Class 8 - Geography and Economics (view our inclass work)
Class 2 - Curriculum Theory
Class 9 - Assessment Strategies
Class 3 - Curriculum Models
Class 10 - Cooperation, Culture, and Classroom
Class 4 - Planning: From Units to Lesson Plans Class 11 - Designing a Unit
Class 5 - Perspectives on History Class 12 - Inductive Methodologies :Discovery, Centers, & Play
Class 6 - Standards, Benchmarks and NCLB Class 13 - Open Topic
Class 7 - Civics and Social Consciousness Final Wrap Up
Class 1 - Course Introduction
Important Resource Sites
Rethinking Schools – http://www.rethinkingschools.org/web_resource/index.shtml
Teaching for Change - http://www.teachingforchange.org/
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Coalition of Essential Schools - http://www.essentialschools.org/


Class 2 - Curriculum Theory
Objectives Class 2 - Word Document
Electronic Resources

Curriculum is everything that Happens - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/17_01/Curr171.shtml
http://ericeece.org/pubs/digests/2000/goffin00.html
http://www.infed.org/biblio/b-curric.htm
http://www.ecewebguide.com/curriculum_approaches.htm
http://www2.bc.edu/~evansec/curriculum/Klein.html
http://www2.bc.edu/~evansec/curriculum/Kliebard.html
http://www2.bc.edu/~evansec/curriculum/index.html

Social Studies Sites:
National Council for the Social Studies: http://www.ncss.org/
Texas Council for the Social Studies: http://rgfn.epcc.edu/users/tcss1/
Social Studies Resources: http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/socialstudies.html
Social Studies (Indiana) : http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/ssdc.htm/
Global School Net: http://www.gsn.org/
Global Connection: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/Frames/BigIdeas/B3/index.html
ERIC: http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/ssdc.htm
Texas Council for the Social Studies: http://rgfn.epcc.edu/users/tcss1/
Social Studies Resources: http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/socialstudies.html
Social Studies (Indiana) : http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/



Class 3 - ECE Curriculum Models
Scenario - Word Document
Objectives Class 3 - Word Document
Dimensions of Curriculum Analysis - Word Document
Evaluating ECE Curriculum - Word Document
Important Figures in ECE history - PDF
Curriculum Model Resource Grid - Link



Class 4 - Planning: From Units to Lesson Plans
Objectives Class - pdf
Objectives Lesson Planning - pdf
Resources - Suggested Lesson Plan Design Elements - pdf
Resources:
Aims, Goals, and Objectives - http://www.uwsp.edu/education/lwilson/curric/chart.htm
taxonomies of educational objectives - http://www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/bloomtax.html
Educational goals and objectives - http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/b/x/bxb11/Objectives/
Bloom's revised taxonomy - http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/bloomrev/index.htm
How to write a lesson plan - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Guide.shtml
Five mistakes in writing lesson plans - http://www.adprima.com/mistakes.htm
Authentic Assessments - http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/BloomsLD/index.htm

Class 5 - Perspectives on History
Scenario 6 - pdf
National History Standards: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/usk4-toc.htm
History Social Studies: http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/
Write the Truth - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/16_04/Writ164.shtml
Brown Vs Board of Education Resources - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/brown/
The Truth about Helen Keller - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/17_01/Kell171.shtml


Class 6 - Standards, Benchmarks and NCLB
Objectives Class 5 - pdf
Resources - Social Studies Standards and Methods - pdf
Presentation - Benchmarks, Standards and Social Studies - PPT
Resources - Alignment of CIM and CAM Content Standards and Benchmarks with the PASS Proficiency Standards - pdf
Oregon Department of Education - Content Area Standards

Some Web Sites:
Social Studies Standards for What? - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/16_04/Soc164.shtml
Global School Net: http://www.gsn.org/
Global Connection: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/Frames/BigIdeas/B3/index.html
ERIC: http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric_chess.htm
Teachers helping Teachers: http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel//SocialStudies.html
Chris Myer’s Stuff: http://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcedu013/index.html
Lesson Plans: http://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcedu013/plans.html
Some Lesson Sites: http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/k-12.html

No Child Left Behind Readings:
US Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=ln
US Gov. Desktop References - http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbreference/index.html
NCLB Explained - http://web.wm.edu/ttac/articles/legal/nclb.htm
Changes Brought About by NCLB - http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/articleprintversion.cfm?aid=4416
Promises Made by NCLB - http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11047998&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6

2005 The Nations' Report Card - http://nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2005/

Crtical Analysis
Rethinking Schools: NCLB - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/bushplan/index.shtml
National Center for Fair and Open Testing - http://www.fairtest.org/nattest/bushtest.html
NCLB, A foolish race into the past: Marshak - http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0311ma2.htm
NCLB Costs and Benefits: Mathis - http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0305mat.htm
NCLB Atrocities: Ohain - http://www.susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html
Let Them Eat Tests - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/16_04/Eat164.shtml
No Child Left - http://nochildleft.com/
Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB Act - http://www.reading.org/downloads/resources/nclb0410_joint_statement.pdf

National Reading Panel and the Phonics Approach
Promotional Materials

Report of the National Reading Panel - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/report.htm
The National Reading Panel - http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/NRPAbout/about_nrp.htm
Summary of the National Reading Panel - http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/Publications/summary.htm

Facts and Research on the Teaching of Phonics - http://www.tamucc.edu/~gblalock/courses/3360/readings/facts/photeach-research.htm

Critiques
Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors: Garan - http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0103gar.htm
Let them eat more than Phonics: Zimmerman - http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0304zim.htm
An Urban Legend from California: Krashen - http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0206kra.htm
Babes in the Woods: Yatvin - http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0201yat.htm
False Claims about Literacy Development: Krashen - http://www.ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/200403/krashen.html

Class 7 - Civics and Social Consciousness

Teaching to make a difference - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/17_01/Diff171.shtml
Teaching about the War - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/war/
Don't Laugh at Me - http://www.dontlaugh.org/


Class 8 - Geography and Economics

Resources
Dymaxion projection - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map_of_the_Earth
Globalization Resources - http://www.gascd.com/cyberdig/further_reading.htm
Worldwatch Resources - http://worldwatch.org/
Wikipedia – Cartographic Projections http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cartographic_projections
See especially - Mercator projection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection
- Map Projection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection
Map History – web links http://www.maphistory.info/teachers.html
History of Cartography - http://www.maphistory.info/
Mercator Projection - http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/world/world/world1c.jpg
Gall-Peters projection - http://www.digiatlas.com/ejem1/mundi_peters.jpg
Dymaxion projection - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dymaxion_map_unfolded.png
Gnomic projection - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Usgs_map_gnomic.PNG


Class 9 - Assessment Reconceptualized
Edutopia Assessment Resources - http://glef.org/
The case for Authentic Assessments - http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed328611.html
NWREL Assessment resources - http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/booklets/educate/11.html
NCREL Assessment Links - http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/as0cont.htm
The Educational cost of Standardization - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/14_04/tex144.shtml
Numerous Articles - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/13_03/13_03.shtml
Final exam on Authentic Assessment - http://education.ed.pacificu.edu/bailey/resources/mat/%20Fun%20Stuff/assessment.html
Designing Scoring Rubrics for your Classroom - http://edresearch.org/pare/getvn.asp?v=7&n=25
Further Authentic Assessment Resources- link


Class 10 - Cooperation, Culture, and Classroom
Presentation - Intro to Cooperative Learning - PPT
Resources in Cooperative Learning - http://www.iasce.net/resources.shtml
Tribes - http://www.tribes.com/abstract_transform_environments.htm
The Jigsaw Classroom - http://www.jigsaw.org/overview.htm
Essential Elements of Cooperative Learning - http://www.searcheric.org/digests/ed370881.html
Cooperative learning: Kennesaw - http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning.htm
ERIC: Cooperative learning and Children (ECE and Elem) - http://www.searcheric.org/digests/ed306003.html
What is cooperative learning - http://www.co-operation.org/pages/cl.html
An Overview of Cooperative Learning (R & D Johnson) - http://www.co-operation.org/pages/overviewpaper.html
Ehnancing Student Thinking Through Cooperative Learning - http://www.searcheric.org/digests/ed422586.html
Cooperative Learning Methods, a meta-analysis - http://www.co-operation.org/pages/cl-methods.html
Cooperative Learning Center at the Univ of Minnesota - http://www.co-operation.org/index.html



Class 11 - Designing a Unit to Support Learning
Work Sample Description
Work Sample Scoring Guide
Evaluation Sheet

Standard and Benchmarks: http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/teacher/cim/cim2.html
Or see: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=54


Class 12 - Inductive Methodologies: Discovery, Centers, & Play
Learning Centers -
Kathy Schrock's Learning Centers info - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/edlearn.html
CIESE Learning Centers - http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/training/projectmgtv3/learningcenterresources.html
Lesson Study Approach - http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0304wil.htm
ISTE Article: Cultivating whole class inquiry - http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=May12&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=1006


Project Approach
Webquest - the Project Approach -
Sylvia Chard, The Project Approach - http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1994/lk-pro94.html
The Project Approach Home Page - http://www.project-approach.com/
The ECAP Collaborative Project Page - http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu/info/project.html
Issues in Selecting Topics for Projects - http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1998/katzpr98.html
The Project Approach Catalog - http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/books/project.html
Project Approach, Meeting State Standards - http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v2n1/schuler.html



Eyes in the Back of your Head: video and observation - http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=February2&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=1045



Class 13 - Media, Violence and Methodologies
"If peace is both the destination and the journey then what we teach and how we teach it must not be separated in our preparations for working with pupils."
- Patrick Whitaker, British educational advisor and former teacher

Articles: A Culture of Teaching Peace - http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0616-01.htm
First Year teacher works to create classroom community: How one new teacher stayed true to her social-justice vision - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/15_04/Time154.shtml
Suggestions for teaching for Social Justice - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/15_02/Just152.shtml

Southern Poverty Law Center - http://www.splcenter.org/
The Southern Poverty Law Center is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups.

Teaching Tolerance - http://www.tolerance.org/teach/
Teaching Tolerance supports the efforts of K-12 teachers and other educators to promote respect for differences and appreciation of diversity. Contains links to resources for Parents, children and teachers including many free materials for teachers. http://www.tolerance.org/teach/expand/res/index.jsp

Operation Respect - http://www.dontlaugh.org/
Operation Respect is a non-profit organization working to transform schools, camps and organizations focused on children and youth, into more compassionate, safe and respectful environments. Site contains links to their free curriculum for teachers,
Resolving Conflict Creatively - http://www.esrnational.org/es/rccp.htm
Adventures in Peacemaking - http://www.esrnational.org/ec/ecaip.htm

Peace Tools for Teachers - http://www.salsa.net/peace/teach/teachers.html
Teachers Against War Teaching Resources - http://www.teachersagainstwar.org/tawmockupteach.htm

United Nations Cyberschool bus: Peace Education - http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peace/index.asp
Website includes theoretical and practical materials for teachers
Good curriculum materials - http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peace/frame3.htm
And Great resources - http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peace/frame4.htm
A student’s guide to Peace Education - http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peace/frame.htm

Final Wrap Up
K -W -
Resources
Scottish Story Line Method- http://www.storyline.org/
Scottish Story Line Nepal Example- http://geog.pdx.edu/oga/yaks/TableofContents.htm
GLAD in Forest Grove - http://www.osba.org/hotopics/gap/stratgy.htm
Project GLAD - http://www.fvsd.k12.ca.us/district_office/glad.html

Mark Bailey's Home -
http://education.ed.pacificu.edu/bailey/resources/index
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