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Middle States Council for the Social Studies
Febrary 22, 2014, The Westin Hotel & Conference Center, Tysons Corner, VA


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Plagiarism & How to Avoid It

Case Studies
Paraphrasing & Summarizing
  -- Important Figures of the 1920s
  -- Bill of Rights
Mock Twitter Feed using Padlet 
  -- Twitter (create hashtag for your classroom discussion)
  -- Twitter, Hashtags and FakeTweet (Ken Halla, World
     History Teachers Blog,
2/13/2014)
Citation Races (video)

Research Skills

Web Site Evaluation
  -- 5 Ws of Web Site Evaluation (via Kathy Schrock)
  -- ASCC Yourself Questions
     (via Information Power, Joyce Valenza)
     ASCC handout | ASCC Checklist | ASCC Reminder
  -- 21st Century Information Fluency Evaluation Wizard
Bias Lesson (Gay Marriage)

Research Smackdown

A Google A Day
Daily Questions
  -- Helping Students Develop the Abililty to Ask Good
     Questions (Sue Jackson, Scholastic Canada, April 2013)










Other Social Studies Presentations



Middle School Social Studies Department Chairs
October 22, 2013, Kilmer Middle School, Vienna, VA

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MS SS Dept Chairs EXIT TICKET

Stations
U.S. History: Immigration/Urbanization
Civics: Political Processes

Research Skills
Bias Lesson (VA Gubernatoraial Race 2013)

High School Social Studies Department Chairs

February 11, 2013, Fairfax Ridge, Fairfax, VA


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* Updated version of a presentation offered at the FCPS Winter Librarians In-service, January 29, 2013, Falls Church High School, Falls Church, VA




HS SS Dept Chairs EXIT TICKET

FIND
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 (Library of Congress)
Google Advanced Search
  • Google Inside Search: All Tips & Tricks
  • Google Shortcuts
  • How to Use Google Search More Effectively [Infographic] (Mashable, November 24, 2011)
  • Google Lesson Plans
AGoogleADay

INTERPRET
Maps
  • Waldsemuller Maps (library of Congress)
  • Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Maps
  • How a Map Divided Virginia (New York Times Opinionator, May 5, 2011)
Library of Congress Classroom Materials
Library of Congress Primary Source Analysis Guides
Twitter
  • Real time History tweet projects:
        Real Time WWII | MN Civil War
  • Historical figures on Twitter
        John Quincy Adams | Shakespeare
Rock Star Social Studies teachers to follow:
  • Social Studies Teachers (a list by @kyteacher)
  • #sschat - hashtag and weekly Social Studies Twitter chat (Mon, 8-9pm EST)

APPLY
Primary Sources
  • On Facebook, Librarian Brings 2 Students from the Early 1900s to Life (Wired Campus, January 6, 2012)
  • Podcasting In and Out of the Classroom (Teaching History with Technology, edtechteacher)
  • The Newspaper Clipping Generator (Fodey.com)
  • Product Examples
        Diary Entry   |   Newspaper

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