EDUC

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?

(D100)

Dr. Kumari Beck

Office: EDB 8632 ?

Telephone: 778-782-8599

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email: kumari_beck@telus.net

Wednesday 1 :00-4:SOpm WMC 3220

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Course Description:

This course invites you to develop a familiarity with, and confidence about teaching secondary social

studies. By examining the question "What is social education?" we will first explore what it means to

teach social studies, and work at developing a vision for social education/studies. You will then, in a

collaborative setting, learn strategies and methods to implement that vision.

Assigmnents:

(these are suggestions that will be discussed and finalized in class)

Social Studies and 'Everyday Life' ?

15%

Each student will contribute to class discussion, a short critical analysis of an issue (current event)

reported in the media that relates to the social education curriculum.

Details to be discussed in class.

Reflective practitioner:

Developing a vision

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25%

Maintain a weekly response journal/log in which you respond thoughtfully and critically to class

readings, discussions, videos, activities etc. There will be some questions that all students will have to

respond to, and other weeks will be more open.

This is a suggested approach to this assignment. Assignment and due dates will be confirmed after class

discussion on Day 1.

Building Resources:

a group project ?

30%

Students will form into small groups

4-5)

and identify ONE area and grade level of the secondary

school IRPS that they would like to research. (Eg. Social Studies 11, or an elective, History 12)

You will research and identify a variety of ideas for lessons, resources, assessment methods etc that will

become a resource package for your subject/grade. The IRP for that subject will form the basic

curriculum, while the resource package will enhance and bring that curriculum to life.

The group will present this 'package' in class.

Materials will be shared as handouts, CD's with the rest of the class.

Final Project:

Develop a Unit Plan ?

30%

You will develop a vision for the year, rationale and a Unit Plan for a specific grade/subject area.

Details will be provided in class and assignment criteria will be confirmed after discussion.

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Required Texts

Roland Case & Penney Clark, Eds. (2000). The Canadian Anthology of Social Studies: Issues and

strategies for teachers. Vancouver: Pacific Educational Press.

ISBN 189576639 7

BC Ministry of Education Integrated Resource Package (IRPs) for Social Studies Grades 8 - 10, and

Grade 11,

and selected subject areas from History 12, Law 12, Geography 12, Comparative Civilizations 12, Civic

Studies 11, BC First Nations Studies 12.

Retrieved from the following website:

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/irp_ss.htm

(Please do not print out until we have discussed this in class)

Students in all Faculty of Education courses are encouraged to review policies pertaining to academic

integrity available on the Undergraduate Programs website:

http://www.edtic.sfu.ca/u2radpro2s/student

resources/index. html

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