10/2 6-8 Social Studies Workshop

Agenda located here.

Checked in, asked: What's up, What's new?

Reviewed Work from 8/29 Grade Level Meeting

reviewed Vertical Slides

reviewed PreMortum K-2, 3-5, 6-8

Discussed "Where do we go next?" on 11/4

7th grade to meet with Betty

6th grade to collaborate with American History teachers to build a content bridge

8th grade to world geography, modern?, Problem solving, American Gov't

Reviewed/Edited timeline as needed

Revise this year's to-do list

• Inventory Resources
• Create/Share Common "Assessments"
• Revise curriculum document as needed
• SWAP PD day (resources/Assessment/Activities) (Elem only?)
• Create Equality of resources (Elem only?)
• Determine CORE experiences
• Purchase Resources
• Create Teacher Training Days at Schools (End school Year) (Elem only?)

Reviewed Learning Goals

• Clarified Units
• Clarified content within each unit.
• Created A Curriculum Map of Learning goals by unit
• Created year plan for units of study
• Added Units to Hub

Add any links to documents here:

6th Grade: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1ssUy1XsqQ-WlB9fh3ftd28wRLK52peUUN374LtJnujE/edit#

7th Grade

https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1wEyFBSdGBucm1Oss18IkN-XGBqKwDmYDbPVWgs29WTI/edit

8th Grade

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Byyv7X1OlkfTbmJxZmRNRUJTZ0k&usp=sharing

Set agenda for future meetings

8/20 - Social Studies Vertical Team 1 (after school)

10/2 - Full Day - 1 NOW

11/18 - Social Studies Vertical Team 2 (after school)

1/15 - Full Day - 2

1/27 - Social Studies Vertical Team 3 (after school)

4/1 - Social Studies Vertical Team 4 (after school)

4/28 - Full Day - 3 (Concern about MAP testing?) (Change to 3/5 or 3/2)

Ideas for things to discuss:

Resource day - Share out what we use at different grade levels

Sharing within the collaboration dates

Inventory Resources

Create/Share Common "Assessments"

Revise curriculum document as needed

SWAP PD day (resources/Assessment/Activities) (Elem only?)

Create Equality of resources (Elem only?)

Determine CORE experiences

Purchase Resources

Create Teacher Training Days at Schools (End school Year) (Elem only?)

8th may need a separate additional day.

Vertical "Stuff"

• What does "Assessment" look like at each grade level?
• nonfiction
• counter narrative
• how are we enriching students within a content?
• What are our "Anchor" activities or "CORE" experiences for social studies?
• Proficiency scales and how they are being implemented

After Lunch

6th Grade:

• Added Core Targets to all units
• Added vocab to most of the units
• Found and added resources to most of the units (DBQ’s)
• Researched alternative textbook resources
• Linked resources

7th Grade:

• Created kid-friendly versions of the learning goals
• Reviewed the current assessment for the Ancient World and plugged in new learning goals
• Discussed proficiency scales and are still looking for a method to create a rubric
• Created new questions to better reflect our learning goals

8th Grade:

• We looked over the new curriculum, discussed the units, and possible edits
• may be changing some lessons
• Set dates for two field trips
• Junior Achievement
• Memphis Tennessee, the Civil Rights Museum