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Social Studies 2.0: Inquiry and LCE
Goals
• Examine what inquiry looks like in a social studies classroom.
• Compare inquiry with LCE.
• Apply discipline-specific habits and dispositions to enhance student
inquiry in the social studies classroom.
• Compare ways technology can enhance social studies inquiry.
Is this Inquiry?
Student groups
brainstorm
questions about
a given
historical
artifact.
Is this Inquiry?
Students
construct a scaled
map of the
neighborhood
surrounding their
school.
Is this Inquiry?
The teacher
asks students
questions
about a
current event
article.
Is this Inquiry?
Students share
PowerPoint
presentations on
a chosen
political
controversy.
Is this Inquiry?
Students
conduct debate
over the
annexation of
the Philippines.
Is this inquiry?
Students sort through a variety of
informational texts to support their
research paper’s thesis statement.
Inquiry is…
Dimension 4
Dimension 1
• Conclusions
• Questions
Dimension 3
• Sources
Dimension 2
• Skills &
processes
(Civics, Geo.,
Econ., History)
Dimension 4
Dimension 1
• Conclusions
• Questions
Dimension 3
• Evaluating
and applying
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Sources
Dimension 2
• Disciplinespecific Skills
and
Processes
Think about it…
• How would building inquiry methods in social studies instruction
affect student engagement?
• What benefits does it bring to the classroom?
• What challenges doe it bring to the classroom?
• How might the inquiry approach prepare teachers and students for
success in lighthouse school transform to a Learner-Centered
Environment?
Inquiry v. LCE
Inquiry
LCE
Sort the characteristics
described on each piece
of paper into a Venn
Diagram comparing
Inquiry and a Learner
Centered Classroom!
Inquiry-Rich LCE Strategies:
Access the link: SocialStudiesToolbox
• Select a few strategies and formats.
• Examine the description/example to
reflect on how it promotes:
• Inquiry thinking
• Critical Thinking
• Learner-centered instruction
Inquiry, LCE, and Technology
• Have you ever played a an online game with your students?
• How did you use it in your lesson?
Game Theory- Why we play games?
Impact of Game Based Learning on
Education
• Educational games are games explicitly designed with
educational purposes, or which have incidental or secondary
educational value.
• Games based learning provides versatility for more than one
learning style, and also can affect cognitive and psychomotor
skills.
• Sidhikka Bajpai (2013)
Game Theory- How to play games in class?
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Target essential Academic Content
Review Activities
Note Taking
Use of the Inquiry Method
Research
21st Century Skills
Class Debriefs
Learner Centered
How will you use games in your class?
• Pick one game and come up with an activity or a lesson
• How would you introduce it
• How will you have the students play the game? (Individual, small group,
class)
• What will they do during the game?
• What will they do after the game
• Write an outline for your lesson. State the game you are using and
how you would use it.
Game Theory, Inquiry and LCE
American Government
World History
World History
Games Link
Game Theory, Inquiry and LCE Cont…
• U.S. History
E.P.I.
Reflect on today’s discussions:
Reach under your chair and find a colored sticky note. Answer the
question that corresponds to the color:
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= What information was most helpful?
= What are my next steps?
= What concerns remain for me?
= What can I use to help teachers?
= What will I share with someone else?
Questions?
@BCPS_SocialSci
Ms. Renee Baylin, [email protected]
Office of Secondary Social Studies
443-809-4017
Mr. Howard Galowitz
New Town High School
[email protected]