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Thursday Evening, 6 March 2008

TCSS Social 7:00-10:00p.m.

Great Smoky Mountain Center B and C

Friday, 7 March 2008

Registration and Morning Coffee: Mezzanine



7:30am 10:00am





Exhibits: Cherokee Ball Room Salons A, B, and C





Grade Level Focus: E=Elementary, M=Middle School, S=Secondary







PROGRAM SCHEDULE





Sequoyah 1

8:15-9:00 a.m.

Daniel Qualls. University of Tennessee. Knoxville. “Authenticating Folk Tales.” This presentation is on the need for folktales to be authentic when presented as cultural material to children. The focus will be on 1. the dangers of unauthentic cultural materials, 2. the value of authentic folktales, and 3. methods to determine if a folktale is actually true to its cultural origin. Examples will be taken from commonly used folktales in trade books, including ones with popular characters like Anansi the Spider, Coyote, Raven, and Zomo the Hare. E




9:15-10:00a.m.

Melissa Comer, Sarah Keller, and Leslie Suters. Tennessee Technological University. “MORE Dr. Seuss and Social Studies!.“ Dr. Seuss books can be used to teach multiple social studies topics including character education, peace education, black history (awareness of racism), careers, geography, mapping, and economics concepts. Activity ideas for multiple grade levels will be shared for the following Dr. Seuss books: The Sneetches, Oh The Places You'll Go, And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street, Yertle the Turtle, The Lorax, The Butter Battle Book, Green Eggs & Ham, I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, Daisy-Head Mayzie and more. This session expands on Dr. Seuss ideas presented in 2007. Participants will receive a handout and participate in activities. E, M





10:15-11:00a.m.

Dr. Lana Clauss and Dr. Kathy Brashears. Tennessee Technological University. “Reading, Creating, Understanding: Using Reader’s Theater to Enhance Learning” This session will focus on the many ways reader’s theater can be used in your social studies program. Increase comprehension, fluency, and understanding with eager, delighted learners. E, M


11:15-Noon

Deborah Watllington and Leslie Suters. Tennessee Technological University. Cookeville. “Environmental Education Connections to Teaching Elementary Social Studies” Educators are invited to attend this introduction to Environmental Education as taught with Project Learning Tree curriculum. PLT spans Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 but the focus of this introduction is Kindergarten through sixth grade lessons. Project Learning Tree is teacher-friendly as it requires minimal preparation time, is low cost, and can be used indoors as well as outdoors. Lessons are interdisciplinary, activity-based, connected to Tennessee State Curriculum Standards, and fun for students and teachers. Participants will receive handouts and participate in an activity as well as have the opportunity to sign up for further training with Project Learning Tree. E



12:15-1:00p.m.

Delise Sanders. Madison Creek Elementary. “Digging Up Bones: Historical Research in the Elementary Classroom. Engaging elementary students in historical research is often a daunting task for teachers. From a variety of experiences and materials acquired during a TAH study trip to New York’s Lower East Side, lessons were developed around the “stories” of immigrants living in tenements during the Gilded Age. Using an elementary research model that differentiates instruction, students will encounter social reformers such as Jacob Riis, Jane Addams, and Lillian Wald. Implementing primary documents and hands on activities, teachers will use exciting strategies to teach chronological thinking, analysis and summarization skills. All attendees will receive copies of these activities. E







Great Smoky Mountain Center B and C

(Special Geography Strand Presented by the Tennessee Geographic Alliance)



8:00-8:45a.m.

Mark Finchum. Jefferson County High School. Dandridge. “The Geography of the Trail of Tears.” In 1838 the United States government began the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from its homeland of Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia to be relocated in Oklahoma. This presentation will demonstrate ways to use the Removal in teaching the five themes of geography. Participants will compare the Cherokee homeland with the Indian Territory in Oklahoma, examine the push/pull factors involved in the movement west, and discuss the importance of place to native people. Lots of materials will be provided. M


9:00-9:45am

Joel Barnes. Cleveland Middle School. Cleveland and Craig Laing. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. “Bringing the World to You: A Cross-Curricular Study of Ancient Civilizations.” This presentation will equip teachers with the tools needed to conduct interdisciplinary units on ancient civilizations. The participants will leave with an array of resources that will allow them to implement cross-curricular activities in their classrooms. Specific examples will be provided along with instruction on just how to carry out these projects. Interdisciplinary units really allow the cultures of the world to come alive. They involve the students with hands-on activities that deepen their understanding of the world in which they live. Come learn how to bring the world to you! M



10:00-10:45am

David Paris. 21st Century Academy. Chattanooga. “The Cracker Barrel 3000: Geography in Motion” This Language Arts journaling activity is an interdisciplinary unit that has pairs of students charting an imaginary transcontinental race course by reading road maps, following prearranged clues, conducting scavenger hunts, charting expenses, and exploring sections of the US countryside. The weekly results are comprised of data collected from a variety of sources and must be presented in a single report on an Excel template format. Students must keep a journal of their movement across the US. M,S




11:00-11:45a.m.

Christine Hockert. McConnell Elementary. Hixson. “Go Global – Get Connected.” This presentation will focus on utilizing IEARN (International Education and Resource Network) Project-Based-Learning that meets curriculum standards. Information will be shared to help teachers and students make connections with technology. The project connections with their peers from around the world will improve student performance and improve teacher effectiveness. These connections provide teachers with improved technology skills and a better understanding of what it takes to be a global citizen. iEARN is a non-profit organization made up of over 20,000 schools and youth organizations in more than 115 countries. Since 1988, iEARN has pioneered on-line school linkages to enable students to engage in meaningful educational projects with peers in their countries and around the world. E,M,S



12:00-12:45p.m.

The Tennessee Geographic Alliance Lesson of the Year. This presentation will feature an in depth presentation by the teacher chosen as winner of the Geography Lesson Plan of the Year. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the details of how students are involved with geographic data to learn basic geographic information and engage in higher order thinking skills! E, M, S.






Sequoyah 3

8:00-8:45a.m.

Jeffrey Byford. University of Memphis. Memphis and Sean Lennon. Valdosta State University. Valdosta, Georgia. “Political Cartoons and the Cold War: An Interactive Approach towards Student Learning.” The use of political cartoons in the history classroom can encourage critical thinking and clarification of historical events. With each political cartoon, students are presented with both concrete and abstract concepts of numerous Cold War events. This presentation examines how to effectively integrate higher level thinking into classroom content. Participants will receive a packet containing seventeen political cartoons, possible questions, and an example of appropriate action verbs found in Bloom’s taxonomy. S.


9:00-9:45a.m.

Jackie Morgan. Federal Reserve Nashville Branch and Brenda Ables. State Department of Education, Nashville. “Personal Finance - A NEW Social Studies Course” Personal finance concepts make powerful connections between the classroom and “real world” situations. Learn about the NEW social studies personal finance course, training opportunities, and resources for incorporating personal finance into your classroom. Workshop participants will receive free curriculum and materials during this educational and fun-filled session! S
10:00-10:45am

Marsha Peterson. National Social Studies Consultant. McDougal Littell. "Targeting All Student Learners." This workshop has been designed for middle and high school students who want more interactive strategies that will engage all types of learners in the understanding of Social Studies content as well as the development of the skills needed to be a historian. Targeting All Student Learners provides teachers with a variety of "Best Practice" strategies that will help teach to the top, middle and bottom! S




11:00-11:45a.m.

Linda Taylor. Consultant, Pearson Prentice Hall. Cookeville. “Reading Strategies For Social Studies Content.” This session will provide the audience with a large number of reading strategies designed to help students and teachers get through the content of History, Geography, Government, Economics in typical text books. S




12:00-12:45p.m.

Gloria McElroy. Fulton High School. Knoxville and Dorothy Hendricks. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. “From Yick Wo to Padilla: A look at the Supreme Court's Interpretation of Due Process.” From the first case to rule in favor of substantive due process, through Plessy's separation of the races to the Executive Order allowing American citizens to be imprisoned due to race to '"separate but equal" has no place in the field of education' to Padilla v Rumsfield the Supreme Court has ruled on the due process clause of the 14th Amendment in very different ways. Is it the intent of Congress and the citizens at the time of its adoption or has the evolutionary process of an activist Court led to what we see today? We'll take a look at current issues like immigration and the Patriot Act through the rulings of the Supreme Court cases with an eye to innovative ways of teaching the concept. Teachers will be provided with camera ready standards based lessons, bibliographies and original materials to use in their classrooms. S





Sequoyah 2

8:15-9:00a.m.

Tim Childers. Lake Forest Middle School. Cleveland. “Making Social Studies Personal Through Digital Storytelling.” Engage your students in project-based research using Photo Story to make their assignments come alive. Photo Story takes still pictures and creates movement and artistic expression. Combined with a personal narration, your students will love showing you what they've learned! This workshop will demonstrate the use of Microsoft's free Photo Story application in creating digital stories for the social studies classroom. Participants will also learn various ways to use Photo Story as a teaching tool that will engage students in ways you never thought possible! E,M,S


9:15-10:00a.m.

Maria Edlen. Center for Economic Education. Middle Tennessee State University. Murfreesboro. “Core Concepts in Economics & Globalization Fun ways to get started” This session will discuss core concepts in economics with regards to globalization and free trade. We will complete a “hands-on” lesson that can easily be used in your classroom to demonstrate gains from trade. There will be time for questions at the end of the session, so if you have a concept you have wanted to ask questions about, bring them with you! E,M,S



10:15-11:00am

Meg Daughdrill. Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. “Family Tradition: The Hank Williams Legacy.” Learn about the educational resources available at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum—all address the Tennessee state curriculum standards. The museum’s new exhibition, Family Tradition: The Hank Williams Legacy, presents an overview of country’s most iconic family, its personal history, and the enduring artistic impact of Hank Williams and his son, Hank Williams Jr. The presentation will address ways to incorporate exhibit content into the classroom. Guided tours of this multi-media exhibit for students and teachers will be available beginning in March 2008 and a teacher’s guide will be available in fall 2008. E,M, S



11:15-Noon

Jeanette Stepanske. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. TLSS, Tennessee Leaders in Social Studies, Organization of a Special Interest Group, (SIG). This session is the organizational Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting for social studies curriculum coordinators, department chairs, and higher education faculty. The purpose of the session is to identify charter members of the organization, participate in a round table discussion regarding social studies issues while identifying how TCSS can support social studies educators across the state.




12:15-1:00p.m.

Karla Headrick-Halcomb & Teryl Magee. Dogwood Elementary School. Knox County Schools and with Tim Childers of Lake Forest Middle School Cleveland, “ Technology In social Studies Participants will learn of the possibilities of actively engaging students in the Social Studies curriculum using technology from Green Screen to Google Earth. Check out how your classroom of students can create their own digital stories and learn more about how students can become a part of their past virtually. Using Green Screen capabilities, students have the potential to stroll through Jamestown and/or Plymouth acting as tour guides to explain the life and times of the earliest settlers. In addition, see how you may take your students on virtual field trips using Google Earth. E, M, S




Tenase



8:00-8:45a.m.

David Peterson. Morehead State University. Morehead, Kentucky. “George Mason, Father of the Bill of Rights.” Using slides we will visit Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason. A neighbor and friend of George Washington, George Mason was a private man, owner or vast land holdings, very well read and had little interest in being in politics. We will see his estate, hear of his contributions to Virginia and colonial America. We will discuss his role in the constitution and his reason for refusing to sign it as it contained no Bill of Rights. This will end his friendship with Washington. Under Madison however he will feel vindicated, as The Bill of Rights will pass, looking very much like Mason's Declaration of Rights. Lastly, we will discuss how being an anti-federalist almost got his name expunged from history. Handout provided! M,S


9:00-9:45am

Rita Cochrane. David Lipscomb Middle School. Nashville. Holly Yates. Hillsboro High School. Nashville and Linda Taylor. White County High School. Sparta. “Teaching Germany.” The Goethe Institut and The Atlantik Bruecke provide educators from Tennessee as well as the U.S. and Canada an opportunity to experience Germany up close and personal. These fully funded studies allow teachers to see and learn in numerous cities as well as many out-of-the-way locations all over Germany. Teachers return home to their students with a new appreciation for the people of Germany and a greater knowledge of Germany’s position in the world today. This session will provide teachers with information about the government, culture, history, economy, and physical geography of the country of Germany. Information on applying for grants to study in Germany will be available. Each participant will be given lesson plans, books, transparencies, and curriculum to use in your classroom as you study Germany with your students. M, S


10:00-10:45am

Jeff Sellers and Kelly McGuiness. Tennessee State Museum. Nashville. A Museum at Your Fingertips: Using the Tennessee State Museum’s Collection in the Classroom This session will focus on the two new educational outreach programs currently under development at the Tennessee State Museum. The programs are a brand new Tennessee history web site called www.tn4me.org and a new traveling trunk program. Teachers will enjoy a tour of the web site and discover downloadable teaching aids and lesson plans features. The traveling trunks will be a great way to use historical objects as teaching tools in the classroom. These topics and more will demonstrate the many educational resources available to them through the Tennessee State Museum E, M, S.


11:00-11:45am

Nancy Kemp. Volunteer Voices. James D. Hoskins Library. Knoxville. “Hearing Volunteer Voices Does Not Make Your Crazy!” "Bored of the same old teaching ideas and methods? The state's newest website, "Volunteer Voices" offers teachers a free research arena for primary sources collected throughout the state. You don't have to be a Tennessee history teacher to reap the benefits of this 10,000 piece collection. Unsure of the process of teaching primary resources? Unfamiliar with researching databases? Uncomfortable with utilizing technology in the classroom? Come and learn tried and true teaching methods that combine the state's standards with an engaged classroom audience and evaluation techniques that will awe and amaze. Hearing Volunteer Voices in your classroom….is a good thing!" E,M,S.




12:00-12:45p.m

Julie Mitchell. Lake Forrest Middle School. Cleveland. “Fascinating Flags: Studying “Standards” in Social Studies.” Why does the flag of the United States have 13 stripes? How many national flags include the Union Jack within the design? What is the only state flag that includes a presidential silhouette? If you know the answers to any of these questions, or would like to know the answers, then this session is for you! Join me for an introduction to vexillology, the study of flags. Capture your students’ interests and discover ways to teach colonialism and independence, culture traits, and geography by studying these fascinating state and national emblems. Awesome activities and practical handouts will be provided. M











Luncheon

Cherokee Ball Room D and E 1:00-3:00p.m.



Presiding: Dr. Jeanette Stepanske. President, Tennessee Council for the Social Studies.



Introduction of Speaker. Mr. Mark Finchum. TCSS Board Member and NCSS Board Member



Dr. Gayle Thiemann. President. National Council for the Social Studies




Dr. Karon LeCompte. Presentation of Outstanding Social Studies Teacher Awards.



Mr. Kurt Butefish. Executive Director. Tennessee Geographic Alliance.

Outstanding Geography Teacher Awards



Door Prizes. Mr. Michael Laviano. Exhibits Coordinator







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