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TOPIC
LINKS & DETAILS
September
First Days of SchoolGet to know yourself: «16 Personalities Test «Strengths
«Learning Styles "Got Style" - see document below
«Academic Honesty
Brain/Thinking / self awareness
Backfire Effect- Amazing LINK
«Growth Mindset excerpts
«The Teenage Brain excerpts
Danger of a Single Story (to study history) article link TedTalk
Support
Additional
HELPStudy Strategies- Learning Scientists.org
Homework- Coming up with a plan of attack!
Organization- Setting up your HW Binder!
Active Listening- "SLANT"
Writing- See HANDBOOK
Reading Strategies- 3 Questions & THEIVES
Contests
Blue Team & beyond
Geography Bee- January
Topic 1
GeographyTutorial- http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
50 States: «Website 1 «Website 2 TEST your SKILLS:
«Europe «Africa «S. America «N.America «Australia «Asia
Have you mastered each of the continents? CLICK HERE
Topic 2
Current EventsSTREAMING NEWS OPTIONS: ÌPBS News Hour ÌCNN News (10 min.)
ÌPBS WXXI Political Party Test
Identifying Media Bias
Student News: Fishing for a Story LINK
Types of Media Bias- LINK
Topic 3
Be your bestIdentity, Diversity, Acceptance & More
mWorld Trust: link
qDerrick Gay: student link
ÌSweethearts & Heroes
qTen Truths a Middle School Student Should Know- link
Topic 4
Community ServiceMaking our community a better place! Information on volunteer opportunities and how to submit! LINK
Student initiated groups/programs example- "We dine together"
Topic 5Creative
Resilient
Mindfulness
Spirited*Best Work, Best Self *The Calkins Way!
Mindful & Resilient: *Presentation Skill* linkRESOURCES & LINKS
PBS Learning Media link
**Primary Source Inquires link Recommended Websites link
NewsELA * WordifyNew York State Archives link
Sway
Engaging Congress link
Jackie Robinson- national baseball archives link
https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/baseball-history/remembering-jackie
Culturally Responsive Classroom
https://www.socialstudies.org/publications/socialeducation/may-june2009/isnt_culturally_responsive_instruction_just_good_teaching
DASA reporting- teach history of N (Eyes on the Prize), students write feelings,
Get links- icivics, teaching tolerance, facing history, zinn education project
Strategies- wait time, hand down when others are workingNIFI Formus Deliberations LINK *use safe topic first to learn strategies
Chrome
Kahoot link
Alice Keeler link
Insert Learning link
Engaging Congress- link
Quizzizz link
Flowcabulary link
360 cities link
*recap link
*Sutori link
Nearpod link
Big History Project link
New Visions Curriculum link New Visions Enduring Issues
Schoology link
Print Post-its linkFlipped Classroom
movadi screencastomactic
post on teachertube (edpuzzle, schoologoyEdPuzzle link
https://goformative.com/
https://www.socialstudies.org/XXX
H O N O R S XXXGENERAL
-BOTH GRADES
7 & 8
Pod Cast: subscribe to "Stuff you missed in history class"
Youtube: Subscribe to Alternate History Hub- link
Choose your own Adventure Books- see classroom library
Pod Cast: subscribe to NPR "Hidden Brain"
GRADE
7-see above, search for videos/podcast relating to topics covered in class
GRADE
8- see "General" and search for videos/podcast relating to topics covered in class
OER Commons- click here
Monroe County Fireman’s Essay Contest- due 10/24/14
Halloween Costume Contest- categories TBA
New York Times Video Vocabulary Contest- due 11/10
National Geographic Bee- early January
BIE http://www.bie.org/- Project Based Learning
Stanford Bookcamp Bootleg pdf
Critique and Revision- Austin's butterfly video (7)
BIE Project Based Learning 101 resources- link
Matt Baer mbaer@bie.org bie.org