Teacher's Guide

TEACHER TIPS
and TOOLS

How to implement engaging research, including mini skills lessons, and professional resources
TARGETED LEARNING STYLES

Field Dependent

Field Independent

 Visual

 

Auditory

 

 Kinesthetic

 Tactile

Active

Reflective

Global Understanding

Analytical Understanding

TIME FRAME:
This research model will require six 45-minute class periods for research including time for creating the oral report and Power Point presentation. Two class periods will be required for the class presentations.

 

 UNIT:

  
Europe- Grade 7 Social Studies

FOCUS:
Enduring Understanding or Essential Question

  

Which European country will satisfy the wants and needs of a family?

Daily Objectives:

Day 1- Students will be able to explain the concepts of wants, needs, and opportunity cost.

Day 2- Students will research European countries in order to collect information for a specific audience.

Day 3- Students will research European countries in order to collect information for a specific audience.

Day 4- Students will analyze results of their research and make changes as necessary.

Day 5- Students will use their research in order to create a presentation.

Day 6- Students will use their research in order to create a presentation.

Day 7- Presentation Days

Day 8- Presentation Days

Differentiation Strategies
 

Range of sources at, below, and above reading level.

Variety of assessments reflect learning styles.

Explicit organizers for note taking.

Group based activities.

AVID Strategies

  

Questions to promote higher level thinking

Collaborative Activities

Constructed responses and notetaking.

MSDE Voluntary State Curriculum: Social Studies Standards/Core Learning Goals

  

A1. Explain that people must make choices because resources are limited relative to wants for goods and services in the world today.

A2. Describe how scarcity of natural, human and capital resources affects economic choices producers and consumers make in the world today.

 National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies

  
Production, Distribution, and Consumption: Economics

National Information LIteracy Content Standards (ALA)

  

Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.
Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.
Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.

 
National Technology Education Standards for Students (ISTE)  

Standard 3: Technology productivity tools
Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.

Standard 4: Technology communications tools
Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.
Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

Standard 5: Technology research tools
Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
Students use technology tools to process data and report results.

Standard 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools
Students use technology resources for solving problems and making informed decisions.


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Last update: November 2010, by Michael Morgan
Created by Fran Glick and Kay Jones
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