humanities in action

COMBINING ELAR AND AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH PROJECT BASED

LEARNING

JESSICA DRUMMONDJDRUMMOND@DUNCANVILLEISD.ORG

LATONYA BATTLESLBATTLES@DUNCANVILLEISD.ORG

Humanities in Action

Take 5 mins at your table to discuss your thoughts on group work:

• What works?• What doesn’t work?• Benefits of group work?• Problems/concerns with group work?

GROUP WORK…We have all had good AND bad experiences with group work,

both as group participants and as teachers!

DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

FACILITATING AND TEACHING?

Facilitating vs. Teaching

• LAUNCH/TEAM• PLAN• RESEARCH/WORK• CREATE/CRITIQUE• SHARE/EVALUATE

The PBL Protocols

LAUNCH and TEAM

TEAM:Team Contracts

Intervention

LAUNCH:Hook

Challenge BriefRubric

PLAN

Analyze the Challenge Brief

Analyze the RubricKnow/Need-to-Know List

(group and individual)Write Research

Questions

Groups plan HOW

they are going to solve the

challenge.

History Standards

ELAR Standards

RESEARCH/WORK

Answer the Research Questions

DIYs/WorkshopsEvaluate Their Understanding

Progress Checks

Most of the PBL time is spent in this protocol.

Important points… What I will relay to my group… 1. 2. 3. 4.

CALL UP NOTES:

I accomplished…

I learned…

I wish…

Tomorrow I will…

DAILY REFLECTIONS:

TEKS

Research QuestionResources

“Thick” Question“Thin” Questions

CREATE/CRITIQUE

Project PlanGroup CritiquePeer Critique

Teacher Desk CritFinal Check List

Evaluate Understanding(based on verbs from rubric)

Requires CONSTANT refinement from students

and facilitators.

SHARE/EVALUATE

Present ProductSelf Evaluation

Group EvaluationReflection

Move directly into “TEAM” for next PBL in

order to make adjustments based on

reflection.

GRADING

We did…now YOU DO!

CHAT TREESCOMMUNICATION CARDS

CLASS DOJOINTERVENTION DOCUMENTS

Classroom Management Tools

Aligning Across Curriculum

History Standards

ELAR Standards

Developing? Accomplished? Distinguished?

Applying Reading Strategies to Social Studies Content

Point out:

VocabularyMain IdeaPurpose

Primary Sources

Summary SkillsParaphrasing

NOTE: Sticky Note Annotation to

create Research Summaries

DIYs and WorkshopsSmall Group Teaching

Student Results

ELAR – 98% passing rate for STAAR Reading History – 78% passing rate for STAAR Social Studies

Able to:• think critically• analyze and evaluate• problem solve

• socially: within their groups• academically: whole picture learning rather than

memorizing facts• connect content areas• take responsibility for their own learning• WORK HARD!