SOCIAL STUDIES CBAS

Teacher-Librarians as Collaborative Partners for Student Achievement

Grants and funding for resources

Washington State Library - Supporting Student Success - project designed to assist school and public libraries to work together for the success of K-12 students in completion of Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs).  A training web site is available with information to help with planning and a successful grant application. The training is designed to assist both new and experienced staff by offering a web-based concept map that is hyperlinked to information for basic beginner through intermediate learners.

OSPI Information

• CBAs- Actual, scoring, samples and resources

  • Elementary
    

  • Middle School

  • High School

• GLEs , Learning Standards and Suggested unit outlines

• CBA reporting 

• RCW Law
  

• Social Studies Glossary of terms used in CBAs
  

• Social Studies Glossary from GLEs document - pages 77-80 only

There are common steps to successfully complete each CBA, we compiled resources that are useful for each step no matter which CBA is selected. A list of suggested tips and resources for each step

• Essential Questions

• Key Concepts and Vocabulary

• Inquiry (Reading)

• Organization & Synthesis

• Group Process & Discussion

• Position (Writing)

• Presentation (Communication)

Selected resources for a specific grade and topic for Civics CBAs.

These resources can be modified for your classes. There are 21 pathfinder documents for Civics CBA topics with suggested resources for those topics. There are general resources to make your own pathfinders.

Please send additional resources or suggestions to Trish Henry, Prairie View Elementary, Mead School District

• Elementary Grades

• Middle School Grades

• High School Grades

WLMA recommended resources for general Socials Studies

• Primary Sources information about primary/secondary sources and how to teach about historical sources and artifacts
  

• Some great history sites

• Information about Using Statewide Databases and making Proquest/elibrary Bookcarts

• Information about Historical Thinking
• Since Time Immemorial- pilot project on Washington State Tribal Sovereignty embedded in Social Studies
  

• Annotated Bibliographies- citing sources

• Additional Resources
  

District/School Level Resources for Teachers and Students

• Mead School District- grades 3-8

• Seattle Public Schools Resources

• Whatcom County Library

• Central Valley School District, Spokane Valley

• Snohomish High School Library list of Native Americans of Pacific Coast

• OSPI Social Studies Cadre | May 2010 | Trish Henry's powerpoint
  

• WLMA Preconference | October 2009 | Nadean Meyer's powerpoint
  

• OSPI January 2009 Conference presentation powerpoint, and handout
  

• North Spokane secondary presentation November 2008- ppt
  

• Trish Henry | WLMA Conference | October 2008
  

• Karen Williams and Eve Datisman WLMA 2008 Conference ppt
  

• May 2008 Train the Trainers- Spokane elementary ppt, secondary ppt

• OSPI January 2008 Conference Presentation web ppt

  • Handouts:

    • common steps sites
      

    • timeline template (pdf)

    • timeline template (xls)

    • student accountability worksheet (s.m.a.r.t.)

    
    

  contact Nadean Meyer for earlier versions of presentations