SOCIAL STUDIES CBAS

Social Studies CBAs
Teacher-Librarians as Collaborative Partners for Student Achievement

Grants and funding for resources

Washington State Library  Supporting Student Success Grant Cycle opens March 2009 for next school year (2009-10),     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.

The following timeline has been developed for the purpose of providing information about this grant cycle and to assist applicants in developing appropriate projects and applications.

·         March 23, 2009 — Tentative date for grant cycle opening

·         Friday, May 8, 2009, 4 p.m. — Application deadline; applications postmarked or delivered after this date will not be accepted.

·         June 22, 2009 — Anticipated date for grant awards; all applicants notified

·         June 22–August 24, 2009 — Contract development and execution

·         August 24, 2009–August 13, 2010 — Project implementation.

·         Thursday, September 30, 2010 — Final report due

·       Thursday, September 30, 2010  — Final reimbursement claim due

OSPI Models to download  Includes required CBA grade level directions and rubrics, Other teaching resources and GLEs     Samples of student responses and anchor set (evaluated responses) ,  Suggested unit outlines Bridging documents- lesson plans by non-profits for CBAs CBA reporting Teacher worksheets     RCW Law | Guidelines | Implementation Timeline |

Common Steps to Completing Social Studies CBAs

• 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)

Pathfinders- 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 Nadean Meyer

• Elementary Grades

• Middle School Grades

• High School Grades

WLMA Website Resources for general Socials Studies and specific help

• 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

• Annotated Bibliographies- citing sources

School Examples of Making Resources Available for Teachers and Students

• Mead School District- grades 3-8
  

• Spokane School District- 9th grade Causes  & conflict of World War I for 9th graders

• Wenatchee - Pioneer Middle School gr. 7-8

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

Presentations

• OSPI January  2009 Conference presentation powerpoint, and   handout
  

• North Spokane secondary presentation November 2008- ppt
  

• Trish Henry- includes secondary, WLMA Conference 2008, Spokane area elementary powerpoint presentations
  

• 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