1	Classroom Based Assessments Resources OSPI Summer Institute June 20, 2007 Teacher Librarian as Partner Nadean Meyer EWU Trish Henry Mead SD
2	Today
3	What are Social Studies CBAs?
4	Where are Social Studies CBA’s?
5	Washington Library Media Association WLMA http://wlma.org/cbas Teacher Librarians sharing their work Sharing the best resources National ALA grant to make 20+ pathfinders specific to our state needs- Civics first
6	Washington Library Media Association ELEMENTARY Causes of Conflict Revolutionary War http://www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p=5449 Whitman Massacre http://www.wlma.org/admin/editor/assets/cbas/conflict-whitman.htm Enduring Cultures Ancient Civilizations http://www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p=5447 SECONDARY Checks & Balances Johnson Impeachment http://wlma.org/storage/cbas/pathfinders/middle-checks-johnson.html Causes of Conflict Power & Conflict- Pt. Angeles http://www.pasd.wednet.edu/school/hs/Library/Power_and_Conflict.htm World War I- Spokane http://spokaneschools.org/ferris/High_School_Library/CBAs.htm
7	What do Teacher-Librarians Contribute to the Partnership? Understand the research process Know where to go for useful and reliable information Access to statewide databases Support the use of a research model that aligns with CBAs common steps
8	WOW- history has great support ELEMENTARY Diary of Opal Whitely- pub 1920 about pioneering in Oregon http://intersect.uoregon.edu/opal/ Map of the farm http://intersect.uoregon.edu/opal/map.html World history sources http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/whmdocuments.html SECONDARY Martha Ballard’s 27 yr. diary- colonial times http://dohistory.org/ Magic Transcribing Lens http://dohistory.org/diary/exercises/lens/index.html (requires Java)
9	Information Literacy Skills
10	What do Teacher-Librarians Contribute to the Partnership? Provide instructional support Essential Questions Note Taking Strategies Primary/Secondary Resources Help with “backwards planning” Where do we want them to go? What do we expect to see? How will we get there?
11	Essential Questions and Thesis ELEMENTARY Thesis Builder http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html UBD http://www.jaymctighe.com/ubdweblinks.html Examples by grade level http://wwwgen.bham.wednet.edu/essenque.htm SECONDARY Thesis Builder http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html Thesis Generator http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/thesis.html Try your own or select freedom of speech It also builds an outline
12	CBA - Common Steps Part I: In the Classroom Essential Question Key Concepts & Vocabulary Part II: In the Library and/or Classroom Inquiry (reading and note-taking) Organization & Synthesis Group Process & Discussion Part III: In the Classroom Position (Writing!) Presentation (Communication!)
13	CBA Model
14	Inquiry - Databases Statewide Database Licensing Many magazines, newspapers and reference books for “pennies” eLibrary-Elementary and Secondary http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/k6/do/login http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/elib/do/login ProQuest-Secondary and Upper Elementary http://proquest.umi.com/login
15	Inquiry - Databases Statewide Database Licensing Many magazines, newspapers and reference books for “pennies” Culturegrams (states, countries, multimedia) http://online.culturegrams.com/ Nettrekker (includes standards and timelines) http://school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor/
16	Inquiry - Databases ELEMENTARY Cobblestone-Calliope ProQuest- full text 2004 http://proquest.umi.com/login Free index-publisher http://www.cobblestoneonline.net/index.asp $50 yearly for 30 users SECONDARY Social Education- Teaching with Documents Monthly feature from NARA http://www.archives.gov/ Index in ProQuest http://proquest.umi.com/login Full Text 1989-2000 ILL- borrow through library
17	Readability Knowing the reading level of materials can provide the opportunity to differentiate instruction and to provide alternate materials at the desired reading level. You can make text tubs with a variety of great texts. Online Readability Check http://readability.info Lexiles http://lexiles.com Readability in MS Word http://www.irb.vt.edu/documents/Readability_Scoring.pdf
18	Primary Sources http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/ ELEMENTARY Our Documents http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true& AMDOCS http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/ Ancient Web http://www.ancientweb.org/ British museum http://www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html SECONDARY National Archives- lessons and digital artifacts http://www.archives.gov/education/ Many museums, libraries, societies UW digital collection http://content.lib.washington.edu/
19	Inquiry- Artifacts National Archives – U.S. artifact analysis sheets and lessons for primary periods http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ Washington State History Lab http://69.13.172.222/ Currently not working 6/07 Museum of Arts and Culture – Spokane http://www.northwestmuseum.org/northwestmuseum/ Traveling Trunks Online resources including photographs and maps
20	Bibliographies- Making Citations Not required for every CBA Pattern of research skill is important Teaches to cite sources and learn to avoid plagiarism Online tools help the conceptual process Online tools ease the mechanical process
21	Bibliographies- making citations FREE Oregon OSLIS Citation Maker http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/index.php?page=citeSources (problems 6-19-07) Citation Machine (Warlick) http://citationmachine.net/ Noodlebib Express http://www.noodletools.com SUBSCRIPTION Noodlebib http://www.noodletools.com
22	Graphic Organizers NCREL's Graphic Organizers http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm SCORE's Graphic Organizers http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm Inspiration Software Microsoft Office
23	Washington Law “Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, school districts shall require students in the fourth or fifth grades, the seventh or eighth grades, and the eleventh or twelfth grades to each complete at least one classroom-based assessment in civics. The civics assessment may be selected from a list of classroom-based assessments approved by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, school districts shall annually submit implementation verification reports to the office of the superintendent of public instruction documenting the use of the classroom-based assessments in civics.”
24	Finding the Lessons EdSiteMent- Humanities http://edsitement.neh.gov/ Thinkfinity (old MarcoPolo) http://thinkfinity.org/home.aspx Can limit to interactive lessons Databases Proquest Nettrekker United Streaming
25	Civics- Causes of Conflict Voices of the American Revolution Traitors, Seamstresses, and Generals http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/home.htm American Revolution Digital Learning Project http://independence.nyhistory.org/museum/subtopic.cgi?page_id=9904 Primary Documents, free webpage, lessons, etc. Voices of the American Revolution http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=423 Competing voices Primary Documents Lesson Plans
26	Civic- Causes of Conflict Civil War Valley of the Shadow http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Two divided communities with primary materials
27	Online Databases- Media
28	Online Databases- Media Video Unitedstreaming™ http://unitedstreaming.com (Subscription database) Example: A Nation Begins http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetId=5857517B-82F7-4B3A-B761-8D0E74DA6AFE National Archives video on Google http://video.google.com/nara.html
29	Library Mission “The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students are effective users of ideas and information.” Adapted from Information Power 2, ALA, 1998
30	Continuing Help Washington Library Media Association http://wlma.org/cbas Mead Schools CBAs http://www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p=423
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32	Credits All photos purchased from istockphototo http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php with the exception of the following: Slide 20 photo is from Online Information Literacy http://oil.otago.ac.nz/oil/module1/Use-information/Cite-and-reference-your-information/Plagiarism/Types-of-Plagiarism.html Slide 21 photo is from Ubergizmo http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2006/06/internet_generation_students_think_plagiarism_is_ok.html