Pedagogical Content Knowledge Assignment

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Pedagogical Content Knowledge Assignment I am pursuing my licensure in Social Studies grades 4 – 8. I specifically teach U.S. History to 8 th grade students in Aldine ISD. Th site that I have decided to assist in building my PCK is Edutopia.org, specifically an article titled “ Applying the Scientific Method in History Class ” by Andrew Fultz, the link as follows: https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-scientific-method-high-school-history This article contains information regarding instruction for using a key concept from science in history class to encourage students to analyze without fear of making mistakes. Fultz, insist that the scientific method can be used in history to give learners deeper meaning of the content while exploring primary sources. Although, the article targets high students, I believe the strategy can be beneficial to middle school students. The article contains the following phases: Forming hypothesis Collecting data Testing Analyzing results to determine rather or not a hypothesis is true. The article further goes on to explain how a teacher can help students gain better understanding of complex primary sources by applying the scientific method in history classrooms. The article provides a step by step breakdown on how to analyze a primary source and reminds us that sometimes-primary sources aren’t 100% accurate and must undergo further investigation in order to be used as evidence to support a historical theory. The scientific method is something I can utilize over and over again during the instructional year as students are consistent take with deciphering historical excerpts. I think the method will be a great way to introduce historical documents such as; The Northwest Ordinance, Washington’s Farewell Address, and the Emancipation Proclamation. For example, for the “Do Now” or “warm-Up” students will need to formulate a hypothesis over an excerpt from the Northwest Ordinance. Next for the “We Do” part of the lesson students will “turn and talk” with an elbow partner can compare hypothesizes. For the “I Do” part of the lesson, I the instructor will give more content to the excerpt, which will allow students to “collect more data” about the primary source. For the “You Do” part of the lesson students will read a passage about the Northwest Ordinance giving them the opportunity to analyze the document and determine rather or not the hypothesis they create was aligned with the purpose of the document or not. Below is an academic language list needed in an U.S. History classroom along with an explanation for each vocabulary word or phrase is to the content of U.S. History. Academic Language List Academic Language Vocabulary Why is this academic language important? Primary Source An account of an event by someone who was present at the even
Second Source An account of an event by someone who was not present at the event Declaration of Independence Statement of the Second Continental Congress that defined the colonists' rights, outlined their complaints against the British government, and declared the colonies' independence. (1776) Propaganda Stories and images designed to support a particular point of view Enlightenment The Age of Reason; movement that began in Europe in the 1700s as people began examining the natural world, society, and government. Scientific Revolution Period of great learning that began in the 1600s as European mathematicians, scientists, and astronomers looked for scientific explanation about how the universe works. Scientific Method Observation of and experimentation with natural events in order to form theories that could predict other events or behaviors.
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