Description
Would you like to get practical training in the geographic and historical content and inquiry-based strategies and resources for instruction that address Massachusetts History and Social Science Standards for grades 6-7?
The workshop will be wholly online with two simultaneous sessions. There will also be asynchronous readings, videos, and online activities, and you will research and plan the implementation of World Geography and Ancient Civilizations at your grade(s).
This fully online workshop will run 3 hours per week for five weeks. You may complete it at convenient times for you. There will be two scheduled 75-minute webinars (with the option to watch the recording). Each week will include a mix of readings, online activities, and video clips. You will write responses to prompts in a class forum, and reply to your classmates' posts. Over the five weeks, you will find and create a text set of primary sources and write an inquiry-based lesson plan.
Audience
Administrators and Teachers; Grades 6 - 7.
Credits
22.5 PDPs or 1 graduate credit in partnership with Westfield State University. To earn PDPs or Graduate Credit, participants must complete all assignments by the last class, details of which will be provided in the class syllabus.
Date and Location - Spring 2022 workshop cancelled.
This workshop is fully online and will run April 19, 2022 through May 24, 2022.
Instructor(s)
Nicholas Aieta
Nicholas Aieta is a Westfield State University professor and the History Education and Graduate Program Coordinator. He holds a Ph.D. in History with a Geography Minor, and joined Westfield State in 2008.
Richard Cairn
Rich Cairn founded the Accessing Inquiry project of Emerging America, which focuses on inclusion of ALL learners in History, Civics, and Social Science classrooms, especially students with disabilities and English Learners.
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