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Deconstructing the CBAs
All CBAs regardless of their focus have common elements.
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Connect to EALRs and
benchmarks in Social Studies and in Reading, Writing and
Communication
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Provide a rubric
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Give Essential question
examples
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Outline key concepts and
vocabulary
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Require inquiry (Reading,
thinking and research)
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Require organization and
synthesis of inquiry
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Requires the use of
primary sources and/or artifacts
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Require group process and
discussion
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Require taking a position
and writing about it (Writing and thinking)
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Require presentation of
the position (Communication)
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Suggest graphic
organizers
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List teaching ideas
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Provide some general
resources
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NEED specific resources
to tie with curriculum content
All CBAs address the Social
Studies GLE's.
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Use critical reasoning to
form and evaluate positions
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Use inquiry-based
research
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Deliberate effectively
with others
All students involved with
the social studies CBAs need the following:
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Facts—evidence
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Vocabulary
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Topics
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Concepts
Generalizations
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Practice
There are a number of key
issues associated with all of the CBAs.
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Scaffolding needed for
students and teachers
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Quality and quantity of
resources available
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Handling of
difficult-to-find topics
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Issues of readability of
resources
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Use of primary
documents/artifacts
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Ethical citation of
resources
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Ensuring quality thinking
and writing
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Collaboration: Integrating Reading, Writing, and Inquiry Research
Teacher-Librarians are
resources for
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Background materials for
teachers
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Common readings
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A variety of research
materials
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Materials supporting
different reading levels
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Different approaches to
topic
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Higher level thinking
skills including
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Providing students and
teachers with instructional support
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Helping with "backward
planning"
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Helping assess CBA
projects and processes
See two Collaboration Models
Let's Start Planning Together
One approach to planning
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Select and read background information
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Select common reading material
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Plan for independent research
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Schedule library time
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Students read and research
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Students create the product
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Review and assess student work
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Decide who will be responsible for what in the research plan
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The
Essential Question
Each CBA has an essential
question tied to the BIG ideas of Social Studies. Below are links that
may be helpful.
“The
Research Cycle Begins with an ‘Essential Question" from Bellingham
School District
"The
Questioning ToolKit" from Jamie McKenzie
"Learning
Questioning" from Jamie McKenzie
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PAHS Home
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PAHS Library
Homepage
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PAHS Graduation and Beyond
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Social Studies CBAs
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PAHS
Research Model--Big6™
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PAHS
Moodle
--
open
source e-learning platform
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Turnitin
--
plagiarism
prevention-online grading
- RESEARCH
RESOURCES--links
to PAHS
Databases and free resources
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Bibliographic Citation
(citing your work)
Citation Machine
KnightCite
-- Heckman Library, expanded list of choices
BibMe --
free automatic bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago,
and Turabian
OSLIS Citation Maker
Easy
Bib -- export to Word
NoodleBibExpress
-- export to Word
MLA Style Guides - Easy
Bib
-- four PDF documents
MLA 7th
ed. Style Guide -- the OWL Writing Lab Purdue
Online
Citation Style Guide - from Bedford
St. Martin's Press
MLA Citation
Examples -- Peninsula College
Easy Bib's Visual Guide to Citations--
easily searchable online citation guide
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Fast Choices for Successful Searching
Internet Public Library
Librarians'
Index to the Internet
WWW Virtual Library
---- subject guides mostly academic, on many subjects, not
annotated or evaluated but many excellent
BUBL
-- Selected Internet
resources covering all academic subject areas
CIA-World Fact Book up-to-date political
maps and info about countries,
societies, and economies throughout the world
Citizendium
-- expert driven, wiki-based on-line encyclopedic source
Google Scholar --
broad search
for scholarly literature - an invisible Web resource
Internet Search Engines
-- annotated PDF doc listing
current engines and what they do
Inter Press Service
News -- stories and analyses explaining how events
and global processes affect individuals and communities
National Geographic
source for maps and geographical information
Online Newspapers
-- Thousands of
newspapers, search by country
Vivisimo
-- document clustering web
search
AltaVista Text Search
Mzinfo's Reference Desk
- list of links for general reference questions
Complete Web
-- a deep web search engine searches documents in PDF and other formats that don't normally
show up in a standard search
OAIster
-- a deep web search engine searches documents in PDF and other formats that don't normally
show up in a standard search
Turbo 10 --
a deep web search engine searches documents in PDF and other formats that don't normally
show up in a standard search
Veropedia --
vetted and uneditable Wikipedia content
Virtual Learning
Resources Center -- index thousands of the best
academic information websites
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Professional Tools
Adobe
Reader Download
Bartleby.com -- Great
books, verse, drama...online freely downloadable
EdSelect
-- collection of links
addressing educational issues
Edsitement
-- The Best of the Humanities on the Web from the
National Endowment for the Humanities
Education Corner --
comprehensive directory of
top editor reviewed and user recommended teacher and educator
resources on the Internet.
Education World
- a free
resource for all things education
Discover Zone --
support site for the student planners and Advisory
Gutenberg Project
--
world's largest collection of freely
downloadable books in the public domain
InfoPeople
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help with search tools and other tech questions related to library
information services
Intute
--
access to the very best
Web resources for education and research created by a network of UK
universities and partners
IT/Computers
-- Glossary for Search Engine Optimization.
JSTOR
-- Journal Storage -- requires subscription but searchable without fee
K
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Shrock Guide to Everything
Lexile
Framework for Reading -- measuring reader ability
to material difficulty
Literacy Web
-- best practices in literacy
instruction
LOC
Wise Guide - Library of Congress Portal.
Media Web
--- booking with the IMC at OESD114
Noodle Tools
--
suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals
with their online research and teaching
OSPI School
Report Card -- Homepage
School District
Demographics Homepage
Teaching that Makes Sense
-- teaching technique, curriculum delivery and Six
Trait™
Teaching Tools and Utilities
--
graphic organizers,
on-line bookmark storage, rubric templates, etc.
United
Streaming -- Educational Video Library
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Student Links
General Browsing
High School Hub
Homework Spot-High
School
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Homework Spot
Learning Express Library
-- practice SAT, ACT, ASVAB, GED tests
and skills improvement coursework -- requires a NOLS library card to
access
Peninsula College
Student Services
-- link to college info regardless of
location
Study
Buddy -- Free search engine
built just for homework help, leveled by grade
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Affiliated Libraries
NOLS.
-- North Olympic Library System
KCLS
-- King County Library System
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Teacher-Librarian Links
WLMA
-- Washington
Library Media Association - info for school libraries and librarians
across the state
OEMA
-- Oregon's sister org. to WLMA
ALA
--
American Library Association
AASL
-- American
Association of School Librarians
Baldwin
Online Children's Literature Project -- public Domain
children's lit
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Library/Media Coordinators' Corner
-- Tech
Learning's link for teacher-librarians
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PASD Home
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