• Professional Learning for Social Studies

    Delaware educators

    Delaware offers several opportunities for educators to participate in deep and engaging professional learning focused on CCSS-aligned Social Studies instruction.

    Listed below are self-paced resources that can be accessed by DE teachers in PDMS.
  • Self-Paced courses available in PDMS
     
    Course Name:  Deeper Learning Through Questioning and Discourse
     
    PDMS Course Number: 26093
     
    Course Overview:
    • how to intentionally plan higher order thinking questions
    • how to create a culture designed for meaningful student collaboration and discourse
    • how to let students take the lead in classroom questioning and conversation
     
    Course Name:  Navigating the Geography Standards
     
    PDMS Course Number: 26101 
     
    Course Overview:
    • develop an understanding of geographic concepts and content of DE Geography standards
    • resources for DE Geography standards

    Course Name: Social Studies: 6-12 Disciplinary Literacy in History

    PDMS Course Number: 24577
     
    Course Overview:
    • how the strategies of sourcing/close reading, corroboration, and contextualization help students approach a text, determine key ideas, critically evaluate the content, and communicate knowledge

    Course Name: Using GIS in the Classroom

    PDMS Course Number: 26122
     
    Course Overview:
    • Use free geographic information systems software ArcGIS Online to develop an understanding of geographic concepts and content of DE Geography standards
    • Use short, standards-based inquiry activities to teach map-based concepts

    Course Name: Social Studies: Exploring the Civics Standards

    PDMS Course Number: 27267
     
    Course Overview:
    • develop an understanding of concepts and content of DE Civics standards
    • resources for DE Civics standards

    Course Name: Social Studies: Exploring the Economics Standards

    PDMS Course Number: 27268
     
    Course Overview:
    • develop an understanding of concepts and content of DE Economics standards
    • resources for DE Economics standards

    Course Name: Social Studies: Exploring the History Standards

    PDMS Course Number: 27269

    Course Overview:
    • develop an understanding of concepts and content of DE History standards
    • resources for DE History standards

    Course Name: Assessment Literacy in Social Studies

    PDMS Course Number: 27273

    Course Overview:
    • style, structure and expectations of DeSSA social studies
    • how to align locally developed quizzes, tests, and common assessments

     

    For more information on professional learning for Social Studies in Delaware, contact Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development at 302-735-4180.

Last Modified on September 17, 2018