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TIPS III For Social Studies
Working Agenda

Week Five
February 26, 2002

4:30 - 4:45 p.m.

PT3 Profiler We can't put it off any longer!

Instructions:

Each teacher will need to set up an account.

Click on "Create New Account" in the left column.   
The  following page requests an organization ID in the light  blue text area.  The ID for your organization is "0000382". Type this ID into the appropriate field   and click "Continue." Now  enter your user information in the appropriate fields, Select TIPSIIISS  Click the "Complete account  setup" button.   

**IMPORTANT: The subsequent web page provides a 4-digit  PIN #. You will need this number to access your Profiler results. Make a note of your login name and PIN number for future use. You will be asked  to take this assessment again later this semester.    

Activities

4:45 - 6:00 p.m. (Wireless computers due back in the lab at 5:30 p.m.)

1. Work to design a lesson using the items from your Hotlist and digital notes.

2. Continue developing the following if necessary.

   • Identify Your Topic

   • Developing a Hotlist

   • Take digital notes to annotate your Hotlist
      

3. Take a quick look at each of the following resources:

Social Studies Online Resources

• Kids Did This in Social Studies http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/kid-hist.html

• Social Studies Hotlist http://wneo.org/hotlists/socialstudies.htm

• Social Studies School Service http://www.socialstudies.com/  Go to the bottom of the page and click on a category.  At the bottom of many category pages is a hotlist of web links.

• Social Studies WebQuests http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/workshop98/sessions/webquest/list.htm

• History and Social Studies Links http://www.mpusd.k12.ca.us/king/sheri/sst/sst.htm

• History and Social Studies for K-12 Teachers http://execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

• Web Resources for Middle School Teachers http://www.westnet.com/~rickd/Teachers.html

• Web Resources for Middle School Kids http://www.westnet.com/~rickd/kids/kidsmenu.html#Social%20Studies

• Current Events http://members.aol.com/hoseyht/index.html

• Links to Government Services http://www.eff.org/govt.html

• Civics Education http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/civlinks.htm

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Social Studies Resources from Week One

• Blue Web'n by Subject Area http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/categories.html

• WebQuests  http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

• Middle School Social Studies WebQuests http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix/6-8-Soc.htm
   

• Middle School Language Arts WebQuests http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix/6-8-Eng.htm

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6:00 - 7:00  p.m.

1. Evaluate Websites - How did you select your web sites for your Hotlist?

2. Evaluating Web Sites
    

7:00-7:30 p.m.

• Where are you?

• What's needed next?

Developed by Dr. Jeri A. Carroll and Tonya L. Witherspoon
February, 2002