Elementary Solutions | Social Studies



Elementary Solutions | Social Studies

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SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT SERVICES

Professional Development & Specialized Support Services





Build Social Studies Success for 21st Century Learners

With personalized learning in history, geography, and social studies classes

• Use digital resources to develop students’ 21st century skills.

• Integrate reading and writing best practices.

• Prepare for the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards for History and Social Studies.

Contents

Implementation Path 6

myWorld Social Studies™ 7

Improving Social Studies Achievement with Highly Effective Teachers

The Common Core State Standards, 21st century expectations, college and career readiness...today’s teachers are faced with plenty of challenges. Pearson’s unique range of professional development and consulting services are designed to alleviate some of the strain. Our professional development provides teachers with the skills they need to help every student succeed.

Engage Students

Educators learn how to:

• Motivate students with hands-on, minds-on activities that support 21st century skills.

• Integrate digital storytelling into classroom activities.

• Ensure authentic assessment of social studies content.

Streamline Skills Integration

Educators learn how to:

• Integrate reading and writing into the social studies curriculum.

• Align literacy programs with social studies content using best practices.

• Use digital resources to develop reading and writing skills.

Prepare for the Common Core State Standards

Educators learn how to:

• Help students develop literacy skills in history and social studies.

• Enhance students’ skills in opinion/argument and informative/explanatory writing.

• Prepare students to be college and career ready.

Our services extend from media-rich programs that allow for personalized learning, to interactive classroom technologies that build 21st century skills, to best practices in reading and writing that prepare for the Common Core State Standards.

We are dedicated to helping teachers build social studies achievement in today’s 21st century classrooms.

LEGEND

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Drive teacher effectiveness while measuring the fidelity of your myWorld Social Studies™ implementation

Get the Results You Want

Pearson’s wide array of myWorld Social Studies™ professional development services coupled with additional social studies, Common Core, classroom technology, and assessment professional development support will help you design an ongoing educator professional development plan.

These recommended road maps show how you can implement myWorld Social Studies™ with fidelity—just pick your focus area.

STEP 1

• myWorld Social Studies™: Product Implementation Essentials

STEP 2

• myWorld Social Studies™: Using Social Studies to Develop Reading and Writing Skills in the 21st Century Classroom

STEP 3

• myWorld Social Studies™: The Active Social Studies Classroom

myWorld Social Studies™

myWorld Social Studies™: Product Implementation Essentials

NUMBER OF DAYS: 1

Educators new to myWorld Social Studies™ explore program components and resources. During this workshop, participants also become familiar with the program’s digital tools, learn ways to help students connect to social studies content, and discuss assessment and lesson planning.

OUTCOMES:

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe the classroom components and resources in the myWorld Social Studies™ program.

• Summarize the philosophy, pedagogy, and basic organization of the myWorld Social Studies™ program.

• Examine how the program utilizes technology and hands-on activities to facilitate and extend learning beyond the classroom.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Elementary Educators (can be grouped by grade level or grade band), Literacy Coaches

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 30

ISBN: 117152

myWorld Social Studies™: Using Social Studies to Develop Reading and Writing Skills in the 21st Century Classroom

NUMBER OF DAYS: 1

Learn how to integrate reading and writing into the social studies curriculum with myWorld Social Studies™. In this workshop, participants discover best practices in aligning their literacy programs with the social studies content area. Participants also learn how to engage students and develop reading and writing skills through the use of technology and other engaging content.

OUTCOMES:

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify best practices of reading and writing in their social studies curriculum.

• Discover best practices in aligning literacy programs with the social studies content area.

• Evaluate social studies lessons and strategize how to incorporate reading and writing skills.

• Engage students and develop reading and writing skills through the use of technology and other content.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Elementary Educators, Specialists, Coaches, Administrators

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 30

ISBN: 116370

myWorld Social Studies™: The Active Social Studies Classroom

NUMBER OF DAYS: 1

Discover how to motivate and engage students through the use of hands-on, minds-on activities in myWorld Social Studies™. In this workshop, participants learn how to use interactive technology to create personalized learning plans. They also explore additional methods they can use to assess student learning in the social studies content area.

OUTCOMES:

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify how hands-on, minds-on activities help to motivate and engage students.

• Integrate hands-on, minds-on activities in their classroom through the use of digital storytelling.

• Explain and learn how to apply interactive activities to create personalized learning opportunities.

• Determine how activities can be used for authentic assessment of the social studies content area.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Elementary Educators, Specialists, Coaches, Administrators

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 30

ISBN: 116380

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Complement your face-to-face professional development with high-quality online services delivered in self-paced, live online, and fused online modalities. Perfect for time-crunched teachers. Choose your duration and get the results you want!





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