As state and local education agencies increasingly focus on serving educators with …
As state and local education agencies increasingly focus on serving educators with their data systems, a common challenge has arisen: identifying the critical knowledge and skills needed by teachers and administrators to use data effectively. Many states are creating data literacy and data use training programs for pre- and in-service educators without a common foundation on which to base the content. In addition, several state education agencies and educator preparation programs have begun communicating about how to create a stronger alignment between pre- and in-service training for educators regarding data use.
(How) have public attitudes about work and gender changed over the last …
(How) have public attitudes about work and gender changed over the last 25 years? Using the General Social Survey (available online) students will conduct a descriptive statistical analysis of Americans perceptions about women and work from 1988. They will then contextualize their findings within the contemporary literature about these issues.
SlaveryStories.org is an open source project that anyone can can contribute to. …
SlaveryStories.org is an open source project that anyone can can contribute to. It presents various slave narrtives in an easy to find and visably appealing mannter. It is a good source for literature circles, historical comparisons and narrtive examples.
This text set includes a variety of multimodal resources designed to help …
This text set includes a variety of multimodal resources designed to help learners understand treaty rights as they apply to the state of Wisconsin, giving special emphasis to the court cases of LCO v. Voight and State v. Gurnoe. Indian tribes were independent, sovereign nations, before the arrival of Europeans in North America. Despite ceding their lands in the northern part of Wisconsin to the U.S. government, Chippewa tribes reserved the right to hunt, fish, and gather within the Ceded Territory. In the 1980’s, these court cases affirmed those rights. The year 2024 celebrates 50 years of the court decision.
This video and resources can be used to build awareness among leaders, …
This video and resources can be used to build awareness among leaders, as well as to support educators' professional learning. Consider using this supplement to support conversations with parents/community, as well as to promote data and assessment literacy as part of ongoing professional development and PLC activities.
This video and resources can be used to support educators' professional development …
This video and resources can be used to support educators' professional development related to data and assessment literacy. Consider using this supplement to kick off your next PLC meeting to enhance your own data and assessment literacy.
Teaching About Wisconsin is from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's social …
Teaching About Wisconsin is from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's social studies webpages.
Many resources for teaching about Wisconsin can be found through our state agencies and organizations. Primary sources about Wisconsin are available through the Wisconsin Historical Society, Recollection Wisconsin, and digital archives from many Wisconsin universities. The resources are divided into geographic, historic, government, and economic themes.
Note: These are not lesson plans, but basic information and data about Wisconsin. To meet standards, students will have to DO something with the information.
The Monique Burr Foundation for Children has developed a series of lessons …
The Monique Burr Foundation for Children has developed a series of lessons focused on discussion of what bullying is as well as the role students can play as upstanders. Activities also focus on the role empathy plays in the upstanding process. According to the mission statement of the organization, "Our prevention programs educate and empower children and relevant adults with information and strategies to prevent, recognize, and respond appropriately to the four types of child abuse (physical, emotional, sexual, and neglect), exploitation, bullying, cyberbullying, human trafficking, digital abuse, and other digital dangers."
"Then and Now," helps students to visualize the affects of human development …
"Then and Now," helps students to visualize the affects of human development on wildlife. How do human settlements (parking lots, apartment buildings, etc.) influence wildlife habitat and populations? What are the effects of man-made structures on native and non-native species? These questions are explored by interpreting aerial photographs and related information sources in an attempt to uncover some of the correlations between changes in habitat and types of wildlife.
Students volunteer at any one of a variety of community agencies that …
Students volunteer at any one of a variety of community agencies that serve low-income populations to better understand the underlying issues of poverty and income distribution in their community.
In this lesson, students will explore the history and experiences of Sikhs …
In this lesson, students will explore the history and experiences of Sikhs in the UnitedStates. Through media and historical archives, students will study how the communityhas been impacted by anti-Sikh hate incidents from the early 1900s to the present day.More importantly, however, students will analyze how the Sikh community responded tothese incidents.
This case study explores cognitive dissonance theory, a theory proposed by psychologist …
This case study explores cognitive dissonance theory, a theory proposed by psychologist Leon Festinger in 1956 to explain the tension that exists when peoples' attitudes are incongruent with their behaviors. Students read a news article describing how residents of a town in Ohio are coping with the rising death toll among Ohio soldiers fighting in Iraq. They are then asked to evaluate the theory and to propose alternative explanations for the evidence in the article. Designed for use in social psychology courses, the case would also be appropriate for introductory psychology courses.
Students carry out a field experiment in order to test the hypothesis …
Students carry out a field experiment in order to test the hypothesis that able bodied individuals receive less help than those perceived to have an injury. Students collect and analyze data and write an APA style research report.
Wisconsin Life celebrates the people, places, history and culture of the state. …
Wisconsin Life celebrates the people, places, history and culture of the state. Come with us as we kayak the Mississippi River, interview musicians in Milwaukee, and bake pasties in Rhinelander. We connect you with diverse people and ideas through short stories updated twice a week.
This resource is informational; the podcast alone will not meet any social studies standards.
In 1943, Anglo servicemen attacked Mexican American, Filipino American, and African American …
In 1943, Anglo servicemen attacked Mexican American, Filipino American, and African American adolescents in Los Angeles. This violence was known as the "Zoot Suit Riots," named for the allegedly un-patriotic fashion then popular among the city's youth. In this lesson, students examine four historical sources to answer the question: What caused the Zoot Suit Riots?
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