http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/studies?feed=rss&pg=1 jgordon's bookmarks tagged "studies" on Netvouz http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-History-Social-Studies-English-Learners/dp/0205627617/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1313028023&sr=8-7 Based on the best-selling resource, Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short; teachers, coaches, and intervention teachers have access to research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the History-Social Studies classrooms. This highly anticipated book, The SIOP Model for Teaching History-Social Studies to English Learners addresses the issues faced in teaching history-social studies to English learners (ELs) at each grade-level. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:12:13 GMT http://www.writingfix.com/WAC/RAFT.htm Writing Across the Curriculum...RAFT Writing Assignments with interactive features to create the assignments across the content areas. Literacy > Writing Strategies jgordon Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:25:18 GMT http://www.colorincolorado.org/content/ The strategies in this section suggest ways in which you can provide your ELLs with additional support in learning content areas such as math, science, social studies, and language arts. English as a New Language > Sheltered Instruction (Teaching Content to ELLs) jgordon Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:56:43 GMT http://www.tc.edu/ncrest/teachers/judson/ Developing Oral Language Skills of ELLs in Global This website illustrates one teacher's efforts to help 9th and 10th grade students develop mastery of the English language within the context of a Global Studies class. It documents the work of Terry Judson, a teacher in his 12th year of teaching at a public school in Queens, NY. This site shows how Judson structures a Power Point project on the beliefs of various world religions that serves as the culmination of a unit on Religion, documents the work of four students, and illustrates how Judson strives to meet the demands of State Standards and the NY Regents test within a project-based curriculum. Social Studies > Global Studies jgordon Sat, 23 May 2009 17:43:01 GMT http://www.beyondbooks.com/index.asp Beyond Books helps teachers educate the new generation of middle- and high-schoolers with rich, up-to-date, original content, linked to the best of the web. Portfolios, activities, study questions, lesson plans, and correlations make learning a voyage. Read more Teacher Resources jgordon Mon, 29 May 2006 00:45:40 GMT http://www.colorincolorado.org/web_resources/by_topic/content_resources_social_studies Content Resources: Social Studies Links for teaching Social studies to ELLs collected by Colorin Colorado Social Studies jgordon Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:33:18 GMT http://www.classbrain.com/art_cr/publish/afghanistan.shtml This site provides support for students who are asked to do a report on a country. It would be beneficial for intermediate and JH students as well as ELLs Social Studies jgordon Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:56:30 GMT http://www.openc.k12.or.us/reaching/tag/dcsamples.html This is a list of differentiated curriculum samples related to various topics and grade levels. I imagine the quality of the samples will depend on the writer. Differentiated Instruction jgordon Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:23:35 GMT http://www.funlessonplans.com/differentiated_instruction.htm US History and Africa-Europe-Asia World Social Studies lessons projects feature self-directed research tasks. The differentiated learning instruction in the lesson activities provide individual tasks and investigations for differentiated learning styles. The electronic booklets feature essays, guiding questions, fact sheets, worksheets, and individual tasks. Task Cards and Investigations let students identify the type of tasks they most enjoy, the ones most likely to lead to successul learning experiences. Differentiated Instruction jgordon Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:12:43 GMT http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/ This PBS site provides numerous 10-30 minute online videos on various topics from around the world. The site is organized by continent or by theme and new videos are posted monthly. The videos can be used by themselves or used as introductions to units or themes. Rec. by Matthew Guglielmi Social Studies jgordon Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:41:25 GMT