Integrating Listening, Speaking & Writing in the Social Studies Classroom

Los Angeles County of Education

Tuesday, November 6, 2017

Here is the presentation for today’s workshop. Feel free to make a copy and repurpose it for your instructional program. 

8:30 – Listening Instruction

• Teacher Survey
• Overview of Research
• Julian Treasure – RASA
• Listenwise

9:30 – Listening Drills

• 15 Minute History – Scramble for Africa
• Note-Taking Drill
• Quizizz Formative Assessment

9:45 – 10:00 Break

10:00 – StoryCorps

• The Great American Listen
• One Small Step
• 9/11 Oral History Project
• Vietnam Veteran Interview

10:30 – Socratic Smackdown

• Social Darwinism & Laissez-Faire American Capitalism
• Rules/Scoring
• Coach/Instant Reply Cards

11:00 – Discussion Models (whole class, small group, individual)

• Constructive Conversation Skills
• Historical Talking Tools
• Speaking Scaffolds (Confidence Monitor/Teleprompter)
• Classroom to Classroom Video-conferencing

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch

12:30 – Civil Conversation

• Social Darwinism & Laissez-Faire American Capitalism
• Tracking conversations
• Reflection/Debriefing
• Curriculum Library

1:00 – Creating Speaking Assignments

• ACOVA
• PVLEGS
• Flipgrid

1:45 – 2:00 Break

2:00 – Assessing Speeches

• Progressivism & Imperialism
• Openings – SignPosting Language – Closings
• Rubrics