GCSS Conference October 21, 2011 Mandee Jablonski M.S. Ed. Georgia Master Teacher Marietta Middle School 8th Grade ELA Email: Mandee.Jablonski@gmail.com Twitter: @LitEverywhere

Balanced Literacy?

Balanced Literacy in SS? Strong reading, writing, and vocabulary skills are crucial in the Balanced Literacy Social Studies classroom. Looking at text structure, vocabulary, primary sources, fiction, and nonfiction are just a few of the ways that you can move from being a great social studies teacher to a Balanced Literacy Social Studies Superstar!

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Document Based Questions-DBQ Historic Context The industrialization, which followed the Civil War, had a great impact on many different area of life in the United States. One of the groups most affected by the growth of industry was the worker. Question: Discuss the impact of industrialization on workers in the United States form 1865 to 1914 and evaluate the ways that individuals and government responded to the problems created by industrialization. http://www.edteck.com/dbq/

The employer desires to reduce wages and lengthen the hours of labor, while the desire of employees is to obtain shorter hours of labor and better wages, and better surroundings. Strikes establish or maintain the rights of unionism; that is, to establish and maintain the organization by which the rights of worker can be better protected. Samuel Gompers According to Samuel Gompers, what are the differences between the goals of employers and employees? I am going to fight… If it takes all summer and all winter, and all next summer and all next winter. Yes, even life itself. I will fight this to the bitter end. I will never recognize the union, never, never.  HC Frick, President, Carnegie Steel, 1892 What was the attitude of many "captains of industry" toward unions?

Graphic Novels

Graphics & Vocabulary

Picture Prompts-Rapid Writes No wrong…just WRITE

SILENCE AWESOME OR EVIL?

Create a conversation between Hitler and Lincoln.

Current Events/News Time for Kids: http://www.timeforkids.com/ Wonderopolis: http://wonderopolis.org/ News Hour Extra: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/ New York Times Learning Network: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/ History.com: http://www.history.com/ NPR: http://www.pba.org/programming/programs/thisisatlanta/atlcivilrights/

Resources Laura Candler’s Site: http://www.lauracandler.com Lorie Squalls of Irving ISD https://sites.google.com/site/balancedlitteach/home/social-studies Writing Tumblr: http://writingprompts.tumblr.com/ DBQ: http://www.edteck.com/dbq/ Greece, NY Literacy Instruction in Social Studies: http://web001.greece. k12.ny.us/academics.cfm?subpage=1361 Bill McBride: http://billmcbride.pbworks.com/w/page/14094960/Welcome%20to%20my%20Wiki Edutopia Summer PD: http://www.edutopia.org/summerpd