Full Description
Brainball:Teaching Inquiry and Social Studies as a Team Sport is an attempt to clarify that not only is social studies a game, but that it is one of the most useful and powerful games that teachers and students will ever play. Games are the doing of theory, and maybe it would be a good idea to start doing social studies in every social studies classroom.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section 1: Brainball (Social Studies Edition) - Why Social Studies Matter
Chapter 1: Brainball (Social Studies Edition) - The Point of the Game is Learning
Chapter 2: The Big Ideas: Product, Process, and Community aligned with Purpose
Chapter 3: Brainball (SSE) Beliefs (Dispositions)
Chapter 4: Brainball (SSE) Key Knowledge Categories
Chapter 5: Brainball (SSE) Skills
Section 2: Preparing to Coach the Game
Chapter 6: Tip 1: Keep the End-in-Mind
Chapter 7: Tip 2: Play the Game
Chapter 8: Tip 3: Competitions as Evaluations
Chapter 9: Tip 4: Sequences matter
Chapter 10: Tip 5: Explicit Communications
Section 3: Day-to-Day Lesson Plans: Brainball Illuminated
Unit Plan Overview
Lesson 1: Observations
Lesson 2: Observations
Lesson 3: Observations/Curiosity
Lesson 4: Identify Pre-Existing Knowledge/Conceptions
Lesson 5: Curiosity
Lesson 6: Develop Collaboration Norms
Lesson 7: Identify Issue/Problem
Lesson 8: Project & Time Management
Lesson 9: Research- Bias and Triangulation of Sources
Lesson 10: Communication Skills - Interview, Letter and Email Skills
Lesson 11: Communication skills - Public Speaking
Lesson 12: Create - Research: Gather Information
Lesson 13: Create - Research: Sort Information
Lesson 14: Create - Project Prep & Implementation
Lesson 15: Design Presentation
Lesson 16: Project Presentations
Lesson 17: Synthesis - "I Learned"
Lesson 18: Reflection & Self-Assessment
Lesson 19: Summative Conference
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix A: Inquiry Based Learning Project Examples
Appendix B: Global Issues Project
Appendix C: Global Citizenship Rubrics
Appendix D: 3, 2, & 1's
Appendix E: IBLP Global Citizenship Tracker
Appendix F: Burning Questions
Appendix G: Collaboration Norms Contract
Appendix: H: Preliminary IBLP Plan
Appendix I: IBLP Implementation Plan
Appendix J: Which of these Things is not like the others?
Appendix K: Exit Slip
Appendix L: Peer Feedback Protocol
Appendix M: Shapes
Appendix N: Global Citizenship IBLP Project Reflection
Appendix O: List of Resources
