Teachers Curriculum Institute The TCI Approach consists of

Teachers’ Curriculum Institute The TCI Approach consists of a series of instructional practices that allows students of all abilities to experience key social studies concepts.

The TCI Approach Theory-Based Active Instruction • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner) Cooperative Interaction (Elizabeth Cohen) Spiral Curriculum (Jerome Bruner)

Standards-Based Content The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments • Dynamic lessons build mastery of state and national social studies standards • Integrates hands-on active learning • Achieves a consistent pattern of highquality social studies instruction while being mindful of standards.

Preview Assignment The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments • Short, engaging assignment at the start of each lesson • Helps you preview key concepts • Taps students’ prior knowledge and personal experience.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Who Would You Want on Your Team? Draw a picture of your ideal teammate for a game of tug-of-war. Annotate your teammate with five reasons she/he would be such a great asset.

Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies incorporate six types of activities: • • • Visual Discovery Social Studies Skill Builder Experiential Exercises Writing for Understanding Response Groups Problem Solving Group work

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Visual Discovery • Students view, touch, interpret, and bring to life compelling images. • Turn a passive, teacher-centered activity – lecturing – into a dynamic, participative experience.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Social Studies Skill Builder This strategy turns the traditional, rote tasks usually associated with skill-based worksheets into more dynamic, interactive activities.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Experiential Exercise These short, memorable activities make abstract ideas or remote events accessible and meaningful by tapping into intrapersonal and body-kinesthetic intelligences.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Writing for Understanding activities give all learners, even those with lesser linguistic skills, something memorable about which to write.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Response Group This strategy helps students grapple with the ambiguities of issues in social studies, recognize the complexity of historical events, and discuss the consequences of public policies. Students debate public policy issues and make an informed decision on whether to support or oppose the issue.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Problem Solving Groupwork This strategy teaches students the skills necessary to work together successfully in small groups, both in the classroom and later in life. The group will showcase something for an audience by working together cooperatively to complete the assignment.

Considerate Text The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies Carefully structured reading materials enable students at all levels to understand what they read. Recognizes that a successful reading of expository text involves four stages: • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments a). Previewing the content, b). Reading, c). Taking notes, and d). Processing the content or reviewing and applying what has been learned.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Carefully structured reading material enable students at all levels to understand what they read.

Graphically Organized Reading Notes The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Comprehensive graphic organizers, used to record key ideas, further help students obtain meaning from what they read. Graphic organizers help students see the underlying logic and interconnections among concepts by improving their comprehension and retention in the subject area.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Comprehensive graphic organizers, used to record key ideas, further help students obtain meaning from what they read. Graphic organizers help students see the underlying logic and interconnections among concepts by improving their comprehension and retention in the subject area.

Processing Assignment The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies An end-of-lesson Processing assignment, involving multiple intelligences and higherorder thinking skills. Challenges students to apply what they learned. • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Helps students synthesize and apply the information they have learned in a variety of creative ways.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments After students have completed the immersion lesson, the reading and the Graphically Organized Reading Notes, they are given a Processing Assignment. This challenges the student to demonstrate what they have learned.

Multiple Intelligence Assessments The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Carefully designed tests encourage students to use their various intelligences to demonstrate their understanding of key concepts while preparing them for standardized tests.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments Finally, students take a formal assessment on the chapter.

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments A

The TCI Approach • Theory-based Active Instruction • Standards-based Content • Preview Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies • Considerate Text • Graphically Organized Reading Notes • Processing Assignment • Multiple Intelligence Assessments 1. 2. 3. 4. Group 1 is like the Continental Army because they are smaller, they don’t look very experienced. Group 2 and 3 are like the British Army because they are bigger and well organized. Group 4 is like Group 1’s allies because they are cheering them on and ready to help out. They were motivated, on their home turf, they used guerilla tactics, and they had France arrive in time to reinforce their efforts to win.

Resources • TCI Online • Social Studies Alive! • Online Resources • Internet Connections • Literature Connections • Teacher to Teacher • Preview a lesson • National and State Standard Correlations There also a host of Online Resources for students, available at the TCI website, www. historyalive. com.