World+History+EOC+Day+1

**DAY ONE- REGION IV ISC**
Tom Wurst Ashley Petry
 * TRAINERS:**

__**INTRO & GOALS**__
 * Identify your target for the day
 * Know what TEKS that you need to zero in on that may be on the EOC--> Spring 2013 is the first EOC


 * Hurdles of new TEKS
 * Ask team members to address their concerns about the new TEKS
 * Time
 * New scope & sequence
 * Student deficiencies
 * How will teachers build the new expertise needed for new TEKS

__**ORGANIZATION & STRUCTURE OF TEKS**__
 * TEKS
 * **DEVELOPMENT:**Who develops & adopts the TEKS: see Handout #2- Social Studies TEKS and the Law (Texas Administrative Code Title 19, Part II, Chapter 113-Social Studies/Chapter 118-Economics
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 * [|Texas State Board of Education]
 * STRUCTURE:
 * STRAND--> Knowledge & Skills statements has a concepts
 * 18) Economics: The student understands the historical origins of contemporary ** economic systems **and benefits of free enterprise in world history. The student is expected to:
 * __**Identify**__ the historical origin and characteriscs of free enterprise system,** including ** the contributions of Adam Smith, especially the influence of his ideas found in The Wealth of Nations (test writers will look at including/such as statements as possible testable areas)
 * Two different types of TEKS
 * CONTENT (about 120)
 * SKILLS (about 14)
 * EOC questions won't be strictly skill based---they will be integrated
 * CONTENT
 * Strands
 * History, Geography, Economics, Government, Citizenship, Culture, Science/Tech/Society, Social Studies Skills (taught in an integrated approach)--> INSPECT
 * **GENERAL CHANGES**
 * New TEKS add specificity to old TEKS
 * Make sure that you look at the INCLUDING/SUCH AS and see how they are listed in the TEKS
 * ex. John Calvin and Thomas Aquinas are not noted for their religious contributions but for GOVERNMENTAL connections
 * Make sure that you are teaching new terminology
 * democratic republic--> constitutional republic
 * capitalism/free market system--> U.S. free enterprise system
 * Freedom Week: typically the 3rd week of September--> does not have to be
 * [[file:GeoHistogramEmpires8x11.pdf]]
 * How can I use a GEOHISTOGRAM for review of big ideas and content