Course: Rigor in the Social Studies Classroom
Description
Looking for ways to challenge your students? Want to prepare your students for college and careers? Start this module to learn about pushing the level of rigor in your classroom and building your students’ critical thinking skills.
Topics Addressed
How can use what you learn in this module in your class?
Looking for ways to challenge your students? Want to prepare your students for college and careers? Start this module to learn about pushing the level of rigor in your classroom and building your students’ critical thinking skills.
Topics Addressed
- How rigor is defined
- What rigor looks like in a Social Studies classroom (demonstrated through videos and lesson plans)
- Ideas for building rigor into lessons
- How to make sure that the necessary scaffolds are in place for rigorous instruction
How can use what you learn in this module in your class?
- Lesson plans that push students’ thinking in deep and meaningful ways
- Modification of a lesson to incorporate more rigor, with the appropriate level of scaffolding
- Lessons are more rigorous, challenging and engaging for students