Workshop Highlights

Salt Lake City School District Professional Development Conference 2014 - Secondary

September 25, 2014

Social Studies: Contextualizing Curriculum at the Secondary Level with Food, Land & People

Resources

• Teacher Resource Center
• InterAgtion Bookmarks
• Food, Land & People Online Course
• Essential Nines
• Teaching and Learning Strategies
• Assessment Techniques
• United States Map: Federal Land
• Utah Map: Federal Land
• Utah Agriculture Activity Map
• AgroWorld (e-zine; subscribe now)
• Farm Facts
• National Agriculture in the Classroom
• "Follow" us on
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
• If the World Were a Village

Group Activities

• Source Search
• A World without Farmers—One Hungry Planet
• Gin cotton (social studies)
• Spin wool (social studies)
• Sphere of Influence

Utah History

• Changes and Challenges: A Century of Utah Agriculture
• At Home on the Range
• SHEEP (DVD)

U.S. History & Government

• King Cotton
• Growing a Nation: Seeds of Change (Multimedia Presentation)

Geography & World Civilizations

• Understanding:
  • The Columbian Exchange Through Old World and New World Foods
  • Fabric Maps with crop samples
• World Civilization (PowerPoint)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel
• Geography and Agriculture: Feeding the World (PowerPoint)
• Grains and Legumes of the World
• Ancient Foods (Video/DVD)