Participants: Participants: Kay Holland, Kristen Davies, Lewis Nelson,
Tracked Out: Caroline Miles

Quarter SMART Goal: During the 2012-2013 school year Social Studies classrooms will demonstrate an effective learning environment through students working collaboratively 60-70% of the time

Minutes: Minutes:
1. Discussed PLT Benchmark Data Sheet- Need to complete one individually and with the PLT
2. Need to start a folder on school shared folder and start saving info so everyone can use it.
3. Kristen shared info on DBQ’s on The Black Death and AFrica’s Kingdoms.
4. Kay shared China weebly.

Participants: Kay Holland, Kristen Davies, Lewis Nelson,
Tracked Out: Caroline Miles

Quarter SMART Goal: Goal: During the 2012-2013 school year Social Studies classrooms will demonstrate an effective learning environment through students working collaboratively 60-70% of the time

Minutes: 1. Kristen shared The Mini Q- The DBQ Project- What was the driving force behind European Imperalism in Africa.
2. Kristen shared 3 DBQs on Africa and one on the Middle Ages.
3. Kay shared Weebly websites and how she will be reviewing for the MSL at the end of the year.
4. Discussed how the pacing guide did not present the information in the best way.

Participants: Participants: Kay Holland, Kristen Davies, Lewis Nelson,
Tracked Out: Caroline Miles

Quarter SMART Goal: the 2012-2013 school year Social Studies classrooms will demonstrate an effective learning environment through students working collaboratively 60-70% of the time

Minutes: Minutes: Today our PLT discussed the information that was shared during the Data Team Meeting. Kay gave copies of examples and notes that were taken at the meeting.
1. Kay explained that there would be mulitiple choice questions on the test-some with primary/secondary source documents and some without sources.
2. She also explained that there would be 3 essay graded on a scale of 0-3.
3. She showed how students could write sentences, draw pictures or use bullets to answer the essay questions.

Participants: Participants: , Kay Holland and Caroline Miles
Tracked Out: Kristen Davies

Quarter SMART Goal: During the 2012-2013 school year Social Studies classrooms will demonstrate an effective learning environment through students working collaboratively 60-70% of the time

Minutes: Minutes:
1. Caroline and Kay worked on the orders for the Teacher Suite for the new textbook- Discovering Our Past- A History of the World.
2. Kay and Caroline placed their orders.
3. We also discussed our Pacing Guide. Both Kay and Caroline gave a Middle Ages test. Kay was giving the SS Benchmark on April 15th. Caroline gave the Benchmark before she tracked out.

Participants: Kristen Davies, Lewis Nelson, Katie Hutchinson, Sue Parks and Caroline Miles
Tracked Out: Kay Holland

Quarter SMART Goal: Quarter SMART Goal: During the 2012-2013 school year Social Studies classrooms will demonstrate an effective learning environment through students working collaboratively 60-70% of the time

Minutes: Today our PLT discussed the information that Sue Parks was given about the Social Studies MSL and curriculum at her county IRT meeting.