This document provides information about George Phillip, a 5th and 6th grade social studies teacher, and discusses the explore-flip-apply instructional model. It includes links to resources on peer instruction, the flipped classroom model, and educators like Eric Mazur, Julie Schell, Dan Meyer, and Sugata Mitra. Sample lessons applying the explore-flip-apply approach are provided on topics like African early cultures and global warming. Useful websites, blogs, and other resources are listed at the end.

1. http://goo.gl/hNl8y
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2. Explore
Flip
Apply
George Phillip
5th and 6th Grade
Social Studies

3. TWITTER
@phillige
EMAIL
george.e.phillip@gmail.com
WEBSITE
www.reversingsocialstudies.com
PHONE
(574) 303-2758

4. Q. What keeps you
up at night?
Complements of Dr. Julie Schell of the Mazur Group

6. What do you see?
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tbme.2009.2038487

9. “There
Understanding
must be a clear,
constant, and and the Flipped
prioritized focus on
‘understanding’ as
an educational
goal.”
by Design ! “The assessment must
Classroom align with the goals via
‘backward design’; and the
goals as mentioned should
highlight
understanding.”
“Instructional practices must align with
the goals…But a course composed mainly of
lectures cannot logically yield content use - any more than
a series of lectures on history can yield highperforming historians
Wiggins, Grant. "Granted, And…." Granted and. Grant Wiggins, 01 Jan. 2014. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.

10. Explore-Flip-Apply

11. What is going on in this video?
Name the 5 Themes of Geography

13. Watch vodcast over the 5 Themes of
Geography and take notes
Assign groups to a theme
Students then created an activity to explain
their theme to second graders

18. Peer Instruction and JiTT
Dr. Eric Mazur
Dr. Julie Scheel

19. Peer Instruction in the
Classroom
From: Dr. Julie Scheel

20. Dan Meyer

21. Africa’s Early Cultures
Map of Africa’s early cultures (EXPLORE)
“What can this map tell us about early
civilizations?”
Movie on Egyptian culture (FLIP)
Create a poster to illustrate importance of
Nile River; choose separate civilization and
show understanding (APPLY)

23. Sugata Mitra’s
SOLE
“Self-Organized Learning
Environment (SOLE) Toolkit…
designed to help educators
and parents support kids
(8-12 yrs) as they tap into
their innate sense of wonder
and engage in child-driven
learning” pg.2

24. Where is most of East Asia’s population located? Why?

26. NAIS 20/20 CHALLENGE
Topic: Global Warming
Brainstormed GW in South Bend/found
articles online (EXPLORE)
Had Notre Dame professors come in (FLIP)
Create presentation for community
(APPLY)

29. Create
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember

31. Helpful Websites/Blogs/Other
www.cyclesoflearning.com - Ramsey Musallam - @ramusallam
www.thethinkingstick.com - Jeff Utecht - @jutecht
mazur.harvard.edu - Dr. Eric Mazur - @ericmazur
http://sugatam.wikispaces.com/ - Sugata Mitra - @SugataM
blog.mrmeyer.com - Dan Meyer - @ddmeyer
http://fnoschese.wordpress.com/ - Frank Noschese - @fnoschese
blog.peerinstruction.com - Dr. Julie Schell - @julieschell
Daniel Pink - The Flipped Manifesto - Free Download