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2. ANTHONY PENNAY DIRECTOR RACHEL GARFIELD TEACHER CONSULTANT JIM HARRIS TEACHER CONSULTANT 3. Participants will leave with: Strategies to leverage the CCSS to promote literacy building & civic engagement with any social studies content. Classroom ready ideas. Great ideas from your fellow educators. 4. PROVEN PRACTICES 6 5. PROVIDEINSTRUCTION 6. DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS 7. SIMULATEDEMOCRATIC PROCESSES 8. State ofCivicsToday 9. The civics framework specifies that the assessment questions address the following three interrelated components: knowledge, intellectual and participatory skills, and civic dispositions. Taken together, these components should form the essential elements of civic education in the United States. - The Nations Report Card: Civics 2010 10. 2 25 50 23 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic % of 4thGradeStudentsaccordingtoCivics Proficiency Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic 11. 1 21 50 28 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic % of 8th Grade Studentsaccordingto Civics Proficiency Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic 12. 4 20 40 36 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic % of 12th Grade Studentsaccordingto Civics Proficiency Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic 13. % of Students Proficient or Above Grade Level 1998 2006 2010 4th Grade 23 24 27 8th Grade 22 22 22 12th Grade 26 27 24 14. Need statistics on Dropout v. Graduate in terms of civic engagement Corporation for National and Community Service and the National Conference on Citizenship. Civic Life in America: Key Findings on the Civic Health of the Nation, Washington, DC. 2010, September. 15. Session 1 Reading and Writing Like a Historian 16. Session 2 Close Reading 17. Session 3 Digital Literacy & The Social Studies 18. RAFT 19. RAFT ole 20. RAFTudience 21. RAFTormat 22. RAFT opic 23. RAFT WRITERS NOTES ROLE AUDIENCE FORMAT TOPIC 24. developing proactive informed, educated, and conscientious citizens and leaders.