Common Core Government

Common Core GovernmentFinding Balance inFour Worlds of PolicyJennifer OsorioBanning High, Los Angeles USDUSC CALIS Teacher Associate

Presentation for CCSS 2014USC CALIS contact: Teresa Hudock at 213-740-7794 or calis@dornsife.usc.edu

CCSS = California Council for the Social Studies, www.ccss.org

Not to be confused with CCSS = Common Core State Standards1Program GoalsStudent Centered LessonsDevelop Independent Critical ThinkingSupport Student Driven AnalysisUse of Analytical Tools with Systematic Processes to Increase the Depth and Complexity of AnalysisUSC CALIS High School Case Teaching InitiativeUSC CALIS High School Case Teaching Initiative -- http://dornsife.usc.edu/calis/high-school-case-teaching-initiative/2Tool # 1: The Four Worlds ModelCore Analytical ToolPromotes Analysis from Multiple PerspectivesFacilitates Deconstruction of Ideas, Events, Problems and PeopleFour Worlds developed by Professor Steven Lamy, USC School of International RelationsFour Worlds on the CALIS Activities Database search tag option: 4ir search results (to paste to browser): http://usc-calis.net/db/search.php?search=4ir+core&Submit=Search 3Political Military WorldPurpose: Government needs to provide order (rule of law), stability, security, prosperityWho: Government, Military, CitizensHow: Creates a social contract (Constitution) that defines the rights and responsibilities of citizens and the role of government.Me:Economic WorldPurpose: To create prosperity and a higher standard of living.Who: Business Owners, Consumers, LaborHow: Creates incentives to produce goods and services to satisfy the needs/wants of a society and allocates the resources: land, labor, capital Me:

Cultural WorldPurpose: To provide meaning and preserve tradition.Who: Religious orders, Ethnic groupsHow: Attempts to explain the unknown. Establishes religions and provides rules to live our lives by and practices that reinforce meaning.Me:

Social WorldPurpose: The need for people to organize themselves to influence the greater good.Who: Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs)How: Groups people with like interests to create solutions to problems and collectively influence government policies, economic interests and cultural practices. Me:

Four Worlds of International Relations

Steven Lamy, Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California: How do you live in each of the four worlds?What do people need from each of the four worlds?How do the interests of different actors create trade-offs in meeting the needs of society?

ER Convenience CaseCopyright 2013 National Public Radio Listen: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/08/15/211411828/patients-can-pay-a-high-price-for-er-convenience [7 min 49 sec]

Transcript developed by USC CALIS for high school case teaching: http://usc-calis.net/db/search.php?search=er+convenience&Submit=Search Close ReadingCommon Core Strategy:Students need to productively struggle with complex text

Multiple reads with multiple purposesRead #1: Individually, highlight explicitly written content terms, underline unfamiliar words. Read #2: Small groups, recognize implied content terms from the text & create questions about the text in the right hand column. Read #3: Listen to podcast and take notes on the overarching issues and implications of the case (the big picture) and connect to the content.

10ER Case & Four WorldsPlace the following sentences in the world you think it belongs. Underline or highlight the word/s that caused you to place it in the world.Line 4: Recently some medical entrepreneurs have reengineered the E.R. experience.Line 52: [ERs are] not being built where theyre most needed, in poor neighborhoods, rural communities, or in areas with lots of uninsured people.Line 101: By Law [insurance companies] must cover emergency room visits, even if the ER is not in their networkLine 136: Some states have tougher regulations for freestanding E.R.s, like requiring them to be a part of a hospital system11

Tool # 2: DEPPPProblem solving tool DescribeExplainPredictPrescribe ParticipateThink-pair-share: highlight 3-4 key terms in the Describe section that illustrate the key issues & ideasDEPPP is an analytical framework to compare multiple perspectivesThe DEPPP process traces the logic of a sets of assumption, beliefs or values to compare how each lens interprets the world.

Worldviews on the CALIS Activities Database search tag option: world-vw search results (to paste to browser): http://usc-calis.net/db/search.php?search=world-vw&Submit=Search

Staring at the same set of data, the parties to the debate came to sharply different conclusions, for the images they entertained led them to select and interpret the data in different ways. Man, the State, and War by Kenneth Waltz, 195914

The Four WorldsPart 2The Political Military WorldQuest for Security Political Liberal = individual freedom (liberty): Support for democratic rule with limited power/role of government, constitutional rights, equal opportunity, and a free market systemChallengers: More government intervention is needed. Promoting the well-being of society and protecting the common good is ultimately the best way to promote freedom.Security freedom from fear, freedom from chaos (stability, order)

18The Economic WorldQuest for ProsperityEconomic Liberal = freedom in the market: Support for the free market system with little or no government intervention, including low taxes, easy access to credit, and minimal regulation in labor and environmentChallengers: More government intervention is needed to resolve contradictions (failures) that exist naturally in the market and to uphold equity and safety for labor & consumers.The Cultural WorldQuest for Meaning Cultural Liberal - individual freedom (liberty): Support rights of conscience and lifestyle, thus rejecting government intervention in privacy issuesChallengers: Government regulation of cultural & religious practices or individual behavior may be appropriate to preserve societys traditional values.

The Social WorldQuest for Equity Social Liberal: freedom to reach potential: Since individuals are the basis of society, they should have access to basic necessities for fulfillment, such as education, economic opportunity, and protection from harmful macro-events beyond their control. To social liberals, these benefits are considered rights. Challengers: Individuals should be responsible for themselves. Government safety nets create a culture where people are dependent on their government and thus do not work their hardest to make a better life for themselves.Quest -- freedom from want

To social liberals, these benefits are considered POSITIVE rights.

Argument: People do not have the incentives they need to be productive members of society.21Tool # 3: Four World ContinuumsWhere does the ER case fall on the Economic Liberalism Continuum? Why?Social Liberalism Continuum? Why?Political Continuum? Why?

Case 2: Shift in Gay MarriageCopyright 2013 National Public Radio Listen: http://www.npr.org/2013/03/25/174989702/shift-in-gay-marriage-support-mirrors-a-changing-america [4 min 34 sec]

Transcript developed by USC CALIS for high school case teaching: http://usc-calis.net/db/search.php?search=shift+in+gay+marriage&Submit=Search

Case GoalsHow and why does society change?Where does the story begin?Compare Cultural & Political Liberal ContinuumsExamine & clarify contradictions in opinions and policies

Tool # 4: Competing ValuesGovernment does not decide right and wrong, but must balance equally important competing valuesGovernment operating principle: serve the greater good but with respect for human rights.How?

Where you take a positionor where you strike the balanceindicates which of three ethical principles guided your decision and reflect your way of thinking.

USC CALISFor more information:

Center for Learning in International StudiesTeresa Hudock, Director Office: 213-740-7794Email: calis@dornsife.usc.eduWebsite: dornsife.usc.edu/calis

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