michigan citizenship curriculum collaborative: isd’s working together for social studies
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Michigan Citizenship Curriculum Collaborative: ISD’s Working Together for Social Studies
Understanding the Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum
• Why was the project created?
• What are the goals of MC3?
– Help local school districts
– Collaborate across the state
– Pool resources and knowledge
– Save time and money
– Insure educational equity for Michigan students
What is Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum Project?
• Provides curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment tools
• K-12 Educational Resource
– Based on the Michigan Content Expectations
– Builds learning progressions within and among the grades
– Develops specific skills throughout the grades
• Provides statewide professional development
• Supports local and regional professional development
Current Developing Partners
• Genesee ISD
• Ingham ISD
• Macomb ISD
• Oakland Schools
• Ottawa Area ISD
Contributing Partners• Northern Michigan Learning Consortium
Developing Partner role
• Provide ISD consultant time or money to project• Consultants write, edit or contract regional
teacher-writers• Host network trainings• Participate in monthly update meetings• Agree not to sell any developed materials
Allegan ESABay-Arenac ISDBerrien RESACalhoun ISDCharlevoix-Emmet ISD,Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque
Isle ESDClare-Gladwin RESDClinton County RESADelta-Schoolcraft ISDEastern Upper Peninsula ISDGratiot Isabella RESDIonia ISDKalamazoo RESAKent ISDLapeer County ISDLenawee ISDLewis-Cass ISDLivingston ESAMarquette Alger RESA
Supporting Partners
Mason-Lake-Oceana ISDMenominee County ISD Monroe County ISDSaginaw ISDShiawassee RESDSt. Clair County RESASt. Joseph County ISDTraverse Bay ISDVan Buren ISDWashtenaw ISDWayne RESAWexford-Missaukee ISDMichigan Center for Civic EducationMichigan Council on Economic Education (MCEE)Michigan Council for the Social Studies (MCSS)Michigan Geographic Alliance (MGA)Michigan Council for History Education
Supporting Partner role
• Agree to use material
• Attend annual meeting
• May contribute content or resources to the curriculum
• Flexible and expanding role…NML example
• Cornell University, Kheel Center
• Grand Valley State University- History Department
• Michigan State University
• University of Michigan– School of Education History Education Projects,
International Institute
• Wayne State University – History Department, Center for the Study of Citizenship
• Walsh College Economics Center
• The Henry Ford
Academic Partners
Academic Partner role
• Content editing
• Resources; online and print
• Supporting Power Points
• Writer training
• Content background
• Assessment development and support
Sequence of Study
Sequence of Study
A Specific Example of K-8 Materials
• Grade Level Overview
• Video for 4th grade
• Units of Study
• Lessons
• Supplemental Materials for Lessons
• Videoclips for professional development (overview, unit, and for lessons)
Units of Study: 4th Grade sample
• Unit 1: Foundations in Social Studies • Unit 2: The United States in Spatial Terms• Unit 3: Human Geography in the United States• Unit 4: Exploring Economics• Unit 5: Our Federal Government• Unit 6: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
Graphic
Organizer
Unit Components
• Big Picture Graphic• Graphic Organizer• Unit Abstract• Focus Questions• Content Expectations• Key Concepts• Duration• Lesson Sequence• Assessment• Resources• Instructional Organization
Lesson 1: Thinking Like a Historian
Lesson 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
Lesson 3: Thinking Like a Economist
Lesson 4: Thinking Like a Political Scientist
Lessons for Unit 1
Lesson Components
• Big Ideas
• Lesson Abstract
• Content Expectations and Integrated Expectations
• Key Concepts
• Instructional Resources
• Lesson Sequence (teaching content through instructional strategies)
• Lesson Assessment
What else is in the Supplemental Materials?
• Handouts
• Overheads
• Reference Sheets
• Answer Guides
Unique Features in K-8
• Integrated with ELA, Math, and Science where appropriate
• Big Idea Cards, Word Cards, Lesson Graphic Organizers
• Deliberate build on previous grades
• Emphasis on Writing and Using Evidence
• University-reviewed to ensure college preparedness
High School Differences
• Instructional Organization document contains all the lessons for the unit
• Supplemental Materials – one document for entire unit
Unique Features in High School
• ACT Reading Prep embedded in US History and Geography; Civics and Government; and Economics
• Freedom Tracking Notebook in US History
• Citizenship Notebook / Wiki component
• Online Public Issues Forum – in development
• Emphasis on Writing and Using Evidence
• University-reviewed to ensure college preparedness
Professional Development
• Grade Level Networks
• Online on demand video clips for regional and local professional development
Overview of 4th Grade
Video of Teachers
Access
mi citizenship curriculum
www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org
Status Update K-2:
• Kindergarten: Unit 1 posted– Unit 2 in copy editing, Units 3-4 writing
• 1st grade: Unit 1 posted – Units 2-5 in writing
• 2nd grade: Unit 1 posted – Units 2-6 writing
Status Update 3-5
• 3rd grade: Unit 1 posted – Unit 2 to be posted this month
• 4th grade: Complete
• 5th grade: Unit 1 posted– Lessons for Unit 2 in writing
Status Update: 6-8
• 6th grade: Units 1, and 2 posted– Unit 3 in writing; Unit 4 in copy editing
• 7th grade: Unit 1-4 posted
• 8th grade: Unit 1 and 2 in writing
Status Update: High School• 9th USHG: Units 1-3 posted
– Units 4 in university review– Units 5-8 in 2nd phase of content edits– Units 9-11 in content editing, phase 1
• 10th Civics: Units 1 and 2 posted– Units 3-5 in content editing, phase 1
• 10th Economics: Unit 1 posted– Units 2-3 in editing– Units 4-5 in writing
• 11th WHG: Units Completed– Unit 4 Era 6 (18th century-1914) assessment in editing
What’s ahead in 2009-10
• MAISA support that will allow for completion of units, lessons, and assessments
• Presentations at State and National conferences
• Expanded networks…from 1 to 7 using videoconferencing
What’s Ahead cont’d
• Prototype assessments being developed and piloted for High School World History with the Michigan Assessment Consortium
• Assessment development and piloting by Northern Michigan Learning Consortium for some grades