Michigan Citizenship Curriculum Collaborative: ISD’s Working Together for Social Studies

Understanding the Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum

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Why was the project created?

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What are the goals of MC3?

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Help local school districts

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Collaborate across the state

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Pool resources and knowledge

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Save time and money

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Insure educational equity for Michigan students

What is Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum Project?

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Provides curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment tools

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K-12 Educational Resource

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Based on the Michigan Content Expectations

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Builds learning progressions within and among the grades

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Develops specific skills throughout the grades

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Provides statewide professional development

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Supports local and regional professional development

Current Developing Partners

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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

Supporting Partners Allegan ESA Bay-Arenac ISD Berrien RESA Calhoun ISD Charlevoix-Emmet ISD, Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle ESD Clare-Gladwin RESD Clinton County RESA Delta-Schoolcraft ISD Eastern Upper Peninsula ISD Gratiot Isabella RESD Ionia ISD Kalamazoo RESA Kent ISD Lapeer County ISD Lenawee ISD Lewis-Cass ISD Livingston ESA Marquette Alger RESA Mason-Lake-Oceana ISD Menominee County ISD Monroe County ISD Saginaw ISD Shiawassee RESD St. Clair County RESA St. Joseph County ISD Traverse Bay ISD Van Buren ISD Washtenaw ISD Wayne RESA Wexford-Missaukee ISD Michigan Center for Civic Education Michigan 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

Academic Partners

• 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 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 4 th grade • Units of Study • Lessons • Supplemental Materials for Lessons • Videoclips for professional development (overview, unit, and for lessons)

Units of Study: 4

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Grade sample

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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

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Big Picture Graphic Graphic Organizer Unit Abstract Focus Questions Content Expectations Key Concepts Duration Lesson Sequence Assessment Resources Instructional Organization

Lessons for Unit 1 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

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?

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Handouts Overheads Reference Sheets Answer Guides

Unique Features in K-8

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Integrated with ELA, Math, and Science where appropriate Big Idea Cards, Word Cards, Lesson Graphic Organizers Deliberate build on previous grades

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Emphasis on Writing and Using Evidence

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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

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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 4

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Video of Teachers

Access

www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org

mi citizenship curriculum

Status Update K-2:

• Kindergarten: Unit 1 posted – Unit 2 in copy editing, Units 3-4 writing • 1 st grade: Unit 1 posted – Units 2-5 in writing • 2 nd grade: Unit 1 posted – Units 2-6 writing

Status Update 3-5

• 3 rd grade: Unit 1 posted – Unit 2 to be posted this month • 4 th grade: Complete • 5 th grade: Unit 1 posted – Lessons for Unit 2 in writing

Status Update: 6-8

• 6 th grade: Units 1, and 2 posted – Unit 3 in writing; Unit 4 in copy editing • 7 th grade: Unit 1-4 posted • 8 th grade: Unit 1 and 2 in writing

Status Update: High School

• 9 th USHG: Units 1-3 posted – Units 4 in university review – Units 5-8 in 2 nd phase of content edits – Units 9-11 in content editing, phase 1 • 10 th Civics: Units 1 and 2 posted – Units 3-5 in content editing, phase 1 • 10 th Economics: Unit 1 posted – Units 2-3 in editing – Units 4-5 in writing • 11 th WHG: Units Completed – Unit 4 Era 6 (18 th 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