Common Core for Citizenship Alignment Guide
- 1. Common Core for Citizenship New Resource for ELA/Civic Education Alignment California Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference Hyatt Orange County March 2, 2012 Presented by Michelle M. Herczog, Ed.D. Frances L. (Cricket) Kidwell, Ed.D. Consultant III, History-Social Science and Assistant Superintendent English Language Arts Trinity County Office of Education Los Angeles County Office of Education cfkidwell@tcoe.org Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu Marshall Croddy Vice-President, Constitutional Rights Foundation California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools marshall@crf-usa.org
- 3. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- 4. 21st Century Skills Framework 21st Century Themes – Global Awareness – Financial, Economic, Business & Entrepreneurship Literacy – Civic Literacy – Health Literacy Information, Media & Technology Skills – Information Literacy – Media Literacy – ICT Literacy Life & Career Skills – Flexibility & Adaptability – Initiative & Self-Direction – Social & Cross-Cultural Skills – Productivity & Accountability – Leadership & Responsibility
- 5. Creativity Critical Thinking and Problem Partnership Collaboratio Solving for 21st n Century Skills Communication
- 6. P21 Members Partnership for 21st Century Skills Strategic Council Members
- 7. AB 250 Curriculum Support and Reform Act Chaptered Into Law - October 8, 2011 (8b) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this act, to do all of the following: (1) Develop a curriculum, instruction, and assessment system to implement the common core state standards that intentionally does both of the following: (A) Focuses on integrating 21st century skills, including critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation, as a competency-based approach to learning in all core academic content areas, including English language arts, mathematics, history-social science, science, health education, visual and performing arts, and world languages. (B) Promotes higher order thinking skills and interdisciplinary approaches that integrate the use of supportive technologies, inquiry, and problem-based learning to provide contexts for pupils to apply learning in relevant, real-world scenarios and that prepare pupils for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century.
- 8. Connections to the Past – Civic Action Today! Why is this important? Benefits of civic learning: 81% of high school dropouts said they would have been less likely to do so if there were more opportunities for experiential learning. Students who receive both www.civicmissionofschools.org traditional and interactive civics score highest on assessments Students who receive effective civic learning are: and demonstrate high levels of More likely to vote and discuss politics at home 21st century skills like critical Four times more likely to volunteer and work on thinking, understanding news, community issues and work ethic. More confident in their ability to speak publicly and Schools with civic learning communicate with their elected representatives. programs are more likely to be “safe, inclusive, and respectful.”
- 9. “Literacy is the key word here, because the teaching of history should have reading and writing at its core… This means teaching students to be informed readers, writers, and thinkers about the past as well as the present— a goal all parties should be able to embrace. Our democracy’s vitality depends on it.” -Sam Wineburg “Reading proficiency isn’t in and of itself the magic key to competence. It’s what reading enables us to learn and to do that is critical…” -E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
- 11. Grades K-2 Building a Foundation Language for Civic Reading Literacy Grades 9-12 Civil Liberties and the Civic Grades 3-5 Common Good Action Our American in a Constitutional for Today Democracy Democracy Speaking and Writing Grades 6-8 Listening The Historic Road to Civic Literacy
- 13. Reading Standards for Literature, Grades 3-5 Our American Democracy: Grades 3-5 Yertle the Turtle By Dr. Seuss
- 14. Reading Standards for Literature, Grades 3-5 OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
- 15. Reading Standards for Literature, Grades 3-5 OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
- 16. Reading Standards for Literature, Grades 3-5 OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
- 17. Reading Standards for Literature, Grades 3-5 KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS CRAFT AND STRUCTURE INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS
- 18. Reading Standards for Informational Text KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS CRAFT AND STRUCTURE INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS
- 19. Speaking and Listening Writing Research to Build and Present Knowledge Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
- 21. Reading Standards for Informational Text Code of Hammurabi Grades 6-8 THE RISE OF DEMOCRATIC IDEALS Magna Carta The Qur’an Twelve Tables of Roman Law
- 23. Reading Standards for Informational Text, Grades 9-12 CIVIL LIBERTIES IN THE 20TH CENTURY REDEFINED
- 24. Connections from the Past – CIVIC ACTION TODAY!
- 25. “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
Editor's Notes
- #4: Rainbow and Ripples
- #21: Read informational text about ancient Greek, Roman, English, and leading European political thinkers such as John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Niccolò Machiavelli, and William Blackstone on the development of American government.Read informational text about the women’s rights movement from the era of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the movement launched in the 1960s.Write an argument to support the claim that constitutional principles to promote the common good and protect the natural rights of individuals were challenged and redefined by the women’s rights movement and the civil rights movement.
- #23: Read informational text about ancient Greek, Roman, English, and leading European political thinkers such as John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Niccolò Machiavelli, and William Blackstone on the development of American government.Read informational text about the women’s rights movement from the era of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the movement launched in the 1960s.Write an argument to support the claim that constitutional principles to promote the common good and protect the natural rights of individuals were challenged and redefined by the women’s rights movement and the civil rights movement.
- #24: John Locke, Montesquieu, Jefferson