Citizenship Education: The Heart of the Social Studies Part 2

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Citizenship Education The Heart of the Social
Studies Part 2

• Session 2 25 August

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Todays Agenda

• Questions about Syllabus
• Review
• Finish up/present ideal citizen activity
• Compare ideal citizen activity with concept map
• Reading Synthesis
• Brief Lecture
• Transition
• Core Values of Democracy
• Democratic Core Values of Our Classroom
• Closure

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Teachers who inspire . . . . . .dream
possibilities that might be for students and say,
Why not?
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Ideal Citizen Activity

• Assemble in Home groups
• Brainstorm traits of an ideal citizen
• Use markers to depict traits on Ideal Citizen
  Chart
• Present charts to class

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What is an Ideal Citizen?

• Knowledge
• Skills
• Beliefs

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Reading Synthesis Activity

• Form Home Groups
• Answer Highlighted Question
• Assemble into New Groups
• Share your answer with new group members
• Complete All Blocks

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From the Readings . . .

• Define/Provide Rationale for Elem Soc. St.
• Define Civic Efficacy/Social Understanding
• Describe the educational needs of democratic
  citizens
• Define Citizenship
• Categorize the important information presented in
  the readings

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How would apply information gathered from the
readings in

• Your Lesson Plans
• Your Daily Teaching

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Something to Think About . . .

• How might you adjust your teaching to
  include/understand the influence of social
  forces?
• What is the role/function of curriculum
  scope/sequence in the social studies?

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Core Values of Democracy

• Individual Rights
• Common Good
• Justice
• Equality of Opportunity
• Diversity
• Freedom
• Reasoned Loyalty

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Assignments for Next Class Meeting

• Core Values Artifact Bag
• The Good Citizen Essay

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Closure

• In home groups
• Name three things you learned today.
• How might the information presented in todays
  class affect your teaching?
• How might you use some of the strategies/methods
  in your classroom?
• As a class discuss answers