NMLC Social Studies Teacher Leader Training

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NMLC Social StudiesTeacher Leader Training

• Welcome to the Michigan Citizenship Collaborative
  Curriculum

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Why do we need a common language?

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v5fkPfEOdlJo

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Understanding MC3

• What is Michigan Citizenship Collaborative
  Curriculum (MC3)?
• Who is involved?
• 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

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Unit Components

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

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Big Picture Graphic
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Graphic Organizer
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Unit Abstracts

• All grades have Unit Abstracts
• High School US and World History also have
  Historical Overviews

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Focus Questions

• Intent and Purpose
• Distinction between Focus and Overarching
  Questions
• How teachers might use Focus and Overarching
  Questions?

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Content Expectations

• Listed in numerical order
• Challenges presented by the content expectations
• Redundant expectations
• 4th grade Michigan expectations
• 6th and 7th grade Social Studies
• High School Civics
• Use of footnotes for clarity
• How do you teach them all?
• Practical realities facing teachers
• Clustering expectations for instruction

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Key Concepts

• Powerful ideas central to a discipline
• Distinction from vocabulary terms
• Identified in particular lessons within the
  Instructional Organization section

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DurationLesson SequenceAssessmentResources
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Instructional Organization

• Uses the lesson sequence
• Lesson Titles
• Clustering of expectations for instruction
• Identifies key concepts for each lesson
• Lesson abstracts included in K-4, 7th grade World
  History
• Lesson Summaries
• See 4th grade lesson sequence, unit 1 example

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High School World History and Geography

• Units are divided into topics
• Each topic has the components of the unit
• Topic abstract
• Focus questions
• Key concepts
• Duration
• Lesson sequence
• Assessment ideas

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Access and Navigation

• www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org
• To join listserv, Kelly.Carey_at_oakland.k12.mi.us

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Grade Specific Issues

• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th
• 5th
• 6th
• 7th
• 8th
• HS World history
• HS US History
• HS Civics

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• http//www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey
  30aec2af6121f4df8defpage1viewtypecategory

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Take a well-deserved brain break!
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Group Discussion

• What questions do you have regarding the MC3
  Curriculum?
• How do you plan to use MC3 in your classroom?