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Kathy Swan, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University
of Kentucky
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Social Studies is so BORING and irrelevant
I hate memorizing all of those names and
dates!
We sure watch a lot of movies!
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Ferris Buellers Day Off, 1986
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Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981
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Inquiry Arc
Civic Life
Disciplinary Literacy
C3 Foundations
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• Foundation for new standards
• Companion to existing state standards
• Recalibrate Relationship with Literacy
• Professional Learning (In-service and
  pre-service) framed by an Instructional Arc
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Assessment reform
• To explain to policy makers What is social
  studies and how does it contribute to the 3 Cs?

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Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981
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• After a year of lauding hosannas towards the C3,
  during the past month my relationship with the
  framework fundamentally changed I started to
  actually put it into an action.  And while my
  first thought at all times was still, wow, this
  is brilliant, as I spent more time thinking and
  planning about my teaching for the second
  semester, the more present thought was more
  often, wow, this is going to be
  hard. Stephen Lazar, C3 Teacher

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nstructional
hifts
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questions that matter.
aft
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a collaborative contextfor inquiry.
tablish
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content and skillsmeaningfully.
ntegrate
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disciplinary literacypractices outcomes.
ticluate
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opportunities fortaking informed action.
rovide
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nstructional Shifts
C3

1. Craft questions that matter.
2. Establish a collaborative context to support
   student inquiry.
3. Integrate content and skills meaningfully.
4. Articulate disciplinary literacy practices and
   outcomes.
5. Provide tangible opportunities for taking
   informed action.