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• Reading
  • Civics standards: PDE, C3 – read and mark up!
  • Westheimer & Kahne, 2004
  • Westheimer, 2009
  • Optional: Heilman, 2010; Passe, 2010
  • Project Citizen videos – please watch!
    • Things from the Center for Civic Ed
    • Videos of student groups presenting
• Assignments
  • Complete and turn in Course Plan #2
  • Complete WTL in CourseSite
  • Start thinking about microteaching! When you want to do it, what you want to teach

Before class

• Complete and turn in Course Plan #2
• Complete reading

During class (ppt)

• Housekeeping, checking on microteaching
• Civics v. history
• Civics is special because...it's action-oriented
  • Giving v. prompting v. making
  • (Resources used)
    • http://visual.ly/how-does-bill-become-law  
    • http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.aspx 

    • https://www.congress.gov/legislation

    • http://www.opensecrets.org
• Civics is special because it's dangerous
  • (Resources used)

    • https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/03/us/elections/results-super-tuesday-primary-election.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

    • https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-primary-forecast/

    • http://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/2012isd.pdf
• Aligning frameworks
• Curriculum map assignment
• Time-permitting: civics & current events & embracing the curriculum outside of social studies
  • https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
  • https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

After class

• Reading
  • Hammond & Manfra, 2009 (at long last!)
• Assignments
  • WTL: Civics ed, give three lesson ideas (one G, one P, one M) on a topic
  • Complete and turn in your CURRICULUM MAP – see templates, sample in CourseSite!