Michigan Citizenship Curriculum Collaborative: ISD’s Working Together for Social Studies

Understanding the Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum

• Why was the project created?

• 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

What is Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum Project?

• Provides curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment tools

• K-12 Educational Resource

– Based on the Michigan Content Expectations

– Builds learning progressions within and among the grades

– Develops specific skills throughout the grades

• Provides statewide professional development

• Supports local and regional professional development

Current Developing Partners

• Genesee ISD

• Ingham ISD

• Macomb ISD

• Oakland Schools

• Ottawa Area ISD

Contributing Partners• Northern Michigan Learning Consortium

Developing Partner role

• Provide ISD consultant time or money to project• Consultants write, edit or contract regional

teacher-writers• Host network trainings• Participate in monthly update meetings• Agree not to sell any developed materials

Allegan ESABay-Arenac ISDBerrien RESACalhoun ISDCharlevoix-Emmet ISD,Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque

Isle ESDClare-Gladwin RESDClinton County RESADelta-Schoolcraft ISDEastern Upper Peninsula ISDGratiot Isabella RESDIonia ISDKalamazoo RESAKent ISDLapeer County ISDLenawee ISDLewis-Cass ISDLivingston ESAMarquette Alger RESA

Supporting Partners

Mason-Lake-Oceana ISDMenominee County ISD Monroe County ISDSaginaw ISDShiawassee RESDSt. Clair County RESASt. Joseph County ISDTraverse Bay ISDVan Buren ISDWashtenaw ISDWayne RESAWexford-Missaukee ISDMichigan Center for Civic EducationMichigan Council on Economic Education (MCEE)Michigan Council for the Social Studies (MCSS)Michigan Geographic Alliance (MGA)Michigan Council for History Education

Supporting Partner role

• Agree to use material

• Attend annual meeting

• May contribute content or resources to the curriculum

• Flexible and expanding role…NML example

• Cornell University, Kheel Center

• Grand Valley State University- History Department

• Michigan State University

• University of Michigan– School of Education History Education Projects,

International Institute

• Wayne State University – History Department, Center for the Study of Citizenship

• Walsh College Economics Center

• The Henry Ford

Academic Partners

Academic Partner role

• Content editing

• Resources; online and print

• Supporting Power Points

• Writer training

• Content background

• Assessment development and support

Sequence of Study

Sequence of Study

A Specific Example of K-8 Materials

• Grade Level Overview

• Video for 4th grade

• Units of Study

• Lessons

• Supplemental Materials for Lessons

• Videoclips for professional development (overview, unit, and for lessons)

Units of Study: 4th Grade sample

• Unit 1: Foundations in Social Studies • Unit 2: The United States in Spatial Terms• Unit 3: Human Geography in the United States• Unit 4: Exploring Economics• Unit 5: Our Federal Government• Unit 6: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship

Graphic

Organizer

Unit Components

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

Lesson 1: Thinking Like a Historian

Lesson 2: Thinking Like a Geographer

Lesson 3: Thinking Like a Economist

Lesson 4: Thinking Like a Political Scientist

Lessons for Unit 1

Lesson Components

• Big Ideas

• Lesson Abstract

• Content Expectations and Integrated Expectations

• Key Concepts

• Instructional Resources

• Lesson Sequence (teaching content through instructional strategies)

• Lesson Assessment

What else is in the Supplemental Materials?

• Handouts

• Overheads

• Reference Sheets

• Answer Guides

Unique Features in K-8

• Integrated with ELA, Math, and Science where appropriate

• Big Idea Cards, Word Cards, Lesson Graphic Organizers

• Deliberate build on previous grades

• Emphasis on Writing and Using Evidence

• University-reviewed to ensure college preparedness

High School Differences

• Instructional Organization document contains all the lessons for the unit

• Supplemental Materials – one document for entire unit

Unique Features in High School

• ACT Reading Prep embedded in US History and Geography; Civics and Government; and Economics

• Freedom Tracking Notebook in US History

• Citizenship Notebook / Wiki component

• Online Public Issues Forum – in development

• Emphasis on Writing and Using Evidence

• University-reviewed to ensure college preparedness

Professional Development

• Grade Level Networks

• Online on demand video clips for regional and local professional development

Overview of 4th Grade

Video of Teachers

Access

mi citizenship curriculum

www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org

Status Update K-2:

• Kindergarten: Unit 1 posted– Unit 2 in copy editing, Units 3-4 writing

• 1st grade: Unit 1 posted – Units 2-5 in writing

• 2nd grade: Unit 1 posted – Units 2-6 writing

Status Update 3-5

• 3rd grade: Unit 1 posted – Unit 2 to be posted this month

• 4th grade: Complete

• 5th grade: Unit 1 posted– Lessons for Unit 2 in writing

Status Update: 6-8

• 6th grade: Units 1, and 2 posted– Unit 3 in writing; Unit 4 in copy editing

• 7th grade: Unit 1-4 posted

• 8th grade: Unit 1 and 2 in writing

Status Update: High School• 9th USHG: Units 1-3 posted

– Units 4 in university review– Units 5-8 in 2nd phase of content edits– Units 9-11 in content editing, phase 1

• 10th Civics: Units 1 and 2 posted– Units 3-5 in content editing, phase 1

• 10th Economics: Unit 1 posted– Units 2-3 in editing– Units 4-5 in writing

• 11th WHG: Units Completed– Unit 4 Era 6 (18th century-1914) assessment in editing

What’s ahead in 2009-10

• MAISA support that will allow for completion of units, lessons, and assessments

• Presentations at State and National conferences

• Expanded networks…from 1 to 7 using videoconferencing

What’s Ahead cont’d

• Prototype assessments being developed and piloted for High School World History with the Michigan Assessment Consortium

• Assessment development and piloting by Northern Michigan Learning Consortium for some grades