2001
Civics Syllabus

 

First Week Monday 6/18 Tuesday 6/19 Wednesday 6/20 Thursday 6/21 Friday 6/22
8:30 - 10:00 am

General Introduction Pearson 203

STANDARD ONE: GOVERNMENT
Processes, responsiveness, checks and balances, We the People, Ch. 2, pp. A1-A25 [Elaborated in Chps. 11-14]
STANDARD TWO: POLITICS
Political Parties and Elections
Expanding the franchise
We the People, Ch. 8
STANDARD THREE: CITIZENSHIP
Bill of Rights and Civil Rights
We the People, pp. 85-104; 116-146
STANDARD FOUR: PARTICIPATION
Social Action; Conventional and Unconventional Participation
We the People, Ch. 7
10:00 - 10:15 am Break Break Break Break Break
10:15 - 12:00 pm

Reading Strategies Lorei Meanor, DOE

Guided Practice:
Mailing Mae; The Voice of the People

Uncle Jed's Barbershop (Demo Book)

 

Guided Practice:
The Day Gogo Went to Vote; You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton;

A Long Way to Go (Demo Book)

Guided Practice:
The True Story of Ruby Bridges; Through My Eyes, When Justice Failed;

Freedom School, Yes! (Demo Book)

Guided Discussion:
Herbert Kohl, "The Politics of Children's Literature: What's Wrong with the Rosa Parks Myth"

Guided Practice:
Letting Swift River Go;

Seedfolks; The Streets are Free (Demo Book)

Guest Speaker: Cecilia Hoey, Brown Fields Project/community activist

 

12:00 - 1:15 pm
Lunch
Lunch Pearson 203: Children's Literature Project Lunch
Binko Method
Discussion
Lunch
Tour of Campus
Resources
Lunch
Social Studies Assessment
Joann Prewitt, DOE
Lunch
Brainstorming Workshop Ideas
1:15 - 2:45 PM Integrating Reading and Social Studies Strategies, Practice Lorei Meanor and Reading Cadre Guided Discussion:
Karen Miller, "Tapping Into Feelings of Fairness"
Tour of ERC, CEEE, Morris Library, Delaware Geographic Alliance, and computer center Joann Prewitt, DOE Assessment (DSTP and classroom) Guided Discussion:
Bill Bigelow, "The Human Lives Behind the Labels;" Bob Peterson, "The Complexities of Encouraging Social Action;" Vickie Weiss, "Adopting Exit 109"
2:45 - 3:00 PM Break Break Break Break Break
3:00 - 4:30 PM Return to integration projects if necessary Binko Demonstration Delaware Geographic Alliance Guided Discussion:
Samia J. Amamoo, "The legal struggles to gain Americans the right to vote;" Noam Chomsky, "Voting Patterns and Abstentions."
Roundtable:Content Clusters on potential workshops Roundtable: Grade Levels on potential workshops

 

Second Week Monday 6/25 Tuesday 6/26 Wednesday 6/27 Thursday 6/28 Friday 6/29
8:30 - 10:00 am Group Discussion:
Reflections on Teaching Civics - Parker, "Citizenship Education and Democratic Values"
Sharing Pearson 203 Lewis Huffman re. Standards, End-of-Cluster Benchmarks & Performance Indicators Sharing

Project Development
Sharing

Project Development
Sharing

Project Development
10:00 - 10:15 am Break Break Break Break Break
10:15 - 12:00 pm

Group Discussion:
Reflections on Teaching Civics - Parker, "Current Events and Public Issues"
Project Development Project Development Project Development Project Development
12:00 - 1:15 PM
Lunch
Lunch Pearson 203 Barbara Benson, Delaware Historical Association Lunch
Peggy Altoff
NCSS
Lunch Lunch Lunch
Jack Markell
1:15 - 2:45 PM Brush-up on Challenge
Lorei Meanor, DOE
Project Development Project Development Project Development Project Development
2:45 - 3:00 PM Break Break Break Break Break
3:00 - 3:45 PM Revisiting Purpose and Logic Project Development Project Development Project Development Project Development
3:45 - 4:30 PM Reassemble Reassemble Reassemble Reassemble

 

Third Week Monday 7/2 Tuesday 7/3
8:30 - 10:00 am Workshop Presentations and Critiques Workshop Presentations and Critiques
10:00 - 10:15 am Break Break
10:15 - 12:00 pm

Workshop Presentations and Critiques Workshop Presentations and Critiques
12:00 - 1:15 PM
Lunch  
1:15 - 2:45 PM Workshop Presentations and Critiques  
2:45 - 3:00 PM Break  

3:00 - 4:30 PM

5:00 - 6:00 PM

Workshop Presentations and Critiques

RECEPTION
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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