Using Civil Conversation in Social Studies Education
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Is Democracy in Decline? Using Civil Conversation for Controversial Topics in the Classroom A Community of Practice (CoP) for social studies educators Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
Virtual Norms - Please change your name on Zoom to include: Name, Preferred Pronouns, School/District/ Organization, Role ex. Draco Malfoy, he/him, Hogwarts, Student (To change your name, click on the three dots on the right side of your picture, and select change your name) - If your Wi-Fi allows, please leave your camera on but stay muted unless prompted to participate - Please use the chat box to ask questions, we will answer questions as we go and there will be a Q and A at the end Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
Disclaimer This presentation contains examples and resource materials that are provided for the user s convenience. The inclusion of any material is not intended to reflect its importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services. These materials may contain the views and recommendations of the presenter as well as hypertext links, contact addresses and websites to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. The opinions expressed in any of these materials do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED). The NMPED does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any outside information included in these materials. Mentions of specific programs or products in these examples are designed to provide clearer understanding and are not meant as endorsements.1 1Language adopted from the U.S. Department of Education 3 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
Community Norms Respectfully contribute your ideas Focus on what matters Ask thoughtful and clarifying questions Listen to understand Link and connect ideas Invite all perspectives Recognize and suspend assumptions Participate fully and be present 4 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
lorraine.archibald1@ped.state.nm.us Today s Agenda Welcome/Disclaimer Introductions Civil Conversation as Deliberation Is Democracy in Decline? (Civil Conversation Demo) CRF Survey with Raffle Upcoming CoP Closing 5 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
Constitutional Rights Foundation CRF Presenters: CRF is a non-partisan educational nonprofit organization. In 2023, we are celebrating our 60thyear! We provide programs, training, and curricular materials to teachers and youth in the fields of civic education, law- related education, and civics- based service-learning. Damon Huss Director of Publications damon@crf-usa.org Laura Wesley Director of Programs laura@crf-usa.org Kathleen Hughes Senior Program Director kathleen@crf-usa.org www.crf-usa.org Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
Sponsorship of Todays Program 7 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
Civil Conversation (CivCon) as Deliberation 8 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
How the CivCon reflects best practices in social studies and civic education Proven Practices for Effective Civic Learning Inquiry Arc Provide instruction in government, history, law, and democracy. Developing questions and planning inquiry Applying concepts and tools Incorporate discussion of current local, national, and international issues and events in the classroom, particularly those that young people view as important to their lives. Evaluating sources and using evidence Communicating conclusions Guardian of Democracy: The Civic Mission of Schools (2011) C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards (2013)
Theres nothing wrong with kids learning about partisan perspectives in school. . . . There s also nothing wrong with people being partisan. . . . What would be a problem . . . is to teach kids as if there were a definitive answer to a question that should be taught as an open question of public policy. Diana Hess
Elements of Deliberative Discussion of Controversial Topics in the Classroom Planned Discussion Spontaneous Discussion vs. Open Issues (Policy) Settled Issues (Empirical) Political Discussion Partisan Discussion
Debate, Discussion, Deliberation Debate 3Ds Discussion Deliberation 12 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
Civil Conversation Text-based: An article that presents at least two perspectives, or more than one text that presents different views on the same issue/topic. Presents a question for students to explore AND gives students a chance to develop their own questions. Works for pairs or small group. Structured with a discussion guide. CivCons are deliberation not debate. 13 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
Civil Conversation Demo Breakout Rooms Using your group s Jamboard: Step 1: Reading Step 2: Note-taking Step 3: Civil Conversation Step 4: Reflection 14 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
Debriefing What discussion questions did you use in your CivCon groups? Did your group reach an agreement? If so, what was your agreement? Did any groups find it hard to reach agreement? Why or why not? Were there any reasons you heard in your Civil Conversation that sounded particularly persuasive to you? 15 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
CRF Survey See the link in the chat box or Use this QR Code. To be entered into our raffle: Put your name and email in chat to show you ve completed the survey. 16 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
NMPED Survey Please provide feedback for today s CoP See the link in the chat box 17 Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
Closing Please complete the survey. The link is provided in the chat box. If you have any PED related questions, please reach out to: Lorraine Archibald: Humanities Specialist Lorraine.archibald@ped.nm.gov Cell (505) 490-2457 Visit our webpage: NMPED Literacy and Humanities Thank you! We look forward to our next CoP! Investing for tomorrow, delivering today.
