Paideia Three-Column Plan for CyberFair 2011, Civic Duty


Project name: CyberFair Civic Duty

Length of project: Sept. -February

Enduring/Essential Question: What is a global citizen? What is a good citizen? How can one person make a difference in the lives of others?

CT Framework Standards Addressed: Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies, Art, Technology

Product/Performances/Assessment: Website entry in CyberFair by March 1, 2010


Didactic
Must-Know Facts & Information
Coaching
Skills For mastery
Seminar
Ideas and Values for Understanding

History of San Diego
Famous San Diego Leaders




Classwork by grade level according to standards, supported by four-five schoolwide seminars—an opening seminar and one seminar in each category of civic duty.

Vocabulary and topics for study of San Diego based on the OXFAM Global Citizenship Curriculum

  1. Social Justice and Equality
  2. Globalization and Interdependence
  3. Peace and Conflict
  4. Environmental Sustainability


Levels of action within each area of citizenship based on Paideia Civic Reader:
  1. Awareness
  2. Participation
  3. Leadership


Each grade presents using tech standards appropriate to grade level.



Based on the National Education Technology Standards (http://www.iste.org), students learn to use computer tools, applications and
resources in a 21st century context, using real-world examples, applications and experiences.
1. Basic Operations and Concepts
2. Social, Ethical, and Human Issues including collaboration
3. Technology Productivity Tools
4. Technology Communication Tools
5. Technology Research Tools

6. Technology Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Tools

Muir Technology Skills
1. Graphics:
PAINT/ Piknik/ Photoshop/
Pixie/ Frames/ PPT/ Comic Life
2. Spreadsheets
3. Collaboration:
4. Websites (Yolasites,
Webblender)
5. Database searches:
Google, World Book, CultureGrams,
SIRS
6. Database Creation










Social Studies and other Standards by Grade


ALA National Standards for School Libraries

National Technology Standards

Research Skills and Plagiarism Avoidance:

Big Six Research Plan
1. Task Definition
2. Information Seeking Strategies
3. Location and Access
4. Use of Information
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation

With a leader and topic, what will they do?
Construct and argument on how they facilitate change…
Write a summary…
How did this person facilitate change?

























Theme: Our actions make a difference.


Field Trips: Interview Leaders on all Trips



Seminars:
  1. Justice
  2. Globalization
  3. Peace
  4. Environment


Values:

Democracy
Equality
Government
History
Justic
Oligarchy
Power
Universal and Particular
War and Peace
World

















Texts and Issues: Environmental Stewardship 2002-2003
· “Appreciaton as Prelude to Action”
(Richard Simon Hanson, Professor Emeritus of Religion”

· “Linking Ecology and History”
(Beth Lynch, Assistant Professor of Biology)

· “Citizens, Stewards, or Warriors? Human Roles in an Age of Environmental Crisis”
(Jon Jensen)













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