Democratic Citizenship Outline

Luke 6 Promise of a true human community Parts/components of a true human community Values held in common by people on the inside World values Jesus values Reversal Relationship with Jesus Relationships and regard you have for people outside Tolerance Enemies What will I value in my classroom: I will value integrity and kindness. I will also value a students life, the way they learn, and there culture. Power for a true human community Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and exclude myself from the community of sinners. Miroslav Volf Reading Response Share your reading response from Ch 9 Useful Ideas Question to Author Thinking Deeper Introductory ideas pg 224 Competing perspectives more of a continuum Model on pg 234 Processes pg 236 Service Learning pg 239 Citizenship and Classroom Management pg 241 2nd Grade Lesson Critique Expand Lessons Building Blocks Review the lesson & the student sheet Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the lesson I wish we could actually build something, and then if we choose the wrong answer the tower falls. (Maybe an online game.) You kind of make it seem as though there is not right answer.

Better assessment Definition of democracy is vague. Brainstorm ideas that you could use to flesh out the lesson Big Idea: Human government Inquiry: What is important for human government? Relevance: How should we act? Assessment: Design a classroom government. Ideas on the board Core Democratic Values Core Democratic Values: The fundamental beliefs and constitutional principles outlined in the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and other important writings such as U.S. Supreme Court Rulings. Guess the 12 One per paper WRITE BIG Stick on wall 1-4, come up and decided which ones are the real ones. Come up one at a time. Character Education: Gives kids hop. One-fourth 74% said they had cheated before 43% thought that you had to lie to be successful in life 95% believed that is was important to be trustworthy. In a teacher survey in 2003 the teachers agreed that parents are becoming less involved, more self-centered and less ethical Research has shown: Schools that have incorporated character education curriculum into their classrooms have shown higher academic success. The Peaceful Schools Project found that students in schools that implemented character education programs had greater gains on standardized test school that students in comparison school A study done by Skaggs and Bodenhorn over a four year period was conducted in five different school districts. After

four years of implementations the study showed that the number of suspensions, expulsion, and drop-out rates decreased. Put it into practice http://learningtogive.org/teachers/ Lesson Search by Grade Span Move into Grade level groups Each person picks a different lesson Acting for the Common Good Grade the lesson based on our lesson plan rubric In notes and report to grade level group: Strengths: Teach about bullying Advocate against it. Weaknesses Does not really have a place to see what each student is doing individually. Contribution to democratic citizenship Teach about bullying, students create a pledge against bullying. They get to choose whether or not to sign it. They inform the school about bullying behavior and the strategies against bullying. Next Week